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Jonesville is a small town of 1,308 people in Lee County, Virginia. It's about 34 miles from Kingsport, TN and 164 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $115k and rent runs about $576 a month.
1,308people
$115kTypical home
$576/moRent
85° / 45°Summer / winter
14"Snow
225Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,308
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,177 people per sq mi
- 164 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 34 mi to Kingsport, TN
- 34 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $115k (≈$728/mo)
- Median rent $576/mo
- Median household income $18k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 19.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 64°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (144 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (834 per 100k)
People
- Median age 47
- 25% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to TRI airport
- 78 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 125 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 58% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,463 ft
- 314 mi to the ocean
- 144 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 41 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
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 20% of Virginia districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 30 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lee County: R+72 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
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk