Virginia Population Trends

Culpeper continues to experience a healthy rate of growth as new housing keeps going up and new residents arrive, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

With people moving out of parts of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, more rural counties are now see an increase of people moving into the area, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

As Harrisonburg's population increases the city is having a hard time keeping up with the demand, thus causing limited housing.

More data is out to solidify the trend of Northern Virginians leaving for smaller metros and rural areas elsewhere in the state, according to a report by UVA's Weldon Cooper Center.

Just over 40,000 people moved to the Richmond Region between 2020 and 2023, according to the just-released latest county and city population estimates from UVA's Weldon Cooper Center.

The University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center is projecting Isle of Wight County Schools' enrollment to rise by only 121 students through 2029.

A new positive tilt for inward migration in some areas of the commonwealth is offset by more death count than births, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

The largest overall number of new migrants moved to the big four - Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover - but rural areas growing the fastest, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

Recently released annual population estimates for Virginia show people moving out of the heavily populated areas in Hampton Roads, according to Demographic researchers at the Weldon Cooper Center.

Working from home could be a major factor in the movement from urban centers to more rural communities, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.