IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Coeburn, VA
Coeburn is a small town of 1,639 people in Wise County, Virginia. It's about 30 miles from Kingsport, TN and 151 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 45 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $113k and rent runs about $860 a month.
1,639people
$113kTypical home
$860/moRent
82° / 44°Summer / winter
45"Snow
218Sunny days
161Rain/snow days
Is Coeburn right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Small town of 1,639
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 841 people per sq mi
- 151 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 30 mi to Kingsport, TN
- 29 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $113k (≈$710/mo)
- Median rent $860/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 218 sunny days a year (76 totally clear)
- 147 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 161 days a year with rain or snow
- 45" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (260 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,215 per 100k)
People
- Median age 45
- 37% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to TRI airport
- 115 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 100 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 65% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,005 ft
- 287 mi to the ocean
- 150 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 74 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Virginia districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Wise County: R+63 in 2024
- Virginia: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk