BasyeVA
A town of 1,481, settled in 1927.
Is Basye a good place to live?
Basye’s best subject grade is a B for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. 35% of residents are 65 or older in Basye, where Virginia’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 10 of Virginia’s 372 towns score lower on hazard risk. Basye has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,481 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Basye grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Basye is from typical.
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Moving to Basye: who provides what
Basye is unincorporated, so Shenandoah County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Basye.
Basye skews older than Virginia
Just over two in five adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 42% across Virginia. People 65 and older are just over a third of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 9% of residents (23% statewide). Among residents in Basye, 19% are under 18. Its midpoint age is 47.7 years, above both Virginia’s towns (38.5 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
| Basye | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.7 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 44% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.8 points). Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 84% are men (VA 42%).
| Basye | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.3% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.7% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.9% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.9% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.9% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.3% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.9% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.8% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.9% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Basye has 0.3 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Since 2013, Basye has added 22 jobs, to 165 in 2023. Only 7% of working residents stay in Basye for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Woodstock (11%), Mount Jackson (9%) and Winchester (4%). Its mean commuting time comes in at 24 minutes.
| Basye | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.3% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The FEMA risk score in Basye is higher than in most of Virginia or the rest of the country
Expected losses in Basye break down as 82% from inland flooding and 7% from hurricanes. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1996: 4.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Basye’s year
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 22°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Basye: about $332K
The share of households in Basye who live in a home they own: 87%. Typical home values rose 2.1% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Residents of Basye are less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
27% of adults get no exercise outside work in Basye. Of 32 CDC measures, Basye beats the Virginia average on 6 and trails it on 9. Among adults here, 13% binge drink and 15% have diabetes.
| Basye | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Basye | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.2% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Basye keeps 1.1% of its land conserved
6.9 miles of trail. Basye’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Basye | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Basye
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Basye; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Basye residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
93% of working residents leave Basye for work
Where Basye’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Basye
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Basye, VA expensive?
That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($67,191 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.