Rockbridge County, Virginia (VA)

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• • 20,74592.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7543.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4492.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3191.4%Two or more races
  • 1550.7%Asian alone
  • 820.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 460.2%Some other race alone

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 37
• Thefts: 209
• Auto thefts: 7

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 59
• Thefts: 222
• Auto thefts: 9

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,602 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,207 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rockbridge County is $434 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $703 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lexington, Buena Vista, East Lexington, Glasgow, Goshen.

2018 air pollution in Rockbridge County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.023 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Coffey County, Kansas , Somerset County, Maryland , Wayne County, Utah , Dallas County, Missouri , Goochland County , Montezuma County, Colorado , Webster County, Missouri .

Current college students: 779
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 540 (63.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 562010 or later
• 882000 to 2009
• 1061990 to 1999
• 1661980 to 1989
• 461970 to 1979
• 103Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 54.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,105
• One, attached: 269
• Two: 98
• 3 or 4: 102
• 5 to 9: 110
• 10 to 19: 139
• 20 to 49: 226
• 50 or more: 27
• Mobile homes: 1,449

Housing units in Rockbridge County with a mortgage: 3,607 (90 second mortgage, 470 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,478

Religion statistics for Rockbridge County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Rockbridge County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Virginia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4512-VA: April 2, 2020, FEMA Id: 4512, Natural disaster type: Other
• Virginia Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 01, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3359: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3359, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Severe Storms and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: June 29, 2012 to July 01, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4072: July 27, 2012, FEMA Id: 4072, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• Virginia Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 18, 2009 to December 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1874: February 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1874, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Virginia Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 23, 2006 to July 06, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1655: July 13, 2006, FEMA Id: 1655, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Virginia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3240: September 12, 2005, FEMA Id: 3240, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Hurricane Isabel, Incident Period: September 18, 2003 to October 01, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1491: September 18, 2003, FEMA Id: 1491, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 25, 2000 to January 30, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1318: February 28, 2000, FEMA Id: 1318, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Virginia Hurricane Fran, Incident Period: September 05, 1996 to September 23, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1135: September 06, 1996, FEMA Id: 1135, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Severe Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to February 01, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1098: January 27, 1996, FEMA Id: 1098, Natural disaster type: Flood
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.25% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($60,551 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.23% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($32,962 average AGI)
2.02% relocated from other states ($27,590 average AGI)

Rockbridge County:	2.02%
Virginia average:	3.61%

from Buena Vista city, VA	1.24% ($30,636 average AGI)
from Lexington city, VA	1.03% ($69,573)
from Augusta County, VA	0.58% ($36,860)
from Botetourt County, VA	0.26% ($38,045)

6.10% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($44,237 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.77% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($32,114 average AGI)
1.33% relocated to other states ($12,123 average AGI)

Rockbridge County:	1.33%
Virginia average:	3.89%

to Buena Vista city, VA	1.14% ($25,031 average AGI)
to Lexington city, VA	0.93% ($43,316)
to Augusta County, VA	0.59% ($50,360)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rockbridge County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,993 (1,086 living alone), Female householders: 4,374 (1,547 living alone)

• 5,093 spouses (5,007 opposite-sex spouses), 523 unmarried partners, (511 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,401 children (4,829 natural, 166 adopted, 424 stepchildren), 642 grandchildren, 81 brothers or sisters, 279 parents, 22 foster children, 406 other relatives, 775 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 218

Size of family households: 3,533 2-persons, 939 3-persons, 1,000 4-persons, 591 5-persons, 148 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,630 1-person, 385 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 29 5-persons.

2,583 married couples with children.
870 single-parent households (385 men, 485 women).

96.8% of residents of Rockbridge speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $184,529,000 ($8,752 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $26,114,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $40,710,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,307,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $827,000
Federal grants: $26,108,000
Federal procurement contracts: $43,727,000 ($22,918,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $58,850,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $691,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $7,612,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,697,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.06 millions of gallons per day (54% from ground, 46% from surface)

• Year house built in Rockbridge County, Virginia
• 1412014 or later
• 3842010 to 2013
• 1,9182000 to 2009
• 2,0451990 to 1999
• 1,1161980 to 1989
• 1,6811970 to 1979
• 1,1321960 to 1969
• 9461950 to 1959
• 4391940 to 1949
• 1,5791939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Rockbridge County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockbridge County, Virginia
• 01 room
• 262 rooms
• 1593 rooms
• 7624 rooms
• 1,3035 rooms
• 1,5906 rooms
• 1,0107 rooms
• 9598 rooms
• 1,2129+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockbridge County, Virginia
• 61 room
• 982 rooms
• 3163 rooms
• 5584 rooms
• 5085 rooms
• 2936 rooms
• 3207 rooms
• 1658 rooms
• 489+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Rockbridge County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockbridge County, Virginia
• 8no bedroom
• 641 bedroom
• 1,5082 bedrooms
• 3,6873 bedrooms
• 1,3164 bedrooms
• 4015+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockbridge County, Virginia
• 6no bedroom
• 3381 bedroom
• 8172 bedrooms
• 9443 bedrooms
• 1294 bedrooms
• 835+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Rockbridge County, Virginia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rockbridge County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 96no vehicle
• 1,2751 vehicle
• 2,8352 vehicles
• 1,7113 vehicles
• 7804 vehicles
• 3605+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rockbridge County in renter-occupied apartments
• 170no vehicle
• 1,2221 vehicle
• 5392 vehicles
• 2053 vehicles
• 684 vehicles
• 1295+ vehicles

88.2% of Rockbridge County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Virginia.

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

• This state: 15,434
• Other state: 6,655
• Northeast: 2,720
• Midwest: 819
• South: 2,634
• West: 483

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 390
• Number of aged recipients: 47
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 343
• Number of recipients under 18: 56
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 233
• Number of recipients older than 64: 101
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 180
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 159

Rockbridge County on our top lists:

• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"