Shenandoah FarmsVA
Home to 4,179 people, this town lies in Virginia.
Is Shenandoah Farms a good place to live?
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Health is weaker too: residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Where it does best is cost of living — a typical home costs about $281K, 2.2 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. The overall grade lands at C−, 218th of 249 in Virginia. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns. Shenandoah Farms has 4 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
Shenandoah Farms has grown 36% from 2010 to 2020
3,033 counted in 2010 and 4,135 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Shenandoah Farms grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Shenandoah Farms is from typical.
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Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shenandoah Farms. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
9 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
33 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M visitors a year
32 mi CaveLuray Caverns37 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
39 mi Theme parkLake Fairfax ParkPhoto 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 · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, 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 · Lake Fairfax Park: Joe Loong, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Shenandoah Farms: who provides what
Shenandoah Farms is unincorporated, so Clarke 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 Shenandoah Farms.
Shenandoah Farms trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Virginia (mostly inland flooding) and has poverty well above the Virginia rate.
Shenandoah Farms’ grade for health is a C−
Against the 8,766 U.S. towns with household incomes like Shenandoah Farms’s, it is less healthy than 94%, so it trails even them.
15% of Shenandoah Farms adults worry about having enough food. Only 9 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Shenandoah Farms. Two figures for adults here: 19% report frequent mental distress, 41% have obesity.
| Shenandoah Farms | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Shenandoah Farms | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18% | 12.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 6.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.7% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Shenandoah Farms stands out in Virginia and nationally: the average trip to work there is longer
Shenandoah Farms has 74 jobs for its 2,313 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 54.5 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
The top destinations are Front Royal (6%), Winchester (4%) and Chantilly (3%). 21% of Shenandoah Farms residents live below the poverty line, above both the Virginia town median (7.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 34, to 74. The share of working residents in Shenandoah Farms who work locally: 1.5%.
| Shenandoah Farms | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 55 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Shenandoah Farms: four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 24°, and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a high hazard risk in Shenandoah Farms: inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Virginia towns, with expected losses of about $243 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
In Shenandoah Farms, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 67 of 100, against 22 of 100 in Virginia’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. 2 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 2003. 78% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by strong winds at 6%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Shenandoah Farms, 8.8% of the land is conserved
Among 242 Virginia towns, just 8 have a lower trail density than Shenandoah Farms. There are 0.8 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 96 acres here.
| Shenandoah Farms | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.8% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. George Richard Thompson State Wildlife Management Area | 0.1 mi | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Shenandoah Farms sell for about $420K
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 33 miles. At 2.2 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in any other Virginia town; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
A home in Shenandoah Farms typically sold within 76 days of listing. 88% of households own their home locally. In Shenandoah Farms, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,765 a month.
| Shenandoah Farms | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,765 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Shenandoah Farms
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Shenandoah Farms
About 5 of every 100 Shenandoah Farms residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
99% of working residents leave Shenandoah Farms for work
Where Shenandoah Farms’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Shenandoah Farms
Census-designated place in Virginia
Shenandoah Farms is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Warren County, Virginia, United States. A small portion extends into neighboring Clarke County. As of the 2020 census, Shenandoah Farms had a population of 4,135. It is a recreational community built on the western slope of Blue Ridge Mountain and the banks of the Shenandoah River.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 801 ft
Questions about Shenandoah Farms
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shenandoah Farms, VA a good place to live?
Shenandoah Farms grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #218 of 249 in Virginia. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Shenandoah Farms, VA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $281,000, 32% 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−.