Columbia FurnaceVA
The town, settled in 1836, counts 307 residents.
Is Columbia Furnace a good place to live?
No town among the 254 in Virginia we compare has a lower middle household income than Columbia Furnace. Columbia Furnace has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Columbia Furnace stand out
Where Columbia Furnace beats most towns.
307 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Columbia Furnace: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Columbia Furnace, and how to reach them.
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 Columbia Furnace.
A job hub: Columbia Furnace has 3.2 jobs for every working resident and draws in 867 commuters
The top destinations are Woodstock (17%), Winchester (6%) and Mount Jackson (4%). Most working residents leave Columbia Furnace for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based locally fell to 889 in 2024, 187 fewer than in 2014. For half of commuters, work is under 28 miles away.
| Columbia Furnace | Typical Virginia town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8% | 4.9% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Columbia Furnace
A July afternoon gets to about 86° and a January night to 23°, and about 24 inches of snow fall in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Columbia Furnace has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Columbia Furnace’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 56 of 100, against 22 of 100 in Virginia’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. FEMA puts 66% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Shenandoah National Park and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Columbia Furnace. Close and well known come first.
15 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
16 mi CaveLuray Caverns24 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
34 mi Ski areaMassanutten Resort22 runs · 1,064 ft vertical
33 mi National forestGeorge Washington and Jefferson National Forests24 mi Zoo & aquariumSmithsonian Conservation Biology InstitutePhoto credits
Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Massanutten Resort: Arbogastlw at English Wikipedia, Public domain · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Everything we know about Columbia Furnace
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Columbia Furnace; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Columbia Furnace residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Every workday, about 867 people come to Columbia Furnace for work
Where Columbia Furnace’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
About Columbia Furnace
Unincorporated community in Virginia, U.S.
Columbia Furnace is an unincorporated community in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
Questions about Columbia Furnace
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Columbia Furnace, VA a good place to live?
Columbia Furnace has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.