PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
Virginia
Virginia's senior poverty rate is 8.3%, and 26.5% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 133 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
8.3%
Senior poverty (65+)
26.5%
Seniors living alone
37.0%
Senior SNAP take-up
$64,957
Senior median income
Virginia by county
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Virginia at a glance
Seniors in poverty
114K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
8.3%
Ages 65+
Living alone
26.5%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
37.0%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$64,957
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.31
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 133 counties in Virginia.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Bath 27.7%
- 2 Prince Edward 24.4%
- 3 Norton 20.7%
- 4 Alleghany 20.6%
- 5 Scott 18.5%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Norton 52.3%
- 2 Covington 43.9%
- 3 Petersburg 43.5%
- 4 Fredericksburg 43.4%
- 5 Richmond 41.1%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Fairfax 164K
- 2 Virginia Beach 69K
- 3 Chesterfield 58K
- 4 Henrico 54K
- 5 Prince William 52K
Every county in Virginia
All 133 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accomack | 13.8% | 33.4% | 42.5% | $46,315 | 8,238 | 0.60 |
| Albemarle | 4.6% | 28.6% | 44.3% | $79,888 | 22,110 | 0.28 |
| Alexandria | 7.4% | 39.9% | 35.7% | $96,394 | 19,307 | 0.60 |
| Alleghany | 20.6% | 34.1% | 36.6% | $34,771 | 3,637 | 0.77 |
| Amelia | 9.6% | 22.5% | 41.6% | $53,949 | 2,689 | 0.25 |
| Amherst | 7.9% | 27.6% | 34.4% | $50,621 | 6,582 | 0.33 |
| Appomattox | 12.7% | 26.4% | 32.7% | $41,250 | 3,337 | 0.41 |
| Arlington | 10.6% | 33.8% | 48.0% | $99,317 | 26,683 | 0.53 |
| Augusta | 6.3% | 25.1% | 43.1% | $53,903 | 16,846 | 0.24 |
| Bath | 27.7% | 21.6% | 53.6% | $36,941 | 1,036 | 0.58 |
| Bedford | 5.4% | 23.8% | 37.6% | $62,784 | 17,973 | 0.19 |
| Bland | 8.0% | 28.5% | 40.2% | $49,609 | 1,426 | 0.35 |
| Botetourt | 6.5% | 22.5% | 39.2% | $63,796 | 7,835 | 0.18 |
| Bristol | 13.0% | 38.4% | 31.5% | $40,900 | 3,829 | 0.69 |
| Brunswick | 9.9% | 36.2% | 41.4% | $41,518 | 3,340 | 0.57 |
| Buchanan | 13.5% | 22.8% | 38.1% | $38,226 | 4,463 | 0.35 |
| Buckingham | 10.4% | 29.7% | 49.2% | $38,263 | 3,231 | 0.43 |
| Buena Vista | 17.6% | 29.8% | 28.7% | $35,000 | 1,152 | 0.60 |
| Campbell | 10.6% | 27.0% | 40.8% | $47,710 | 11,158 | 0.38 |
| Caroline | 6.8% | 18.6% | 53.1% | $62,536 | 5,044 | 0.10 |
| Carroll | 14.8% | 29.4% | 39.0% | $39,114 | 7,373 | 0.53 |
| Charles City | 11.4% | 26.6% | 63.1% | $57,781 | 1,749 | 0.39 |
| Charlotte | 13.8% | 34.7% | 41.2% | $41,318 | 2,492 | 0.63 |
| Charlottesville | 7.0% | 37.9% | 27.1% | $64,167 | 5,821 | 0.54 |
| Chesapeake | 7.5% | 24.6% | 31.9% | $67,516 | 34,603 | 0.25 |
| Chesterfield | 6.0% | 23.5% | 34.4% | $71,800 | 57,730 | 0.19 |
| Clarke | 6.1% | 16.4% | 70.5% | $70,395 | 3,155 | 0.07 |
| Colonial Heights | 3.2% | 28.9% | 24.4% | $68,403 | 3,196 | 0.25 |
| Covington | 10.6% | 43.9% | 38.2% | $37,317 | 1,103 | 0.67 |
| Craig | 10.4% | 24.8% | 19.6% | $59,034 | 939 | 0.32 |
| Culpeper | 6.5% | 18.2% | 30.7% | $72,756 | 8,550 | 0.08 |
| Cumberland | 8.8% | 20.1% | 35.6% | $43,867 | 2,267 | 0.18 |
| Danville | 18.4% | 40.4% | 33.2% | $35,225 | 8,229 | 0.85 |
| Dickenson | 13.5% | 28.1% | 32.8% | $33,679 | 3,234 | 0.47 |
| Dinwiddie | 8.0% | 21.6% | 38.1% | $62,889 | 5,153 | 0.20 |
| Emporia | 10.8% | 38.3% | 27.3% | $32,643 | 897 | 0.64 |
| Essex | 12.6% | 30.1% | 30.4% | $47,431 | 2,446 | 0.49 |
| Fairfax | 5.2% | 21.8% | 38.5% | $118,287 | 164,397 | 0.14 |
| Fairfax | 8.5% | 23.5% | 12.1% | $98,962 | 3,142 | 0.25 |
| Falls Church | 3.3% | 32.8% | 72.7% | $107,115 | 2,100 | 0.34 |
| Fauquier | 4.9% | 23.1% | 50.7% | $88,217 | 12,164 | 0.16 |
| Floyd | 8.1% | 27.4% | 44.7% | $50,398 | 3,643 | 0.33 |
| Fluvanna | 4.6% | 19.8% | 34.8% | $66,915 | 5,671 | 0.08 |
| Franklin | 7.3% | 24.3% | 35.6% | $56,336 | 13,137 | 0.24 |
| Franklin | 15.8% | 20.3% | 48.0% | $61,132 | 1,443 | 0.34 |
| Frederick | 7.3% | 23.4% | 35.9% | $67,288 | 16,879 | 0.22 |
| Fredericksburg | 11.5% | 43.4% | 25.2% | $61,883 | 3,186 | 0.69 |
| Galax | 18.0% | 37.7% | 40.8% | $30,127 | 1,136 | 0.79 |
| Giles | 9.5% | 35.8% | 52.8% | $37,269 | 3,544 | 0.55 |
| Gloucester | 4.6% | 20.6% | 57.2% | $65,530 | 7,814 | 0.09 |
| Goochland | 2.8% | 17.1% | 60.4% | $93,044 | 6,001 | 0.00 |
| Grayson | 9.9% | 27.1% | 39.0% | $36,392 | 3,781 | 0.36 |
| Greene | 12.4% | 18.2% | 25.6% | $67,207 | 3,768 | 0.22 |
| Greensville | 18.3% | 25.6% | 47.1% | $49,213 | 1,774 | 0.52 |
| Halifax | 14.3% | 34.6% | 39.7% | $34,080 | 8,123 | 0.64 |
| Hampton | 9.0% | 29.9% | 34.4% | $58,322 | 21,709 | 0.41 |
| Hanover | 5.1% | 22.9% | 46.8% | $72,127 | 20,679 | 0.16 |
| Harrisonburg | 9.0% | 31.4% | 30.3% | $62,406 | 4,904 | 0.44 |
| Henrico | 7.7% | 31.3% | 35.4% | $62,752 | 53,689 | 0.41 |
| Henry | 10.4% | 30.6% | 44.7% | $37,592 | 12,039 | 0.46 |
| Highland | 2.4% | 23.4% | 26.8% | $58,815 | 776 | 0.12 |
| Hopewell | 14.1% | 35.3% | 37.8% | $42,821 | 3,247 | 0.64 |
| Isle of Wight | 7.4% | 24.0% | 36.3% | $62,375 | 7,530 | 0.24 |
| James City | 4.9% | 19.9% | 39.2% | $97,820 | 20,765 | 0.09 |
| King and Queen | 8.0% | 27.7% | 53.1% | $56,495 | 1,576 | 0.33 |
| King George | 6.7% | 18.9% | 35.7% | $74,884 | 3,754 | 0.10 |
| King William | 8.5% | 29.6% | 36.5% | $50,603 | 2,942 | 0.39 |
| Lancaster | 12.9% | 33.0% | 49.2% | $62,629 | 4,160 | 0.57 |
| Lee | 13.8% | 22.0% | 39.4% | $36,933 | 4,870 | 0.34 |
| Lexington | 4.4% | 22.6% | 49.9% | $101,393 | 1,166 | 0.14 |
| Loudoun | 4.7% | 18.3% | 37.7% | $105,024 | 43,749 | 0.04 |
| Louisa | 9.5% | 23.4% | 36.8% | $61,314 | 7,884 | 0.27 |
| Lunenburg | 16.5% | 29.6% | 42.6% | $50,382 | 2,688 | 0.57 |
| Lynchburg | 8.3% | 29.0% | 32.8% | $55,440 | 10,255 | 0.37 |
| Madison | 8.1% | 15.4% | 53.3% | $62,013 | 3,046 | 0.12 |
| Manassas | 8.2% | 23.7% | 30.3% | $83,146 | 4,405 | 0.25 |
| Manassas Park | 2.1% | 22.1% | 12.7% | $56,943 | 1,627 | 0.09 |
| Martinsville | 16.2% | 32.6% | 22.7% | $35,561 | 2,084 | 0.63 |
| Mathews | 4.8% | 32.2% | 35.2% | $59,194 | 2,695 | 0.36 |
| Mecklenburg | 16.1% | 34.0% | 43.2% | $38,769 | 7,675 | 0.66 |
| Middlesex | 8.4% | 26.4% | 43.9% | $62,649 | 3,454 | 0.31 |
| Montgomery | 8.0% | 28.2% | 28.8% | $69,744 | 13,218 | 0.34 |
| Nelson | 14.2% | 19.4% | 49.3% | $60,651 | 4,285 | 0.29 |
| New Kent | 7.2% | 16.8% | 43.4% | $97,523 | 4,491 | 0.10 |
| Newport News | 13.3% | 32.8% | 30.5% | $53,857 | 24,660 | 0.57 |
| Norfolk | 12.6% | 33.2% | 32.7% | $51,855 | 28,799 | 0.56 |
| Northampton | 14.5% | 27.5% | 51.1% | $44,898 | 3,339 | 0.48 |
| Northumberland | 8.8% | 22.9% | 71.7% | $64,457 | 4,582 | 0.24 |
| Norton | 20.7% | 52.3% | 39.9% | $30,978 | 700 | 0.90 |
| Nottoway | 17.9% | 27.6% | 51.9% | $38,659 | 2,619 | 0.56 |
| Orange | 7.3% | 19.1% | 46.9% | $83,804 | 7,322 | 0.12 |
| Page | 9.6% | 27.1% | 46.1% | $44,277 | 5,059 | 0.36 |
| Patrick | 9.8% | 28.5% | 43.0% | $38,157 | 4,524 | 0.39 |
| Petersburg | 16.0% | 43.5% | 32.4% | $39,321 | 5,477 | 0.80 |
| Pittsylvania | 15.5% | 27.5% | 45.0% | $38,965 | 14,273 | 0.50 |
| Poquoson | 3.9% | 18.5% | 22.6% | $90,696 | 2,469 | 0.03 |
| Portsmouth | 14.9% | 33.8% | 32.2% | $45,207 | 14,402 | 0.63 |
| Powhatan | 4.5% | 14.8% | 52.4% | $79,702 | 5,950 | 0.03 |
| Prince Edward | 24.4% | 27.0% | 43.7% | $37,961 | 3,494 | 0.69 |
| Prince George | 6.3% | 18.9% | 23.3% | $73,893 | 5,440 | 0.10 |
| Prince William | 5.5% | 18.8% | 42.4% | $99,717 | 52,094 | 0.07 |
| Pulaski | 8.8% | 33.4% | 38.1% | $47,474 | 7,450 | 0.48 |
| Radford | 9.5% | 21.4% | 29.4% | $51,667 | 1,459 | 0.22 |
| Rappahannock | 3.8% | 17.5% | 32.3% | $74,688 | 1,966 | 0.02 |
| Richmond | 11.7% | 32.7% | 58.4% | $42,614 | 1,665 | 0.53 |
| Richmond | 14.6% | 41.1% | 34.6% | $48,665 | 30,357 | 0.76 |
| Roanoke | 6.6% | 30.1% | 32.0% | $53,793 | 20,409 | 0.36 |
| Roanoke | 15.0% | 35.1% | 26.7% | $40,959 | 16,122 | 0.66 |
| Rockbridge | 7.4% | 28.7% | 45.7% | $50,652 | 5,941 | 0.34 |
| Rockingham | 7.7% | 26.8% | 42.9% | $55,724 | 16,469 | 0.31 |
| Russell | 14.1% | 28.8% | 36.0% | $36,123 | 5,825 | 0.50 |
| Salem | 8.0% | 28.7% | 37.0% | $51,938 | 4,415 | 0.36 |
| Scott | 18.5% | 30.0% | 39.1% | $32,920 | 5,218 | 0.63 |
| Shenandoah | 8.0% | 27.8% | 37.1% | $47,225 | 9,471 | 0.34 |
| Smyth | 12.4% | 29.8% | 37.8% | $35,962 | 6,412 | 0.48 |
| Southampton | 9.8% | 25.6% | 47.1% | $44,521 | 3,639 | 0.33 |
| Spotsylvania | 6.9% | 18.5% | 48.9% | $72,721 | 21,099 | 0.10 |
| Stafford | 4.0% | 21.6% | 38.7% | $85,944 | 17,598 | 0.11 |
| Staunton | 8.2% | 39.3% | 27.1% | $46,137 | 5,135 | 0.60 |
| Suffolk | 9.6% | 26.6% | 41.4% | $61,360 | 14,283 | 0.35 |
| Surry | 5.0% | 24.8% | 51.5% | $51,875 | 1,620 | 0.20 |
| Sussex | 6.9% | 28.9% | 47.9% | $52,969 | 1,845 | 0.34 |
| Tazewell | 13.5% | 28.9% | 34.6% | $37,231 | 9,026 | 0.49 |
| Virginia Beach | 5.9% | 24.7% | 37.4% | $73,398 | 69,138 | 0.22 |
| Warren | 8.0% | 22.2% | 43.1% | $60,986 | 6,617 | 0.21 |
| Washington | 9.1% | 27.9% | 40.3% | $45,382 | 13,018 | 0.36 |
| Waynesboro | 9.7% | 34.7% | 36.8% | $42,421 | 3,852 | 0.53 |
| Westmoreland | 10.3% | 29.0% | 46.5% | $53,793 | 4,869 | 0.41 |
| Williamsburg | 4.0% | 30.6% | 4.1% | $82,981 | 2,574 | 0.31 |
| Winchester | 8.8% | 31.8% | 24.2% | $55,053 | 4,634 | 0.45 |
| Wise | 15.5% | 28.0% | 31.9% | $35,198 | 6,886 | 0.51 |
| Wythe | 10.6% | 31.8% | 39.3% | $43,183 | 6,078 | 0.49 |
| York | 5.8% | 23.0% | 44.5% | $77,056 | 12,100 | 0.18 |
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