Max MeadowsVA
Home to 599 people, the town was settled in 1855.
Is Max Meadows a good place to live?
No town among the 254 in Virginia we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Max Meadows. Max Meadows has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
599 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Max Meadows: who provides what
Max Meadows is unincorporated, so Wythe 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 Max Meadows.
The schools Max Meadows’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Max Meadows’s public school: 201 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Meadows ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 201 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts
A typical Max Meadows home is worth about $217K
Typical home values rose 4.1% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Max Meadows’ workers commute out
16% of Max Meadows residents live below the poverty line. The median household income for Max Meadows comes to $59,000, below both the Virginia town median ($102,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). The top destinations are Wytheville (24%), Pulaski (4%) and Blacksburg (3%). Half of commuters travel less than 15 miles.
| Max Meadows | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Max Meadows, with inland flooding at the top
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Max Meadows comes to 32 of 100, against 22 of 100 in Virginia’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 44% come from inland flooding and 42% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Max Meadows once, in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Max Meadows has four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 18 inches of snow, with January nights at 24° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Max Meadows is
Of 32 CDC measures, Max Meadows beats the Virginia average on 7 and trails it on 8. In Max Meadows, 41% of adults have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults in the town: 14% have diabetes, 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Max Meadows | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Max Meadows | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.4% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Max Meadows is conserved land
Max Meadows’ density of trails comes in at 1.1 miles per square mile. 4.9 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Max Meadows
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Max Meadows
About 0 of every 100 Max Meadows residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
100% of working residents leave Max Meadows for work
Where Max Meadows’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Max Meadows
CDP in Virginia, United States
Max Meadows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wythe County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Max Meadows had a population of 553.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,028 ft
- ZIP code
- 24360
Questions about Max Meadows
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Max Meadows, VA a good place to live?
Max Meadows has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.