Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety78#670/3,096
Economy67#1,025/3,143
Housing57#1,341/3,140
Health55#1,412/3,144
Healthcare64#1,135/3,143
Environment56#1,372/3,108
Education47#1,676/3,144
Infrastructure30#2,212/3,144
Community84#501/3,144
Leisure & amenities16#2,654/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Craig County, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high84.5%
98/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Access to exercise opportunities · high94.0%
94/100Virginia 83.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hot days · low3 days
91/100Virginia 20 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.400
88/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Students per teacher · low10.8×
87/100Virginia 13.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Child care cost burden · low22.3%
81/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-10.7%
1/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Natural hazard risk · high94.6
5/100Virginia 17.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Average commute time · high36.1 min
10/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100Virginia 2.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Restaurants and bars · low4.2 /10k
12/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
13/100Virginia 6.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
3% (2021) → 73% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+70 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Violent crime rateWorsening
39 /100k (2020) → 124 /100k (2025)
+218%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.3 /1k (2020) → 13.1 /1k (2025)
+146%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Restaurants and barsImproving
2.1 /10k (2020) → 4.2 /10k (2025)
+103%5 yearsUS 8.8 /10k → 9.0 /10k
Job growthWorsening
3.2% (2021) → -10.7% (2026 Q1)
−14 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.5% (2015-2019) → 86.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Craig County, Virginia improved on 8 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Weekly wage+44%$699 → $1,010
New businesses+146%5.3 /1k → 13.1 /1k
Household income+35%$53,319 → $72,014
Broadband+13 points73.5% → 86.9%
Property crime−43%801 /100k → 456 /100k

Declined1

Uninsured+2.4 points6.5% → 8.9%

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Craig County, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	41%
Average commute time	33.9 min2015-2019	36.1 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Average weekly wage	$6992020	$1,0102025	+44%	Improved	99%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Broadband subscriptions	73.5%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	19.1%2019	14.7%2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Distance to an airport	96 mi2020	96 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	32.9 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−37%	Within the margin of error	61%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Firearm deaths	20.4 /100k2020	16.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	75%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	60%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,2232019	$56,3052024	+27%	Improved	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3832015-2019	0.4012020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$53,3192019	$72,0142024	+35%	Improved	90%
New business applications	5.3 /1k2020	13.1 /1k2025	+146%	Improved	97%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	75%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	10.5%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Property crime rate	801 /100k2020	456 /100k2025	−43%	Improved	63%
Public libraries	2.0 /10k2019	2.1 /10k2024	+6.3%	Within the margin of error	84%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Restaurants and bars	2.1 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+103%	Within the margin of error	99%
Students per teacher	11.8×2019	10.8×2024	−1.0×	Improved	61%
Suicide rate	21.8 /100k2020	19.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−12%	Within the margin of error	78%
Traffic deaths	15.6 /100k2015-2019	12.4 /100k2020-2024	−21%	Within the margin of error	79%
Unemployment rate	5.9%2020	3.6%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.5%2019	8.9%2024	+2.4 points	Declined	2%
Violent crime rate	39 /100k2020	124 /100k2025	+218%	Within the margin of error	2%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Craig County, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Craig County, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Craig County, Virginia itself moved +2.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,856 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,856 residents

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

White96%4,638
Black0.1%†3
Hispanic or Latino1.5%†72

Education

3,462 residents (±251)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma13%†443
High school or GED37%1,298
Some college20%†704

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,735 households (±185)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k16%†280
$25k–50k16%†279
$50k–75k20%†354
$75k–100k9.0%†156
$100k–150k25%†433
$150k–200k6.4%†111
$200k or more7.0%†122

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+12.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,735 households (±185)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Own84%1,453
Rent16%†282

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

268 households (±156)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75079%†213
$750–1,0008.6%†23
$1,000–1,50012%†

Home values

1,453 homes (±198)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k33%†485
$150k–250k26%†380
$250k–400k27%†397

Age of homes

2,398 homes (±186)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later7.7%†184
2000–200923%†546
1980–199921%†493

Size of homes

2,398 homes (±186)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio1.5%†37
1 bedroom4.0%†97
2 bedrooms31%735

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,940 workers (±317)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone71%1,374
Carpool12%†238
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†327
Other0.1%†1

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−19.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,613 workers (±331)

Craig County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min11%†183
15–29 min24%†395
30–44 min23%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Roanoke, VA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Craig County has 64 employer establishments, 133 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.55× Virginia's), with 425 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,664. The Census Bureau also counts 380 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 64; 380 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 133; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 425
Average annual pay: $34,664; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Craig County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	7	14.5	0.94×Too few to compare	25	$31,840	39
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	4	8.3	2.04×Too few to compare	1	$92,000	7
Construction of buildings	4	8.3	1.10×Too few to compare	7	$55,143	19
Religious organizations	4	8.3	1.50×Too few to compare	6	$12,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	8.3	0.45×Too few to compare	8	$14,250	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	3	6.2	1.97×Too few to compare	9	$37,889	6
Grocery and convenience stores	3	6.2	2.10×Too few to compare	97	$15,278	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	7
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,822 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Craig County, Virginia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
5KFY2018
4.9KFY2019
149.9KFY2020
1.3KFY2021
56.6KFY2022
68.7KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $37.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Craig County, Virginia: $7,851 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $37.7M; −14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,851; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$23.7M63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$4.5M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$3.4M9.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.4M6.3%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$908.6K2.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$831.9K2.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$618.8K1.6%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$292.3K0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$831.9K2.2%
RICHMOND, VA
CRAIG COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$119.9K0.3%
NEW CASTLE, VA
NEW CASTLE TELEPHONE COMPANY$2,1070.0%
WILKESBORO, NC
COUGAAR SOFTWARE, INC$00.0%
NEW CASTLE, VA
COUNTY OF CRAIG$0

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$31.1M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$3.9M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$908.6K2.4%
Federal Highway Administration$831.9K2.2%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$726.2K

Assistance by fiscal year

35.9MFY2021
38.5MFY2022
39.1MFY2023
42.8MFY2024
43.7MFY2025
37.7MFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Craig County, Virginia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Craig County, Virginia
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$0	$1,436
FY2018	$0.97	$1,552
FY2019	$0.95	$1,654
FY2020	$30.74	$1,880
FY2021	$0.26	$1,810
FY2022	$11.66	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$14.25	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$732	$5,748
FY2022	$863	$5,221
FY2023	$804	$5,364
FY2024	$1,376	$5,501
FY2025	$1,094	$5,732
FY2026	$191

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$204	$298
FY2022	$316	$357
FY2023	$570	$301
FY2024	$924	$319
FY2025	$1,070	$360
FY2026	$173

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$33.05	$239
FY2022	$0	$185
FY2023	$32.30	$229
FY2024	$32.63	$229
FY2025	$38.35	$249
FY2026	$0

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$500	$2,304
FY2022	$522	$2,197
FY2023	$33.02	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craig County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$189	$1,186
FY2022	$201	$465
FY2023	$0	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$342	$148
FY2026	$72.92

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Craig County, Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Craig County, Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	1.2%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/51045

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Craig County, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

H. Morgan GriffithR-VA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.3%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Craig County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Roanoke, VA73Outlying county

Cities and towns in Craig County

Places whose residents live mostly in Craig County, largest first.

New Castle138

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
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Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	−1.7%	−4.2%
2015	−0.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.3%	+3.3%
2018	−1.7%	+6.8%
2019	+0.6%	+10.5%
2020	+5.9%	+19.4%
2021	+13.3%	+26.1%
2022	+24.1%	+30.6%
2023	+30.5%	+35.0%
2024	+53.6%	+41.0%
2025	+53.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	−3.7%	−5.5%
2015	+2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.3%	+4.1%
2018	+10.7%	+8.9%
2019	+14.1%	+13.5%
2020	+21.1%	+20.8%
2021	+33.1%	+32.1%
2022	+35.3%	+35.4%
2023	+42.8%	+42.9%
2024	+49.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	3.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	−3.5%	−6.9%
2015	−0.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.1%	+4.7%
2018	+5.5%	+7.5%
2019	+10.6%	+14.0%
2020	+18.9%	+16.9%
2021	+18.8%	+21.0%
2022	+30.0%	+29.7%
2023	+27.6%	+34.9%
2024	+49.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	12.4%	15.5%
2015	11.9%	14.7%
2016	12.6%	14.0%
2017	11.7%	13.4%
2018	11.9%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	10.4%	11.9%
2021	11.5%	12.8%
2022	11.8%	12.6%
2023	12.3%	12.5%
2024	10.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	5.1%	4.9%
2017	4.6%	4.4%
2018	3.9%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	5.9%	8.1%
2021	3.6%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	−2.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+38.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+42.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+47.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+57.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	12.8%	13.5%
2015	9.8%	10.9%
2016	9.6%	10.0%
2017	10.5%	10.2%
2018	8.9%	10.4%
2019	6.5%	10.8%
2020	8.6%	10.4%
2021	8.0%	10.2%
2022	7.7%	9.5%
2023	8.0%	9.5%
2024	8.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Craig County, Virginia	United States
2014	5.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.1/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

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What changed in five years

Improved8

Declined1

Counties like Craig County, Virginia five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Craig County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved8

Declined1

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

House

Senate

Household income

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought