BaywoodVA
A town of 681, settled in 1895.
Is Baywood a good place to live?
10% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Baywood, below both the Virginia town median (44%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Among 254 Virginia towns, just 5 have a lower typical July afternoon high than Baywood. Baywood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
681 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Blue Ridge Parkway and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Baywood. Close and well known come first.
7 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
30 mi MountainMount Rogers
36 mi MountainPilot Mountain
28 mi State parkGrayson Highlands State Park
9 mi MuseumBlue Ridge Music CenterPhoto credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Baywood: who provides what
Baywood is unincorporated, so Grayson 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 Baywood.
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Baywood work out of town
Among residents in Baywood, 20% live below the poverty line. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. For Baywood, the typical journey to work is 19 minutes. The top destinations are Galax (26%), Independence (5%) and Hillsville (4%).
| Baywood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Baywood, mostly cold waves
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Baywood than in 74% of U.S. communities. 49% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 28%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Baywood: four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 25° and July afternoons at 82°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults report frequent physical distress in Baywood than in most of Virginia or the rest of the country
11% of Baywood adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Of the 254 Virginia towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Baywood. The town does better than the Virginia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 21.
| Baywood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Baywood | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80% | 76.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 6.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Baywood is conserved land
2.1 miles of trail. The trail density for Baywood comes to 0.7 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Baywood
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Baywood; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Baywood residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
99% of working residents leave Baywood for work
Where Baywood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Baywood
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Baywood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grayson County, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 414.
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- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
Questions about Baywood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Baywood, VA a good place to live?
Baywood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.