BreaksVA
A town of 208.
Is Breaks a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Breaks Interstate Park, at 28 acres. Breaks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
208 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Breaks: who provides what
Breaks is unincorporated, so Buchanan 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 Breaks.
Breaks stands out in Virginia and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is higher
Of the losses FEMA expects in Breaks, 75% come from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Breaks after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2004. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Breaks: four seasons and pleasant summers
In Breaks, the peak summer temperature is 85°F, below Virginia’s towns (88°F) and close to U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Breaks is
The share of adults in Breaks who binge drink: 14%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Breaks beats Virginia on 1 and trails on 17. 42% of Breaks adults have high blood pressure, where Virginia’s towns sit at 33% and U.S. towns at 35%.
| Breaks | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Breaks | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.7% | 76.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.3% | 11.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3.3% of Breaks is conserved land
Trails total 0.8 miles in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Breaks is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Breaks | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Breaks Interstate Park | — | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Breaks
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Breaks
About 0 of every 100 Breaks residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Breaks
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Breaks is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located mostly in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 144. It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator George Allen referred to S. R. Sidarth, an Indian-American volunteer for the Jim Webb campaign, using the slur "macaca". The incident created a cont…
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,476 ft
- ZIP code
- 24607
Questions about Breaks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Breaks, VA a good place to live?
Breaks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.