City safety & data profile

RoanokeVA

Roanoke, VA is a 100K-resident city in Roanoke city with a median household income of $55,378.

Roanoke city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Roanoke, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Roanoke has a population larger than 92% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $190,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

100K
Population (place)
Top 8%
By size
$55,378
Median income (place)
$190,500
Median home (place)
18.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Roanoke

Roanoke posts a median household income higher than 15% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Roanoke area.

Bottom 16%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Roanoke

Where Roanoke income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$55,378 Bottom 15% higher than 15% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Roanoke $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in VA

Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Virginia Beach is the largest VA city on this list; Great Falls leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in VA

Median household income among the same 102-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Roanoke, VA beyond the headline numbers

Roanoke sits inside Roanoke city, Virginia, at roughly 37.27°N, -79.94°W. Population 100,011, $55,378 median household income. Median home value $190,500, median rent $996. Poverty rate 18.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Roanoke, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.3% of Roanoke, VA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Roanoke costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 11.8% of Roanoke workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.3% in Roanoke, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.4% of Roanoke workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Roanoke from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
100,011
Roanoke · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$55,378
-38% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$190,500
-54% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Roanoke city): Roanoke's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
98K+1%
Median Income
$55,378+45%
Median Home Value
$190,500+41%
Poverty Rate
18.3%-18%
Unemployment
5.6%-34%

Economics

Economics indicators for Roanoke, VA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$996/mo
Poverty Rate
18.3% +48% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30%
Work From Home 11.8%
Public Transit 2.4%

Population

White 56.8%
African American 27.9%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.9%
Short Sleep Duration
39.9%
High Blood Pressure
39.1%
Physical Inactivity
29.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.4%
Current Smoking
16.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.3%
Diabetes
14.9%
Binge Drinking
14.7%
Current Asthma
11.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.2%
Annual Checkup 77.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
4.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER
ROANOKE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Roanoke?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Roanoke right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet VA-ROANOKE · Roanoke

Roanoke: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Roanoke; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Roanoke, VA? ▼
Roanoke, VA has a population of 100,011 people, located in Roanoke city, Virginia.
What is the median household income in Roanoke? ▼
The median household income in Roanoke, VA is $55,378 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.3%.
What is the median home value in Roanoke? ▼
The median home value in Roanoke, VA is $190,500. Median rent is $996/month.
What are the top health concerns in Roanoke? ▼
The top health indicators in Roanoke include Obesity (41.9%), Short Sleep Duration (39.9%), High Blood Pressure (39.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Roanoke? ▼
Roanoke has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Roanoke? ▼
The median age in Roanoke, VA is 38.3 years. 30% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Roanoke, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (18.3% here).

Lafayette, LA 18.3% Fort Smith, AR 18.3% Victoria, TX 18.3% Huntington Park, CA 18.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($55,378 here).

Passaic, NJ $55,371 Calumet City, IL $55,369 Lewiston, ME $55,393 Kokomo, IN $55,360

Compare Roanoke with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Hollins, VA 15K Cave Spring, VA 25K Salem, VA 25K Blacksburg, VA 44K Christiansburg, VA 22K Martinsville, VA 14K Radford, VA 17K Timberlake, VA 12K
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Using Roanoke's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Roanoke area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Roanoke against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Roanoke city) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.