GasburgVA
Home to 485 people, the town was settled in 1887.
Is Gasburg a good place to live?
Gasburg’s typical journey to work is 55 minutes, above both Virginia’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 254 Virginia towns we compare, none has a higher median age than Gasburg. Gasburg’s concentration of trails is 1.6 miles per square mile, above both the Virginia town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Gasburg has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
485 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Gasburg: who provides what
Gasburg is unincorporated, so Brunswick 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 Gasburg.
66% of residents are 65 or older
Here, 39% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 42% in Virginia as a whole.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 31% and 80% women
The Census survey reached too few of Gasburg’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±24.3 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Gasburg | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.9% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.3% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 1% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 42.7% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 23.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.8% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 30.8% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.6% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.8% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 500, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Gasburg’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
In Gasburg, the median household income is $78,000. Most working residents leave Gasburg for work: only 2% work in town. The share of residents in Gasburg who live below the poverty line: 15%. Half of commuters travel less than 48 miles.
| Gasburg | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Gasburg stands out in Virginia and nationally: a larger share of its households own their home
Zillow values the typical Gasburg home at about $304,000, up 5.8% in a year, 26% below the Virginia typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of Virginia and the rest of the country, a typical July afternoon in Gasburg is hotter
Summers in Gasburg are warm, and winters mild. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 29° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Gasburg is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Gasburg once, in 2003. FEMA puts 55% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Gasburg is
Among 254 Virginia towns, just 2 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Gasburg. CDC measures, 32 in all: Gasburg beats Virginia on 4 and trails on 13. Nearly a fifth of Gasburg adults have diabetes.
| Gasburg | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Gasburg | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 85.2% | 76.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 13% | 6.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Gasburg
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Gasburg; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Gasburg residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
98% of working residents leave Gasburg for work
Where Gasburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gasburg
Census-designated place in Virginia, US
Gasburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gasburg had a population of 408.
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- Area
- 6.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 308 ft
- ZIP code
- 23857
Questions about Gasburg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gasburg, VA a good place to live?
Gasburg has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.