Blue Ridge ShoresVA
With 918 residents, this town was founded in 1960.
Is Blue Ridge Shores a good place to live?
Blue Ridge Shores’ mean commuting time is 41 minutes, where Virginia’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Blue Ridge Shores has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
918 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Blue Ridge Shores: who provides what
Blue Ridge Shores is unincorporated, so Louisa 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 Blue Ridge Shores.
Most of Blue Ridge Shores’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are University of Virginia (5%), Orange (4%) and Charlottesville (4%). For most workers, Blue Ridge Shores is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Also worth knowing: between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 24, to 38. The share of residents in Blue Ridge Shores who live below the poverty line: 3.8%.
| Blue Ridge Shores | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Blue Ridge Shores has four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 25° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Blue Ridge Shores is
38% of Blue Ridge Shores adults have obesity. In Blue Ridge Shores, 18% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 41% have high blood pressure.
| Blue Ridge Shores | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Blue Ridge Shores | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 6.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18% | 11.1% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 12.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Blue Ridge Shores faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Blue Ridge Shores, 49% come from inland flooding and 16% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Blue Ridge Shores sells for about $312K at the median
Nine in ten households are owner-occupiers locally. Blue Ridge Shores’ going rate for rent comes in at $1,917 a month.
| Blue Ridge Shores | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,917 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Blue Ridge Shores
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Blue Ridge Shores; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Blue Ridge Shores residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
99% of working residents leave Blue Ridge Shores for work
Where Blue Ridge Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Blue Ridge Shores
Census-designated place in Louisa County, Virginia
Blue Ridge Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 801. It was built beginning in 1960 as a resort community around Lake Louisa.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
Questions about Blue Ridge Shores
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blue Ridge Shores, VA a good place to live?
Blue Ridge Shores has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.