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Cedar Bluff is a small town of 1,167 people in Tazewell County, Virginia. It's about 58 miles from Beckley, WV and 140 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $112k and rent runs about $860 a month.
1,167people
$112kTypical home
$860/moRent
83° / 44°Summer / winter
18"Snow
210Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,167
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 558 people per sq mi
- 140 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 58 mi to Beckley, WV
- 39 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $112k (≈$705/mo)
- Median rent $860/mo
- Median household income $37k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 210 sunny days a year (66 totally clear)
- 155 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 18" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (138 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,102 per 100k)
People
- Median age 51
- 19% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to TRI airport
- 122 mi to GSO (major hub)
- 63 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,942 ft
- 247 mi to the ocean
- 110 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 59 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 29 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Virginia districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 43 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tazewell County: R+69 in 2024
- Virginia: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk