Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687
Horse Pasture’s story
193 years in pictures
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper.
- 1833Horse Pasture is settled
Horse PastureVA
Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey · Public domain
Population
2,236
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$124K
Census ACS
Household income
$54K
median
Median age
49.5
years
Jobs based here
187
A commuter town
Is Horse Pasture a good place to live?
Horse Pasture’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. Horse Pasture has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Horse Pasture stand out
Where Horse Pasture beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Natural hazardsA−
Low risk of storm and flood damage
FEMA National Risk Index.
0historic places
History
Settled in 1833
A long history
A history going back 193 years.
32 measures vs. Virginia
2 better10 too close to call20 worse
| Widest gap | Horse Pasture | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Worth knowing · HealthD
Less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns
Less healthyHealthier
CDC PLACES 2025 estimates.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Horse Pasture for work
Where Horse Pasture’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
187jobs based in Horse Pasture
1%of working residents work in town
8 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Horse Pasture grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Horse Pasture is from typical.
HealthUNC Rockingham 15.2 miles awayDOpen →Jobs & income$54K median household incomeDOpen →Cost of livingTypical home $124K, 2.5 years of the Martinsville area’s $50K median household incomeAOpen →SchoolsBehind 77% of Virginia districts on tests and graduationC−Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listA−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.2 of 20; 5.2% of households have no car; 7.5% of workers walk, bike or ride transitBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
Moving to Horse Pasture: who provides what
Horse Pasture is unincorporated, so Henry County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerAppalachian Power17.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterUpper Smith River Water SupplyNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers96% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesHenry CountyHenry County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Virginia you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 11 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereHenry General RegistrarHenry County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP codes24112, 24148, 2416524112 56% · 24148 31% · 24165 13%Census 2020
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 Horse Pasture.
HealthD
Horse Pasture stands out in Virginia and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent physical distress
Nearly half of adults have high blood pressure in Horse Pasture. Only 9 of the 254 Virginia towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Horse Pasture. This Virginia town beats the Virginia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20.
8%healthier than U.S. townsDHealth Grade
| Horse Pasture | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 33% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 17% | 19% |
32 measures vs. Virginia
2 better10 too close to call20 worse
| What stands out | Horse Pasture | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.4% | 76.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 6.2% |
UNC Rockingham
15.2 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Horse Pasture’s workers commute out
For Horse Pasture, the mean commuting time is 35 minutes. Only 1% of working residents stay in Horse Pasture for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Horse Pasture added 26 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 187. 23% of residents live below the poverty line locally, where Virginia’s towns sit at 7.7% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
1%work in town
| Horse Pasture | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Horse Pasture1%
Martinsville18%
Collinsville9%
Danville5%
Rocky Mount3%
8 mi
median commute distance
187
jobs based in Horse Pasture
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A−
Top of a low hazard risk in Horse Pasture: inland flooding
In Horse Pasture, the risk rating from FEMA is 26 of 100. FEMA puts just over three fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to drought. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
26risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingDroughtCold waves
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
The climate in Horse Pasture brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 27°, and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
9″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter29–50°
Spring44–69°
Summer64–86°
Fall47–70°
Oct 21
typical first frost
Apr 24
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsC−
Horse Pasture has set aside 0.1% of its land for conservation
5.0 miles of trail. The concentration of trails for Horse Pasture comes to 0.5 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in Virginia’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
0.1%conserved
| Horse Pasture | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
0.1%
conserved · 8 of 6,159 acres
5.0 mi
of trails · 0.5 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
HousingCost of living grade A
The median home in Horse Pasture sells for about $180K
The share of households in Horse Pasture who own their home: 85%. Horse Pasture’s median rent comes in at $855 a month.
$180Kmedian sale price
| Horse Pasture | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $855 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 68% | 73% |
1
homes sold in May
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Horse Pasture
17pages on Horse Pasture
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Horse Pasture
About 0 of every 100 Horse Pasture residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Horse Pasture
CDP in Virginia, United States
Horsepasture is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,227 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Martinsville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 9.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,119 ft
Questions about Horse Pasture
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Horse Pasture, VA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $124,000, 70% 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.