Virginia Population Trends

Since the 2019-20 school year, the county's public schools' overall enrollment dropped by 536 students, down 5% to 9,285 for the present academic year.

Small towns are the new hip thing with young people, who have traditionally flocked to urban areas. Hamilton Lombard at UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service says ever since the pandemic, young adults are often bypassing the big city.

On Tuesday, Frederick Water's board of directors unanimously approved three budget amendments totaling $5.73 million.

A town policy limiting when taxpayer dollars can be put toward private residential and commercial developments – depending on how broadly it’s worded – could affect Smithfield’s 18-year plan to gradually transform the former Pinewood Heights neighborhood behind Smithfield Foods’ meatpacking plant into an industrial park.

The city is mulling a controversial rezoning plan. It also has elections coming up. Housing figures in both. Here's what's driving that debate.

A committee of three Smithfield Town Council members tasked with writing a policy governing if or when taxpayer dollars can be put toward sharing in the cost of a private residential or commercial development will hold its first meeting on Sept. 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Windsor Castle manor house.

New Census Bureau data shows how Northern Virginia shares certain negative population trends with some of Virginia's coal counties.

Smyth County’s leaders are striving to meet today’s needs and pay those bills while also innovatively investing in the community’s future.

The net in-migration of younger adults has been significant enough that the median age has now fallen in 35 Virginia localities, most of them rural, most of them in Southwest and Southside. 

Smithfield’s Town Council voted unanimously on Aug. 6 to form a committee tasked with writing a policy governing if or when taxpayer dollars can be put toward sharing in the cost of a private residential or commercial development.