# Cities in Virginia by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 39 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Blacksburg, VA | 42.7 |
| 2 | Radford, VA | 28.7 |
| 3 | Harrisonburg, VA | 25.7 |
| 4 | Danville, VA | 24.7 |
| 5 | Martinsville, VA | 23.5 |
| 6 | Hopewell, VA | 21.8 |
| 7 | Petersburg, VA | 21.7 |
| 8 | Winchester, VA | 21.5 |
| 9 | Charlottesville, VA | 19.7 |
| 10 | Williamsburg, VA | 18.8 |
| 11 | Lynchburg, VA | 18.6 |
| 12 | Roanoke, VA | 18.3 |
| 13 | Richmond, VA | 18.2 |
| 14 | Bristol, VA | 18 |
| 15 | Portsmouth, VA | 17.3 |
| 16 | Norfolk, VA | 16.5 |
| 17 | Newport News, VA | 14.5 |
| 18 | Front Royal, VA | 14.3 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg, VA | 13.2 |
| 20 | Culpeper, VA | 12.8 |
| 21 | Hampton, VA | 12.7 |
| 22 | Staunton, VA | 12.4 |
| 23 | Christiansburg, VA | 11.7 |
| 24 | Waynesboro, VA | 11.2 |
| 25 | Salem, VA | 10.3 |
| 26 | Warrenton, VA | 9.7 |
| 27 | Chesapeake, VA | 9.4 |
| 28 | Suffolk, VA | 9.4 |
| 29 | Fairfax, VA | 9.1 |
| 30 | Virginia Beach, VA | 8.6 |
| 31 | Herndon, VA | 8.1 |
| 32 | Alexandria, VA | 7.9 |
| 33 | Colonial Heights, VA | 7.9 |
| 34 | Manassas, VA | 7.7 |
| 35 | Leesburg, VA | 6.6 |
| 36 | Manassas Park, VA | 5.1 |
| 37 | Vienna, VA | 5 |
| 38 | Poquoson, VA | 4.5 |
| 39 | Falls Church, VA | 4 |