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Sperryville, VA

Sperryville's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

364
Residents
$95,213
Median income
$354,600
Median home
$1,369
Median rent (state)
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Sheet VA-SPERRYVILLE-VA · Sperryville, VA 364 pop · income 75th pct · 2 tracts

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-FEW

  • POP-VILLAGE 364
  • INC-HIGH $95,213
  • COL-PAR 101.1
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UPPER 75th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Islamorada
  • HOME-MID $354,600
  • BOOK-FEW 2 tracts

Nearest income peer: Islamorada, FL ( $1 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sperryville

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Sperryville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Sperryville on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 364.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $95,213. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Sperryville - the verdict

Nationally, Sperryville sits in the 75th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

75th
percentile, household income
72nd
percentile, home value
62nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Sperryville, VA

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 364 residents in Sperryville, a small town within Virginia. Median household income here is $95,213 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.3%. Typical homes in Sperryville are valued around $354,600, and the median resident age is 61.9 years. About 22.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 41.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

NOAA puts Sperryville's yearly average temperature at 54.2°F with 48.8 inches of precipitation per year and 21.0 inches of snowfall.

Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Virginia at 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,369 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Virginia run around $235, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Sperryville report an average commute of 29.7 minutes, with 93.3% driving alone and 6.7% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 33.3 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).

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How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from within-city variation to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Sperryville, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What can 2 Census tracts reveal inside Sperryville?

PlainCities matches 2 Census tracts to this city.

That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.

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2. Climate and hazard context

What physical conditions frame life in Sperryville?

The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.

NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 54.2°F, with 48.8 inches of precipitation and 21.0 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Virginia is 33.3 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.

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3. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Sperryville?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Claremont (365 residents, $51,667 income); Vansant (367 residents, $38,333 income); Stony Creek (360 residents, $61,326 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Steamboat, AZ (364 residents); Garden Valley, ID (364 residents); Hindsboro, IL (364 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Question 4

What does the journey to work look like in Sperryville?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 93.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 29.7 minutes.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.

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Why these stay compact

These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.

Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Sperryville?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

Value / income
3.7×
Home value
$354,600
Household income
$95,213

City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.

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Population

364 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$95,213 /yr

Above median income · poverty 3.3% (Low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

101.1 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average

City profile score · Sperryville, VA

59/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate B+
3.3%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income B
$95,213

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share D
22.4%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Cost of living F
101.1 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Sperryville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Cost of living. Poverty rateHousehold incomeBachelor's+ shareCost of living 59 C
Sperryville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.3%
  • Household income: 74/100 (B) · $95,213
  • Bachelor's+ share: 41/100 (D) · 22.4%
  • Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index

How does Sperryville compare to other US cities?

Sperryville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 75% higher than other cities
Home value 72% pricier than other cities
Median rent 62% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Sperryville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Virginia-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Sperryville near the bottom of Virginia's cities

Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Sperryville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Sperryville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#194 of 558
65th percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#185 of 567
67th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#384 of 616
37th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#359 of 618
42nd percentile in Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

75thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

75th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Sperryville's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$354,600 28th percentile more affordable than 28% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). This entry sits in this band. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Sperryville $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Sperryville's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,805 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,784 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 3.7×, Sperryville sits in the moderate band: national rank #9,805 of 15,516 and #7,784 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$95,213 Sperryville, VA median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Sperryville, VA Sperryville, VA's median household income ($95,213) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Sperryville, VA-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Sperryville, VA median $95,213/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Sperryville, VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Sperryville, VA.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 22.4%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 3.3%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 41.9%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
364
Median Income
$95,213
Median Home Value
$354,600
Median Age
61.9
Poverty Rate
3.3%
Labor force participation
41.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.4%

Climate

Avg Temperature
54.2°F
Annual Precipitation
48.8"
Annual Snowfall
21.0"

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
29.7 minutes
Drive Alone
93.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.7%

Based on 134 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).

These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Sperryville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Sperryville is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Sperryville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Sperryville compares to similar-size Virginia cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Sperryville (this city) 364 $95,213
Claremont 365 $51,667
Vansant 367 $38,333
Stony Creek 360 $61,326
NOAA Normals
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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