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White Sulphur Springs is a small town of 2,549 people in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It's about 40 miles from Blacksburg, VA and 156 miles from Richmond, VA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $117k and rent runs about $844 a month.
2,549people
$117kTypical home
$844/moRent
83° / 41°Summer / winter
18"Snow
215Sunny days
142Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,549
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,361 people per sq mi
- 156 mi to Richmond, VA
- 40 mi to Blacksburg, VA
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $117k (≈$738/mo)
- Median rent $844/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 215 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 150 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 142 days a year with rain or snow
- 18" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 12 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (70 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,056 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 23% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to LWB airport
- 119 mi to GSO (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1962
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,906 ft
- 165 mi to the ocean
- 49 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 46 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
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of West Virginia districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 34 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Greenbrier County: R+42 in 2024
- West Virginia: R+42 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk