ChatmossVA
A town of 1,563.
Is Chatmoss a good place to live?
Chatmoss’ best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 42% of residents are 65 or older in Chatmoss, above both Virginia’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (18%). Among 254 Virginia towns, just 1 have a higher median age than Chatmoss. On history, just 5 of Virginia’s 371 towns do worse. Chatmoss has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Chatmoss stand out
Where Chatmoss beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Chatmoss for work
Where Chatmoss’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Chatmoss grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Chatmoss is from typical.
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Moving to Chatmoss: who provides what
Chatmoss is unincorporated, so Henry 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 Chatmoss.
On state tests, Chatmoss’ schools trail 77% of Virginia districts
Its public schools are run by the Henry County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olivet ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 271 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Chatmoss
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Chatmoss’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Chatmoss for work: only 1% work in town. Chatmoss’ average trip to work is 22 minutes, below both the Virginia town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Chatmoss has lost 248 jobs, to 199 in 2023.
| Chatmoss | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults in Chatmoss have high blood pressure than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
47% of Chatmoss adults have high blood pressure. Chatmoss beats the Virginia average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 39% of Chatmoss adults have obesity.
| Chatmoss | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 79% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Chatmoss | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.7% | 76.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 6.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in Chatmoss
Chatmoss has chilly winters and warm summers. Chatmoss’ July high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Chatmoss sells for about $242K
81% of households own their home in Chatmoss.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
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Everything we know about Chatmoss
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chatmoss
About 8 of every 100 Chatmoss residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
About Chatmoss
CDP in Virginia, United States
Chatmoss is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chatmoss had a population of 1,671. It is part of the Martinsville Micropolitan Statistical Area .
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- Area
- 5.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 646 ft
Chatmoss’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Chatmoss.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatmoss | — | — | A− | — | C− | C |
| Laurel Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chatmoss has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Chatmoss reports no FBI crime data of its own. Laurel Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Chatmoss with a neighbor →
Questions about Chatmoss
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chatmoss, VA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $225,000, 45% below the Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.