Clarke County, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 14,361 (23% urban, 77% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 3,733
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,209

% of renters here:	24%
State:	32%

Land area: 177 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 72 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	6.6%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	3.5%
Whole state:	4.3%

2008 cost of living index in Clarke County: 110.0 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (17.7%), Construction (11.2%), Retail trade (11.2%), Manufacturing (11.1%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.4%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 71%
Government: 18%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 11%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Clarke County, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Clarke County, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (90.3%)
Black (6.7%)
Hispanic (1.5%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Other race (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	40.6 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 6,261	(49.5%)
Females: 6,391	(50.5%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $29,462
County population in 2003: 13,444
Jobs in 2003: 4,710

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Clarke County,VA real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 7,342
Unemployment rate in 2004: 2.7%

Average household size:

Clarke County:	2.5 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $59,962 ($51,601 in 2000)

This county	$59,962
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $249,292

Clarke County	$249,292
Virginia:	$212,300

Median monthly rent in 2000: $625
Institutionalized population: 284
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Clarke County in 2000: $1075

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 3
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 38
Burglaries: 23
Thefts: 152
Auto thefts: 9

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 1
Rapes: 6
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 30
Burglaries: 25
Thefts: 154
Auto thefts: 10

Clarke County races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 101 buildings, average cost: $155,200
2001: 139 buildings, average cost: $165,500
2002: 129 buildings, average cost: $164,500
2003: 127 buildings, average cost: $180,400
2004: 130 buildings, average cost: $176,600
2005: 221 buildings, average cost: $203,500
2006: 80 buildings, average cost: $164,600

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

2004 Presidential Election results in Clarke County Virginia:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 57.5%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 41.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,191 (0.9%)

Area name: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clarke County is $1080 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1225 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1580 a month.

Cities in this county include: Berryville, Boyce.

Neighboring counties: Berkeley County, West Virginia , Jefferson County, West Virginia , Fauquier County , Frederick County , Loudoun County , Warren County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Clarke County: Summerville Estate (A), Green Hill Estate (B), Sugar Hill (C), Greenville Estate (D), Guilford Estate (E), Hampton Estate (F), Anchorage Estate (G), Helmsley Estate (H), Annefield Estate (I), Providence Estate (J), Prospect Hill Estate (K), Prospect Farms (L), Monterey Estate (M), Lakeville Estate (N), Morgan Mill (O), Morgan Spring Estate (P), Stone Bridge (Q), Auburn Farms (R), Audley Estate (S), Jonesville Estate (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Clarke County include: Providence Chapel (A), Good Shepherd Church (B), Crums Church (C), Cunningham Parish Chapel (D), Shiloh Baptist Church (E), Greenway Southern Baptist Church (F), Bethel Church (G), Stones Chapel (H), Guilfield Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Crums Cemetery (1), Green Hill Cemetery (2), Old Salem Cemetery (3), Old Chapel Cemetery (4), Old Bethel Cemetery (5), Stones Chapel Cemetery (6), Milton Valley Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Berryville Reservoir (A), Willow Lake (B), Short Hill Farm Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Morgan Mill Stream (A), Rocky Branch (B), Roseville Run (C), Dry Marsh Run (D), Dog Run (E), Craig Run (F), Chapel Run (G), Buck Marsh Run (H), Page Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Clarke County include: Bearden Park (1), Watermelon Park (2), White Post Historic District (3), White Post Village Park (4), Clarke County Recreation Area (5), Clarke County Fairgrounds (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post offices: White Post Post Office (A), Millwood Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.4%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 385
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 312 (48% naturalized citizens)

Clarke County:	2.5%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 60 1990 to 1994: 30 1985 to 1989: 19 1980 to 1984: 32 1975 to 1979: 53 1970 to 1974: 20 1970 to 1974: 28 1965 to 1969: 70

Mean travel time to work: 32.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 36.4%

Clarke County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,679
One, attached: 223
Two: 72
3 or 4: 85
5 to 9: 86
10 to 19: 48
20 or more: 118
Mobile homes: 72
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Housing units in Clarke County with a mortgage: 1,881 (204 second mortgage, 276 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 873

Agriculture in Clarke County
Average size of farms: 157 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $33086
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $209.12
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 8.79%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 66.21%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $37231
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 33.97%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $38786
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 85.38%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.73
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 8.40%
Corn for grain: 3582 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 715 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 1530 harvested acres
Vegetables: 25 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 2093 acres

Clarke County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 1.8 times above overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (19%)
Public administration (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Educational services (5%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (14%)
Health care (13%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Public administration (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

United Kingdom (17%)
Mexico (17%)
Germany (9%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Canada (5%)
Chile (5%)
Other South Central Asia (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Clarke County:

United States or American (20%)
German (17%)
English (17%)
Irish (11%)
Italian (3%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
French (except Basque) (3%)

Clarke County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,037 (77%)
Carpooled: 704 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 20 (0%)
Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
Bicycle: 7 (0%)
Walked: 303 (5%)
Other means: 38 (1%)
Worked at home: 378 (6%)

People in group quarters in Clarke County, Virginia

150 people in state prisons
134 people in nursing homes
24 people in religious group quarters
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $69,432.

10.99% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($60,513 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.99%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.26% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($45,993 average AGI)
2.73% relocated from other states ($14,520 average AGI)
Clarke County: 2.73%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Loudoun County, VA	3.63% ($65,140 average AGI)
from Frederick County, VA	1.72% ($62,614)
from Fairfax County, VA	0.98% ($70,820)
from Winchester city, VA	0.60% ($35,194)
from Jefferson County, WV	0.29% ($29,667)
from Prince William County, VA	0.21% ($62,818)
from Warren County, VA	0.20% ($51,800)

8.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($49,738 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.93%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.81% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($33,973 average AGI)
3.12% relocated to other states ($15,765 average AGI)
Clarke County: 3.12%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Frederick County, VA	2.26% ($46,637 average AGI)
to Loudoun County, VA	1.06% ($54,981)
to Winchester city, VA	0.94% ($66,404)
to Berkeley County, WV	0.58% ($36,448)
to Jefferson County, WV	0.32% ($55,625)
to Fairfax County, VA	0.24% ($46,167)
to Warren County, VA	0.24% ($32,417)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.2

Births per 1000 population in Clarke County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Clarke County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Clarke County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,890 (1,720 aged, 170 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1070.050
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 915.170
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 7.04

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 23.48
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 49.28

Household type by relationship

Households: 12,339

In family households: 10,611 (2,756 male householders, 765 female householders)
2,903 spouses, 3,528 children (3,238 natural, 115 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 93 brothers or sisters, 89 parents, 110 other relatives, 196 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,728 (672 male householders (545 living alone)), 757 female householders (646 living alone)), 299 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 313 (283 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,622 2-persons, 820 3-persons, 653 4-persons, 269 5-persons, 95 6-persons, 62 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,191 1-person, 203 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

96.6% of residents of Clarke County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (21% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 52% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $59,320,000 ($4282 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,073,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $35,557,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $10,359,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $332,000
Federal grants: $5,834,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,688,000 ($577,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,550,000 ($51,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $29,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,273,000
Federal Government insurance: $11,250,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 658

Here:	46 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 699

Here:	49 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +53

Here:	+4 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +1,563

Here:	+110 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Clarke County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.47 millions of gallons per day (17% from ground, 83% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.7
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.6
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 188
1995 to 1998: 350
1990 to 1994: 386
1980 to 1989: 781
1970 to 1979: 989
1960 to 1969: 657
1950 to 1959: 554
1940 to 1949: 305
1939 or earlier: 1,178

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Clarke County, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 10 3 rooms: 65 4 rooms: 176 5 rooms: 668 6 rooms: 802 7 rooms: 665 8 rooms: 601 9+ rooms: 746

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County, Virginia:
	1 room: 41 2 rooms: 34 3 rooms: 156 4 rooms: 344 5 rooms: 297 6 rooms: 150 7 rooms: 70 8 rooms: 48 9+ rooms: 69

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Clarke County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 78 2 bedrooms: 619 3 bedrooms: 1,986 4 bedrooms: 868 5+ bedrooms: 182

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County:
	no bedroom: 41 1 bedroom: 192 2 bedrooms: 525 3 bedrooms: 367 4 bedrooms: 65 5+ bedrooms: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 167 1 vehicle: 712 2 vehicles: 1,419 3 vehicles: 990 4 vehicles: 291 5+ vehicles: 154

Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 127 1 vehicle: 518 2 vehicles: 366 3 vehicles: 149 4 vehicles: 24 5+ vehicles: 25

60% of Clarke County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Virginia.

Clarke County:	60.2%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 7307
Northeast: 1432
Midwest: 669
South: 2464
West: 384

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (42%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%) Wood (11%) Utility gas (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (46%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%) Utility gas (7%) Wood (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%) Solar energy (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 216

Here:	14.6%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39

Here:	5.6%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 81

Here:	24.9%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Clarke County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)