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Raven is a small town of 1,345 people in Tazewell County, Virginia. It's about 55 miles from Kingsport, TN and 142 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $104k and rent runs about $695 a month.
1,345people
$104kTypical home
$695/moRent
82° / 43°Summer / winter
17"Snow
210Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,345
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 205 people per sq mi
- 142 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 55 mi to Kingsport, TN
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $104k (≈$653/mo)
- Median rent $695/mo
- Median household income $53k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 43°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
- 17" 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
- Low violent crime (207 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,254 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 18% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 52 mi to TRI airport
- 127 mi to GSO (major hub)
- 67 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,139 ft
- 253 mi to the ocean
- 115 mi to a big lake
- 27 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 59 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 27 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
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 42 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 18 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.