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Chase City, VA

2,470 people · typical household income $45,843 · typical home price $112,900 · typical rent $667 a month

Compare towns All towns in Virginia · County: Mecklenburg County

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A score of 60 or more is stronger than most towns. Under 40 is weaker than most.

Quick answers about Chase City

Where is Chase City?

Chase City is in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Nearby towns include Boydton, Baskerville and Clarksville.

What is the ZIP code for Chase City?

Chase City has 2 ZIP codes: 23924 and 23968 . ZIP codes are mail delivery areas, not town borders, so check an address with the US Postal Service lookup.

How many people live in Chase City?

About 2,470 people live in Chase City , the 261st largest of the 585 towns we track in Virginia. This is a US Census Bureau estimate.

Is Chase City safe?

Chase City scores 45 out of 100 for safety, which is close to the middle of the towns we track. A higher score means lower crime. That includes 7.9 homicides per 100,000 people in the county. The state figure is 243 violent crimes per 100,000 people across the whole state.

How expensive is it to live in Chase City?

Chase City has everyday prices of 87.8 (100 is typical for the US), typical rent of $667 a month and a typical home price of $112,900. Its cost of living scores 87 out of 100 (a higher score means cheaper), which is stronger than most towns we track.

We compare this town with all 27,850 towns we track. A higher score is always better.

Cost of living 87 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Everyday prices (100 = typical for the US) 87.8 86%
Typical rent $667 89%

Jobs and income 40 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Typical household income $45,843 14%
Unemployment 0.5% 83%
Poverty rate 17.1% 27%

A place that is growing 52 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Change in population (5 years) -3.8% 34%
Change in income (5 years) +48.6% 79%

Home internet and working from home 7 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Homes with fast internet (whole county) 71.8% 2%
People who work from home 2.2% 17%

State taxes 41 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
State taxes per resident $4,624 33%
State income tax per resident $2,186 20%
State sales tax per resident $870 86%

Property taxes 85 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Property tax as a share of home price 0.58% 82%
Typical property tax paid $658 91%

Housing affordability 65 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Home price compared with yearly income 2.5× 64%
Share of income spent on rent 17.5% 57%
Typical home price $112,900 78%

Space and yard size 56 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Typical rooms per home 6.0 63%
Stand-alone houses 80.7% 60%
People per square mile 1,129 37%

Schools no figures yet

We don't rate schools for every town. This one has no high school of its own, or too little data, so we show what we have without a score.

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
High-school students in AP or IB classes We don't have this yet —
High-school students taking college classes We don't have this yet —
Students who miss 15+ days a year 21.6% 58%
Graduation rate (class of 2018 or 2019) We don't have this yet —
Students per teacher 17.0 18%
Children in poverty (context, not scored) 18.0% 26%

Diversity & community 63 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Variety of backgrounds (0 to 100) 53 83%
Residents born outside the US 0.4% 25%

Health and medical care 46 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Family doctors per 100,000 people (whole county) 56 48%
Dentists per 100,000 people (whole county) 30 14%
Mental-health providers per 100,000 people (whole county) 131 29%
Hospitals in town 0 43%
People without health insurance 2.6% 77%

Long, healthy lives 22 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Life expectancy (years) (whole county) 73.0 15%
Early deaths (before age 75) (whole county) 12,700 12%
Adults in fair or poor health 24.4% 19%
Adults who had a checkup this year 79.2% 93%

Safety 45 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Homicides per 100,000 people (whole county) 7.9 25%
Violent crime per 100,000 people (whole state) 243 86%

Clean air and low disaster risk 70 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Fine-particle air pollution (whole county) 7.0 69%
Risk of floods, storms and other disasters (0 to 100) (whole county) 54 70%

Short commute 46 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Average commute 26 min 46%

Walkability 59 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Walkability (1 = car needed, 20 = very walkable) 6.3 55%
People who walk, bike or ride to work 5.9% 81%

Public transit 40 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Buses and trains per hour 0.0 39%
Distance to the nearest stop (meters) 5,000 41%

Airport access 49 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Miles to major airport 66 49%

Dining and entertainment 53 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Restaurants and bars per 1,000 residents (whole county) 1.9 43%
Entertainment and recreation businesses per 1,000 residents (whole county) 0.49 66%

Weather 66 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Average temperature 61°F —
January low 33°F —
July high 88°F —
Yearly rain 44 in —
Yearly snow 0 in —

Pleasant weather for being outdoors 77 out of 100

What we measuredThis townBeats this share of towns
Comfortable days per year 117 85%
Sunshine hours per year 3,405 60%

Other facts

Typical age41.5
Adults with a college degree14.4%
Hot days per year (90°F+)26
Freezing days per year (low 32°F or less)53
Residents who belong to a religious group (whole county)44.3%

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How we score towns, and where the figures come from

How we score

  • Cost of living: How expensive everyday life is compared with the rest of the US, adjusted for local rent, plus the typical rent.
  • Jobs and income: Typical household income, how many people are out of work, and how many live in poverty.
  • A place that is growing: How much the number of people and the typical income have grown between the two most recent Census survey periods (each covers five years).
  • Home internet and working from home: How many homes in the county have fast internet, and how many people work from home.
  • State taxes: Taxes each state government collects per resident: all taxes, income tax and sales tax (US Census). These are amounts collected, not what you would personally pay.
  • Property taxes: The typical property tax homeowners pay, and that tax as a share of the typical home price (US Census).
  • Housing affordability: Home prices compared with income, rent as a share of income, and the typical home price.
  • Space and yard size: Rooms per home, how many homes are stand-alone houses, and how spread out people are. We do not have yard or lot sizes from free sources.
  • Schools: The public schools located in the town: how many high-school students take AP/IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate (older data) and class size. Child poverty is shown for context and is not scored. Towns with no high school or too little data are not rated. We do not have test scores yet.
  • Diversity & community: The mix of racial and ethnic backgrounds, and the share of residents born outside the US.
  • Health and medical care: Open hospitals in each town, family doctors, dentists and mental-health providers per person (county), and how many people have no health insurance.
  • Long, healthy lives: How long people live and how many die early (county), and how many residents report fair or poor health or get regular checkups (CDC).
  • Safety: Homicides in the county (County Health Rankings) and the state rate of violent crime (FBI, when available).
  • Clean air and low disaster risk: Fine-particle air pollution (county) and the risk of floods, storms, fires and other disasters (county, from FEMA).
  • Short commute: Average commute time of people who travel to work.
  • Walkability: How easy it is to get around on foot near the town center (connected streets, shops close to homes), and how many people walk or bike to work.
  • Public transit: How often buses and trains run near the town center, and how far the nearest stop is.
  • Airport access: Distance in a straight line to the nearest large airport with passenger flights.
  • Dining and entertainment: Restaurants, cafes and bars for every 1,000 residents, and arts, entertainment and recreation businesses for every 1,000 residents, across the whole county (US Census).
  • Weather: How close the average temperature and seasons are to the climate you pick, plus comfortable days.
  • Pleasant weather for being outdoors: Days that are 65–85°F and dry, and hours of sunshine.

The religious group figure counts members and regular attendees of congregations (US Religion Census 2020). It comes from congregations, not a survey, so every town in a county shows the same figure.

Where the figures come from

  • Population, income, housing and jobs: American Community Survey (US Census), 2024, five-year estimates
  • Walkability and public transit: EPA Smart Location Database (neighborhoods near the town center)
  • County health figures: County Health Rankings 2025 (Mecklenburg County)
  • Disaster risk: FEMA National Risk Index (county)
  • Hospitals: US Homeland Security hospital list (HIFLD)
  • Nearest airport: OurAirports: nearest is Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
  • Health of residents: CDC local health estimates
  • Cost of living: US Bureau of Economic Analysis regional prices 2024 (state), adjusted by local rent
  • Safety: FBI crime data 2023 (state level)
  • State taxes: Census State Tax Collections FY2025 (state level, per resident)
  • Dining and entertainment: Census County Business Patterns 2023 (county, for every 1,000 residents)
  • Religious groups: US Religion Census 2020 (county level: members divided by population)
  • Weather: Open-Meteo archive 2024
  • Schools: US school district records (NCES) 2023 (1 public school in town), US Education Department Civil Rights Data Collection (AP/IB, college classes, absences) 2021-22, graduation rates 2019, Census child poverty estimates 2024

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