Washington County, Virginia (VA)

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• • 51,39995.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8581.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7161.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6051.1%Two or more races
  • 3180.6%Asian alone
  • 660.1%Some other race alone
  • 150.03%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 100.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $215,672

Here:	$215,672
State:	$377,025

Townhouses or other attached units: $172,091

Here:	$172,091
State:	$384,010

In 2-unit structures: $189,634

Here:	$189,634
State:	$299,685

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $180,146

Here:	$180,146
State:	$265,498

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $224,301

Here:	$224,301
State:	$344,101

Mobile homes: $63,725

Here:	$63,725
State:	$76,756

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 6
• Assaults: 47
• Burglaries: 138
• Thefts: 743
• Auto thefts: 39

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 13
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 62
• Burglaries: 204
• Thefts: 645
• Auto thefts: 50

Health of residents in Washington County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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: $954 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $861 (0.6%)

Area name: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Washington County is $389 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.

Cities in this county include: Abingdon, Emory-Meadow View, Plum Creek, Glade Spring, Emory, Damascus, Meadow View.

Neighboring counties: Butler County, Missouri , Gates County, North Carolina , New Madrid County, Missouri , Russell County , Surry County, North Carolina , Wayne County, Kentucky .

Current college students: 2,539
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 756 (52.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1292010 or later
• 2822000 to 2009
• 1111990 to 1999
• 1331980 to 1989
• 461970 to 1979
• 88Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 58.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 18,492
• One, attached: 591
• Two: 604
• 3 or 4: 809
• 5 to 9: 914
• 10 to 19: 411
• 20 to 49: 98
• 50 or more: 40
• Mobile homes: 4,068

Housing units in Washington County with a mortgage: 8,072 (167 second mortgage, 635 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,046

Religion statistics for Washington County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Washington County:

Tornado activity:

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 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 Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 17, 2002 to March 20, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1406: April 02, 2002, FEMA Id: 1406, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Virginia Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 08, 2001 to August 27, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1386: July 12, 2001, FEMA Id: 1386, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 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
• Virginia Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1086: January 13, 1996, FEMA Id: 1086, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• Virginia Ice Storm, Severe Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: February 08, 1994 to February 12, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1014: March 10, 1994, FEMA Id: 1014, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Storm, Flood
• Virginia Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 14, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3112: March 25, 1993, FEMA Id: 3112, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.72% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($49,831 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.03% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($22,015 average AGI)
2.69% relocated from other states ($27,817 average AGI)

Washington County:	2.69%
Virginia average:	3.61%

from Smyth County, VA	0.75% ($30,497 average AGI)
from Bristol city, VA	0.75% ($35,196)
from Sullivan County, TN	0.68% ($37,225)
from Russell County, VA	0.38% ($41,417)
from Tazewell County, VA	0.17% ($63,515)
from Washington County, TN	0.15% ($46,643)
from Wise County, VA	0.11% ($46,650)

5.73% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($54,941 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.62% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($16,329 average AGI)
3.11% relocated to other states ($38,612 average AGI)

Washington County:	3.11%
Virginia average:	3.89%

to Bristol city, VA	0.98% ($32,683 average AGI)
to Sullivan County, TN	0.91% ($49,439)
to Smyth County, VA	0.63% ($32,387)
to Russell County, VA	0.26% ($39,265)
to Washington County, TN	0.16% ($36,548)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Washington County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,505 (3,209 living alone), Female householders: 11,104 (3,779 living alone)

• 11,709 spouses (11,665 opposite-sex spouses), 846 unmarried partners, (838 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,811 children (12,004 natural, 367 adopted, 434 stepchildren), 1,800 grandchildren, 267 brothers or sisters, 727 parents, 357 foster children, 754 other relatives, 980 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,846

Size of family households: 8,143 2-persons, 3,583 3-persons, 2,056 4-persons, 805 5-persons, 152 6-persons, 224 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,981 1-person, 639 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

5,813 married couples with children.
2,108 single-parent households (319 men, 1,789 women).

98.0% of residents of Washington speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $254,245,000 ($4,887 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,179,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $138,221,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $49,573,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,410,000
Federal grants: $55,220,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,048,000 ($209,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,773,000 ($678,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,577,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,647,000
Federal Government insurance: $13,662,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.68 millions of gallons per day (28% from ground, 72% from surface)

• Year house built in Washington County, Virginia
• 4342014 or later
• 5832010 to 2013
• 3,4902000 to 2009
• 4,6181990 to 1999
• 3,9911980 to 1989
• 4,4951970 to 1979
• 2,8981960 to 1969
• 1,8451950 to 1959
• 1,2301940 to 1949
• 2,3551939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Virginia
• 181 room
• 02 rooms
• 3323 rooms
• 1,6754 rooms
• 3,7585 rooms
• 3,4246 rooms
• 2,7127 rooms
• 2,1178 rooms
• 2,8759+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Virginia
• 1471 room
• 1302 rooms
• 5683 rooms
• 1,6344 rooms
• 1,4185 rooms
• 8106 rooms
• 3817 rooms
• 2978 rooms
• 1909+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Virginia
• 17no bedroom
• 1921 bedroom
• 3,3822 bedrooms
• 9,9133 bedrooms
• 2,6634 bedrooms
• 6505+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Virginia
• 140no bedroom
• 7011 bedroom
• 2,3992 bedrooms
• 1,9393 bedrooms
• 4074 bedrooms
• 395+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 538no vehicle
• 3,8451 vehicle
• 7,3842 vehicles
• 3,6743 vehicles
• 1,0554 vehicles
• 4085+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in renter-occupied apartments
• 510no vehicle
• 2,7651 vehicle
• 1,5602 vehicles
• 5093 vehicles
• 2284 vehicles
• 775+ vehicles

88.3% of Washington County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Virginia.

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

• This state: 33,584
• Other state: 19,988
• Northeast: 1,769
• Midwest: 2,398
• South: 14,866
• West: 814

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,705
• Number of aged recipients: 201
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,504
• Number of recipients under 18: 124
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,124
• Number of recipients older than 64: 457
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 825
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 677

Washington County on our top lists:

• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #86 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"