Virginia Population Trends

Since 2013, Virginia has consistently seen more people move out than move in. Why?

The results of the primary merely set the table for the general election in November. For many, the fall campaign will come down to a simple question: Democrat or Republican?

Leaders at Good Samaritan have wanted to bring a freestanding, inpatient hospice service to the valley since the nonprofit's inception in 1992. Now, 30 years later, the dream has become a reality.

Since 2020, Winchester has gained traction as Virginia’s fastest-growing metro area due to an outflow of remote workers from the Washington, D.C., region to the exurbs.

A map provided by demographer Hamilton Lombard of the Weldon Cooper Center shows the area surrounding Winchester highlighted in a dark shade of green, indicating high levels of migration in the region from 2020 to 2023.

Residents moving from D.C. and its surrounding suburbs are relocating further away than they have in the past, part of a national trend of remote workers leaving metropolitan cities for small rural communities.

Cooperation among public and private entities is critical to solve the housing problem.

Good Samaritan Hospice, a community-based nonprofit, hopes its new freestanding hospice house will help address a need for services in the region.

Weldon Cooper's Hamilton Lombard offers insight on Richmond's housing problem.

Salem's population is skewed older. Meanwhile, a proposed rezoning for mixed-use development is controversial. Here's how those are related.