County · Virginia

Montgomery County, Virginia

Montgomery County, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 85 out of 100 (very high), ranking #470 of 3,143 US counties. Within Virginia it ranks #26 of 133 counties. It ranks best on flu vaccinations (high), natural hazard risk (low) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), dental care shortage (high) and poverty rate (high).

85Very high

Quality-of-life score: #470 of 3,143 counties
Virginia: #26 of 133 in VA
Population: 98,434 (2025)
Land area: 387 mi²
Density: 254.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 51121

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety76#736/3,096
Economy49#1,617/3,143
Housing12#2,769/3,140
Health91#290/3,144
Healthcare83#535/3,143
Environment99#47/3,108
Education98#57/3,144
Infrastructure97#105/3,144
Community54#1,444/3,144
Leisure & amenities71#901/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
98/100Virginia 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low1.7
98/100Virginia 17.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Public transit commuters · high3.0%
97/100Virginia 2.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Bachelor's degree or higher · high48.8%
97/100Virginia 42.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an emergency room · low3.0 mi
96/100Virginia 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Premature death · low5,552 /100k
95/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.510
2/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Dental care shortage · high19.0
7/100Virginia 6.1United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Poverty rate · high20.6%
9/100Virginia 9.8%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Severe housing problems · high17.3%
11/100Virginia 13.9%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drought exposure · high79%
15/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Rent as share of income · high31.6%
15/100Virginia 29.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 79% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+79 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
New homes permittedImproving
3.0 /1k (2021) → 5.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+91%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
70.6% (2010 & 2021) → 84.7% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
5.9 /1k (2020) → 8.7 /1k (2025)
+48%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mammography screeningImproving
46.0% (2019) → 55.0% (2023)
+9 pts4 yearsUS 43.0% → 46.0%

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, Montgomery County, Virginia improved on 8 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 22 moved within the margin of error and 2 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

Uninsured−2.2 points8.8% → 6.6%
Real income+35%$41,640 → $56,027
Bachelor's++3.4 points45.5% → 48.8%
New businesses+48%5.9 /1k → 8.7 /1k
Weekly wage+23%$967 → $1,194

Declined1

Transit use−1.3 points4.3% → 3.0%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Montgomery County, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.1 /10k2020	4.5 /10k2025	+44%	Within the margin of error	89%
Average commute time	18.9 min2015-2019	18.2 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Average weekly wage	$9672020	$1,1942025	+23%	Improved	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%2015-2019	48.8%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	61%
Broadband subscriptions	87.8%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	4%
Child poverty rate	13.8%2019	10.8%2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Distance to an airport	80 mi2020	80 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.1 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−6%	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Firearm deaths	10.0 /100k2020	12.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+22%	Within the margin of error	21%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+8.4%	Within the margin of error	77%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+38%	Within the margin of error	82%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Homicide rate	4.0 /100k2020	2.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−30%	Within the margin of error	53%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,6402019	$56,0272024	+35%	Improved	66%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4952015-2019	0.5102020-2024	+0.015	Within the margin of error	29%
Median household income	$58,7402019	$70,5112024	+20%	Improved	25%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	8.7 /1k2025	+48%	Improved	54%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+26%	Within the margin of error	94%
Poverty rate	20.5%2019	20.6%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Property crime rate	1,083 /100k2020	1,124 /100k2025	+3.8%	Within the margin of error	9%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+34%	Within the margin of error	97%
Public transit commuters	4.3%2015-2019	3.0%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Declined	14%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent-burdened households	50.8%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Restaurants and bars	7.6 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	79%
Students per teacher	13.2×2019	12.6×2024	−0.6×	Little change	48%
Suicide rate	12.1 /100k2020	15.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+26%	Within the margin of error	16%
Traffic deaths	9.4 /100k2015-2019	8.5 /100k2020-2024	−9.2%	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	5.2%2020	3.7%2025	−1.5 points	Improved	23%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.8%2019	6.6%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	73%
Violent crime rate	152 /100k2020	146 /100k2025	−3.9%	Within the margin of error	37%

“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 Montgomery County, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montgomery 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, Montgomery County, Virginia itself moved +0.5 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

99,101 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

36,961 households (±702)

Montgomery County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k21%7,749
$25k–50k18%6,555
$50k–75k13%4,788

Homes

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

Owners and renters

36,961 households (±702)

Montgomery County, Virginia
Virginia share

Own55%20,438
Rent45%16,523

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

46,406 workers (±933)

Montgomery County, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone68%31,635
Carpool6.3%2,942
Public transit3.0%1,372

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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, 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.

Montgomery County has 2,016 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Virginia's), with 32,210 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,216. The Census Bureau also counts 6,309 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,016; 6,309 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 32,210
Average annual pay: $54,216; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	192	19.5	0.93×About typical	2,284	$75,612	267
Restaurants and other eating places	177	18	0.98×About typical	4,232	$19,654	24
Specialty trade contractors	103	10.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	581	$56,067	321
Offices of physicians	90	9.1	1.41×More than typical	1,120	$70,570	52
Lessors of real estate	89	9	0.73×Fewer than typical	427	$56,927	821
Full-service restaurants	80	8.1	1.06×About typical	2,268	$21,904	8
Limited-service restaurants	79	8	1.00×About typical	1,761	$16,500	13
Religious organizations	78	7.9	1.43×More than typical	421	$23,862	—
Construction of buildings	64	6.5	0.86×About typical	789	$63,788	160
Services to buildings and dwellings	62	6.3	0.93×About typical	437	$38,302	296
Automotive repair and maintenance	50	5.1	1.01×About typical	342	$38,930	59
Architectural, engineering and related services	49	5	1.43×More than typical	1,022	$130,464	114

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 98,606 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 $52.4M on contracts performed in Montgomery County, Virginia: $532 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $52.4M; −63% vs FY2025
Per resident: $532; US $1,994
Sole-source: 43%; US 30%
Single offer: 15%; 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

Department of the Navy$20M38%
Defense Logistics Agency$9.8M19%
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$5.1M9.7%
Department of the Army$3.7M7.0%
U.S. Coast Guard$3.5M6.6%
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$3M5.6%
Federal Aviation Administration$2M3.9%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency$1.1M2.1%

Top recipients

MOOG INC.$21.2M40%
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$16.2M31%
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$6.9M13%
TECHPRIDE, INC.$3M5.7%
GRAF RESEARCH CORPORATION$1.2M2.4%

Spending by fiscal year

71.3MFY2017
69MFY2018
75.6MFY2019
80.9MFY2020
72MFY2021
92.2MFY2022
92.4MFY2023
100M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$17.6M34%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$16.6M32%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$7.4M14%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$3.5M6.6%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$1.8M3.5%

Largest awards

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D)- BAA 20-C019 BASE YEAR AWARD TITLED "DEFENSE RESILIENCY PLATFORM AGAINST EXTREME COLD WEATHER" U437A00$17.1M
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Feb 1, 2022 – Jan 27, 2026· W913E522C0001
PHIS SUPPORT SERVICES V$14.7M
HARMONIA HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC· Montgomery County, VA· IT & telecom· Nov 17, 2020 – Nov 14, 2025· 123A9421F0007
PV-BIT: PRIVATE VERIFICATION FOR FPGA BITSTREAMS$13.8M
GRAF RESEARCH CORPORATION· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Mar 31, 2021 – Mar 17, 2026· FA865021F1144
PHIS OPTIMIZATION II

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 $585.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Montgomery County, Virginia: $5,952 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $585.9M; +1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,952; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$290M49%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$36.9M6.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$31.8M5.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$31.5M5.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$20.6M3.5%
81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$9.8M1.7%
93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$9.7M1.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.6M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$131.5M22%
BLACKSBURG, VA
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$34M5.8%
BLACKSBURG, VA
VIRGINIA TECH MONTGOMERY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$3.4M0.6%
BLACKSBURG, VA
FREE CLINIC OF NEW RIVER VALLEY INC$2.2M0.4%
CHRISTIANSBURG, VA
VIRGINIA BEACH-FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE, LLC

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$357M61%
National Science Foundation$39.9M6.8%
National Institutes of Health$39.5M6.7%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$38.9M6.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$35M

Assistance by fiscal year

635.1MFY2021
502.4MFY2022
588.1MFY2023
1.1BFY2024
580MFY2025
585.9MFY2026

County aggregates

68%

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 Montgomery 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.

Montgomery County, Virginia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$725	$1,436
FY2018	$699	$1,552
FY2019	$765	$1,654
FY2020	$813	$1,880
FY2021	$729	$1,810
FY2022	$934	$1,917
FY2023	$937	$2,079
FY2024	$1,017	$2,047
FY2025	$1,453	$2,165
FY2026	$532 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0.77	$105
FY2019	$3.39	$128
FY2020	-$0.19	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$3,134	$5,748
FY2022	$2,198	$5,221
FY2023	$2,808	$5,364
FY2024	$8,047	$5,501
FY2025	$2,589	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$180	$298
FY2022	$73.39	$357
FY2023	$126	$301
FY2024	$201	$319
FY2025	$20.08	$360
FY2026	$15.24

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$130	$239
FY2022	$103	$185
FY2023	$116	$229
FY2024	$136	$229
FY2025	$111	$249
FY2026	$122

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$303	$2,304
FY2022	$38.50	$2,197
FY2023	$170	$2,274
FY2024	$378	$2,267
FY2025	$307	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$529	$1,186
FY2022	$212	$465
FY2023	-$18.08	$76.52
FY2024	$43.41	$120
FY2025	$119	$148
FY2026	$5.28

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.

Montgomery County, Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Montgomery County, Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	0.6%

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.

HHS grants · FY2024

$378 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $171 (2.2× that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

Montgomery County, Virginia
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Uninsured residents (under 65): change since 2023points

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/51121

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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.

Montgomery 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 Montgomery County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA75Central county

Cities and towns in Montgomery County

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

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
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Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	−4.3%	−4.2%
2015	−2.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+8.4%	+6.8%
2019	+11.2%	+10.5%
2020	+20.0%	+19.4%
2021	+26.3%	+26.1%
2022	+33.4%	+30.6%
2023	+37.6%	+35.0%
2024	+45.0%	+41.0%
2025	+48.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	−6.4%	−5.5%
2015	−2.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.1%
2018	+9.1%	+8.9%
2019	+12.7%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+30.5%	+32.1%
2022	+36.8%	+35.4%
2023	+47.9%	+42.9%
2024	+54.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	6.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	16.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	−15.4%	−6.9%
2015	−0.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.6%	+4.7%
2018	+2.2%	+7.5%
2019	+14.2%	+14.0%
2020	+21.4%	+16.9%
2021	+12.3%	+21.0%
2022	+35.5%	+29.7%
2023	+31.5%	+34.9%
2024	+37.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	24.8%	15.5%
2015	20.8%	14.7%
2016	20.3%	14.0%
2017	23.0%	13.4%
2018	24.1%	13.1%
2019	20.5%	12.3%
2020	19.3%	11.9%
2021	23.3%	12.8%
2022	21.0%	12.6%
2023	23.8%	12.5%
2024	20.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	5.0%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	4.3%	4.9%
2017	3.9%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	5.2%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.7%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	−6.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+44.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	— (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	— (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	13.9%	13.5%
2015	11.1%	10.9%
2016	9.9%	10.0%
2017	11.0%	10.2%
2018	10.4%	10.4%
2019	8.8%	10.8%
2020	8.4%	10.4%
2021	7.5%	10.2%
2022	6.1%	9.5%
2023	6.7%	9.5%
2024	6.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Virginia	United States
2014	4.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Montgomery County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.80 points	+0.66 points	0.00 points to +1.10 points
Year −2	−0.60 points	−0.16 points	−0.50 points to +0.20 points
Year −1	0.00 points	0.00 points	0.00 points to 0.00 points
Year 0	−0.10 points	+0.88 points	+0.30 points to +1.50 points

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