Prince Edward County, Virginia

County Distress Index: Elevated · 64.6 | 22,049 people · 16th most distressed in Virginia

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Prince Edward County, VA registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 64.6 — 526th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Virginia, it ranks 16th of 133 counties. It scores higher than all 7 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Prince Edward County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 89.2 — worse than roughly 89% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 89.2
Poverty Rate 96
Income vs. State Median 84
Child Poverty Rate 88
Employment & Wages 70.2
Unemployment Rate 78
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 65
Business Formation Rate 67
Debt & Delinquency 65.5
Debt in Collections 63
Medical Debt 19
Student Loan Delinquency 72
Auto Loan Delinquency 83
Credit Card Delinquency 66
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 90
Housing Cost Burden 60.9
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 68
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 56
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 16
Homeownership Rate 93
Rent-to-Income Ratio 72
Community Vulnerability 37.1
Uninsured Rate 30
Disability Rate 44

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Prince Edward County compares to its 7 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County, VA 64.6 Elevated
Buckingham County, VA 63.1 Elevated -1.5
Charlotte County, VA 62.2 Elevated -2.4
Lunenburg County, VA 61.6 Elevated -3.0
Nottoway County, VA 61.1 Elevated -3.5
Cumberland County, VA 50.0 Normal -14.6
Amelia County, VA 47.1 Normal -17.4
Appomattox County, VA 44.7 Normal -19.9

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Prince Edward County
Madison County, MO 64.6 Elevated -0.0
Crawford County, GA 64.6 Elevated +0.0
Guernsey County, OH 64.5 Elevated -0.1
Marion County, TN 64.5 Elevated -0.1
Dooly County, GA 64.7 Elevated +0.1

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