City safety & data profile

WinchesterVA

Winchester, VA is a 27K-resident city in Winchester city with a median household income of $63,974.

Winchester city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Winchester, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Winchester has a population larger than 59% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $343,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

27K
Population (place)
Top 41%
By size
$63,974
Median income (place)
$343,000
Median home (place)
21.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Winchester

Winchester posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Winchester area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Winchester

Where Winchester income ranks nationally

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

$63,974 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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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 Winchester, VA beyond the headline numbers

Winchester sits inside Winchester city, Virginia, at roughly 39.19°N, -78.16°W. Population 27,284, $63,974 median household income. Median home value $343,000, median rent $1,315. Poverty rate 21.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Winchester, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21.5% of Winchester, 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 Winchester costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

14% of Winchester workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.1% in Winchester, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Winchester 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)
27,284
Winchester · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$63,974
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$343,000
-17% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Winchester city): Winchester'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
28K+5%
Median Income
$63,974+45%
Median Home Value
$343,000+53%
Poverty Rate
21.5%+7%
Unemployment
6.4%-11%

Economics

Economics indicators for Winchester, VA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,315/mo
Poverty Rate
21.5% +73% vs avg
Unemployment 6.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 31.3%
Work From Home 14%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 62.3%
African American 7.9%
Asian 2.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
37.4%
Short Sleep Duration
36.5%
High Blood Pressure
36.5%
Physical Inactivity
28.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.7%
Current Smoking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.3%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Diabetes
13.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.6%
Annual Checkup 77.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
WINCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER
WINCHESTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Winchester?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet VA-WINCHESTER-VA · Winchester

Winchester: 3 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • MIX-LED 67% ca-weather
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Winchester

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Winchester.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Winchester, VA? ▼
Winchester, VA has a population of 27,284 people, located in Winchester city, Virginia.
What is the median household income in Winchester? ▼
The median household income in Winchester, VA is $63,974 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.5%.
What is the median home value in Winchester? ▼
The median home value in Winchester, VA is $343,000. Median rent is $1,315/month.
What are the top health concerns in Winchester? ▼
The top health indicators in Winchester include Obesity (37.4%), Short Sleep Duration (36.5%), High Blood Pressure (36.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Winchester? ▼
Winchester has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Winchester? ▼
The median age in Winchester, VA is 36.8 years. 31.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (21.5% here).

Montgomery, AL 21.5% Boulder, CO 21.5% Lincoln Park, MI 21.5% Trotwood, OH 21.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($63,974 here).

Ionia, MI $63,978 Red Bank, TN $63,983 Oskaloosa, IA $64,004 Madera, CA $63,933

Compare Winchester 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

Front Royal, VA 15K Martinsburg, WV 18K Halfway, MD 11K Leesburg, VA 51K Hagerstown, MD 40K Broadlands, VA 12K Gainesville, VA 11K Ashburn, VA 44K
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Using Winchester'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 Winchester 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 Winchester 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 (Winchester 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.