ShawneelandVA
2,754 people call this town in Virginia home.
Is Shawneeland a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. With a B overall, Shawneeland is better than 58% of U.S. towns and ranks 160th of 249 in Virginia. Where it does best is cost of living: a typical home costs about $273K, 3.2 years of the Winchester metro’s $84K median household income. What counts against it is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Its typical journey to work is 39 minutes, where Virginia’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 3 of Virginia’s 371 towns score lower on history. Only 20 of Virginia’s 372 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · USGS PAD-US.
Shawneeland has grown 20% from 2010 to 2020
1,873 counted in 2010 and 2,248 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Shawneeland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Shawneeland is from typical.
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Moving to Shawneeland: who provides what
Shawneeland is unincorporated, so Frederick 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 Shawneeland.
Shawneeland sends most of its workers to Winchester and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Most people working in Shawneeland commute elsewhere
Shawneeland has 58 jobs for its 1,167 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 38.6 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
Half commute less than 15 miles. Employers in Shawneeland added 45 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 58. Commuting out is the norm here: 1% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Winchester (21%), Harrisonburg (2%) and Chantilly (2%).
| Shawneeland | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Shawneeland
Shawneeland’s typical July afternoon high stands at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Shawneeland has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Shawneeland sits below 60% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Shawneeland break down as 74% from inland flooding and 6% from heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.4% of Shawneeland
The trail density in Shawneeland is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Shawneeland | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Shawneeland ranks healthier than 55% of the country’s towns
Against the 9,247 U.S. towns with household incomes like Shawneeland’s, it is less healthy than 62%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Against the Virginia average, Shawneeland comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 4. For adults here, the share who report frequent mental distress is 19%. Among 253 Virginia towns, just 10 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Shawneeland.
| Shawneeland | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Shawneeland | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10% | 12.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14% | 11.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Shawneeland sells for about $322K
Among households in Shawneeland, 90% live in a home they own. For Shawneeland, the typical rent is $1,469 a month. On the market locally: a median 64 days to sell.
| Shawneeland | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,469 a month | $1,764 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shawneeland. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
21 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
38 mi CaveLuray Caverns
36 mi National BattlefieldAntietam National Battlefield161K visitors a year
30 mi National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park538K visitors a year
23 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · 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 · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0
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Everything we know about Shawneeland
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Shawneeland
About 6 of every 100 Shawneeland residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
99% of working residents leave Shawneeland for work
Where Shawneeland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Shawneeland
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Shawnee Land is a residential community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Shawnee Land is located on the eastern slopes of Great North Mountain. The U.S. Census Bureau defines it as a census-designated place (listed as Shawneeland), with a population of 1,873 as of 2010. In its past, Shawnee Land was a ski resort, with a number of slopes located on the eastern side of Great North Mountain. Shawnee Land thrived for a few years, but eventually the investors abandoned the project and the ski slopes were closed.
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- Area
- 7.4 sq mi
Questions about Shawneeland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shawneeland, VA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Shawneeland grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #160 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Shawneeland, VA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $273,000, 34% 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 B+.