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Cities in Virginia by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate

Richmond, VA had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 39 cities in 2022, at 21.1%. Danville, VA had the lowest, at 12.8%. The median was 17.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest21.1Richmond, VA
Lowest12.8Danville, VA
Median17.439 cities

All cities, 2022

Richmond, VA: 21.1 %Richmond, VA21.1Norfolk, VA: 21 %Norfolk, VA21Falls Church, VA: 19.2 %Falls Church, VA19.2Blacksburg, VA: 19.1 %Blacksburg, VA19.1Charlottesville, VA: 18.8 %Charlottesville, VA18.8Fredericksburg, VA: 18.8 %Fredericksburg, VA18.8Leesburg, VA: 18.6 %Leesburg, VA18.6Virginia Beach, VA: 18.6 %Virginia Beach, VA18.6Williamsburg, VA: 18.6 %Williamsburg, VA18.6Harrisonburg, VA: 18.5 %Harrisonburg, VA18.5Manassas, VA: 18.5 %Manassas, VA18.5Radford, VA: 18.4 %Radford, VA18.4Alexandria, VA: 18.3 %Alexandria, VA18.3Christiansburg, VA: 18.2 %Christiansburg, VA18.2Culpeper, VA: 18.2 %Culpeper, VA18.2Manassas Park, VA: 18.2 %Manassas Park, VA18.2Poquoson, VA: 18.2 %Poquoson, VA18.2Lynchburg, VA: 18.1 %Lynchburg, VA18.1Herndon, VA: 17.4 %Herndon, VA17.4Salem, VA: 17.4 %Salem, VA17.4Front Royal, VA: 17.3 %Front Royal, VA17.3Winchester, VA: 17.3 %Winchester, VA17.3Warrenton, VA: 17.2 %Warrenton, VA17.2Fairfax, VA: 17.1 %Fairfax, VA17.1Newport News, VA: 16.8 %Newport News, VA16.8Staunton, VA: 16.7 %Staunton, VA16.7Suffolk, VA: 16.7 %Suffolk, VA16.7Vienna, VA: 16.7 %Vienna, VA16.7Colonial Heights, VA: 16.6 %Colonial Heights, VA16.6Hampton, VA: 16.6 %Hampton, VA16.6Chesapeake, VA: 16.4 %Chesapeake, VA16.4Waynesboro, VA: 16.2 %Waynesboro, VA16.2Roanoke, VA: 16.1 %Roanoke, VA16.1Bristol, VA: 16 %Bristol, VA16Hopewell, VA: 14.9 %Hopewell, VA14.9Portsmouth, VA: 14.9 %Portsmouth, VA14.9Petersburg, VA: 13.9 %Petersburg, VA13.9Martinsville, VA: 13.1 %Martinsville, VA13.1Danville, VA: 12.8 %Danville, VA12.8Richmond, VA: 21.1 %Richmond, VA21.1Norfolk, VA: 21 %Norfolk, VA21Falls Church, VA: 19.2 %Falls Church, VA19.2Blacksburg, VA: 19.1 %Blacksburg, VA19.1Charlottesville, VA: 18.8 %Charlottesville, VA18.8Fredericksburg, VA: 18.8 %Fredericksburg, VA18.8Leesburg, VA: 18.6 %Leesburg, VA18.6Virginia Beach, VA: 18.6 %Virginia Beach, VA18.6Williamsburg, VA: 18.6 %Williamsburg, VA18.6Harrisonburg, VA: 18.5 %Harrisonburg, VA18.5Manassas, VA: 18.5 %Manassas, VA18.5Radford, VA: 18.4 %Radford, VA18.4Alexandria, VA: 18.3 %Alexandria, VA18.3Christiansburg, VA: 18.2 %Christiansburg, VA18.2Culpeper, VA: 18.2 %Culpeper, VA18.2Manassas Park, VA: 18.2 %Manassas Park, VA18.2Poquoson, VA: 18.2 %Poquoson, VA18.2Lynchburg, VA: 18.1 %Lynchburg, VA18.1Herndon, VA: 17.4 %Herndon, VA17.4Salem, VA: 17.4 %Salem, VA17.4Front Royal, VA: 17.3 %Front Royal, VA17.3Winchester, VA: 17.3 %Winchester, VA17.3Warrenton, VA: 17.2 %Warrenton, VA17.2Fairfax, VA: 17.1 %Fairfax, VA17.1Newport News, VA: 16.8 %Newport News, VA16.8Staunton, VA: 16.7 %Staunton, VA16.7Suffolk, VA: 16.7 %Suffolk, VA16.7Vienna, VA: 16.7 %Vienna, VA16.7Colonial Heights, VA: 16.6 %Colonial Heights, VA16.6Hampton, VA: 16.6 %Hampton, VA16.6Chesapeake, VA: 16.4 %Chesapeake, VA16.4Waynesboro, VA: 16.2 %Waynesboro, VA16.2Roanoke, VA: 16.1 %Roanoke, VA16.1Bristol, VA: 16 %Bristol, VA16Hopewell, VA: 14.9 %Hopewell, VA14.9Portsmouth, VA: 14.9 %Portsmouth, VA14.9Petersburg, VA: 13.9 %Petersburg, VA13.9Martinsville, VA: 13.1 %Martinsville, VA13.1Danville, VA: 12.8 %Danville, VA12.8
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Richmond, VA21.1+1.5 pts
2Norfolk, VA21+1.8 pts
3Falls Church, VA19.2+0.8 pts
4Blacksburg, VA19.1-2 pts
5Charlottesville, VA18.8+0.5 pts
5Fredericksburg, VA18.8+1.3 pts
7Leesburg, VA18.6-0.4 pts
7Virginia Beach, VA18.6+1.2 pts
7Williamsburg, VA18.6+0.7 pts
10Harrisonburg, VA18.5-0.1 pts
10Manassas, VA18.5+0.5 pts
12Radford, VA18.4+0.3 pts
13Alexandria, VA18.3-0.3 pts
14Christiansburg, VA18.2-1.3 pts
14Culpeper, VA18.2+1.2 pts
14Manassas Park, VA18.2-0.6 pts
14Poquoson, VA18.2+0.8 pts
18Lynchburg, VA18.1+1.9 pts
19Herndon, VA17.4+1.1 pts
19Salem, VA17.40 pts
21Front Royal, VA17.3+1.6 pts
21Winchester, VA17.3+1 pts
23Warrenton, VA17.2+0.6 pts
24Fairfax, VA17.1-0.1 pts
25Newport News, VA16.8+0.5 pts
26Staunton, VA16.7+1 pts
26Suffolk, VA16.7+0.4 pts
26Vienna, VA16.7+1.1 pts
29Colonial Heights, VA16.6+1.3 pts
29Hampton, VA16.6+1.3 pts
31Chesapeake, VA16.4+0.3 pts
32Waynesboro, VA16.2+0.6 pts
33Roanoke, VA16.1+0.3 pts
34Bristol, VA16+1.1 pts
35Hopewell, VA14.9+0.8 pts
35Portsmouth, VA14.9+0.2 pts
37Petersburg, VA13.9+2.1 pts
38Martinsville, VA13.1+0.2 pts
39Danville, VA12.8+0.4 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who had 5 or more drinks (men) or 4 or more drinks (women) on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Virginia by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Virginia by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/virginia-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Virginia by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/virginia-cities?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Virginia by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/virginia-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

Richmond, VA, with 21.1% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

Danville, VA, with 12.8% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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