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Timberville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $292K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Harrisonburg metro’s $75K median household income. It grades C− overall, 213th of 249 graded towns in Virginia. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $60K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 67% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 9.5% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Timberville, where Virginia’s towns sit at 44% and U.S. towns at 29%. Among 86 Virginia towns, just 1 have a lower property crime rate than Timberville. Its National Register listings include David and Catherine Driver Farm and Timberville Historic District.
Where Timberville beats most towns.
2,522 counted in 2010 and 2,963 in 2020; an estimated 3,166 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.7% since 2020, after 17.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Timberville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 112 in 1880, 2,963 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1942 and 5 maps from 1947 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Timberville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Timberville.
Timberville is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has property taxes about half the Virginia norm, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Virginia (mostly inland flooding).
Its public schools are run by the Rockingham County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 460 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Timberville for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Timberville grew to 576 in 2023, 317 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Timberville is 28 minutes.
| Timberville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $1,378, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Timberville’s median rent is $970 a month. The typical Timberville home is worth about $292,000, up 3.8% in a year, 29% below the Virginia typical home. 57% of households own their home in Timberville.
| Timberville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $970 a month | $1,764 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 57% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 8,888 U.S. towns with household incomes like Timberville’s, it is less healthy than 56%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Timberville beats the Virginia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 20% of Timberville adults report frequent mental distress.
| Timberville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Timberville | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.4% | 11.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.3% | 8.7% |
| More smokers | 17.1% | 12.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Timberville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Virginia towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1985, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Timberville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Timberville's reported crime rate is well below Virginia's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Timberville. Close and well known come first.
13 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
16 mi CaveLuray Caverns18 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
39 mi MountainSpruce Mountain
15 mi National forestGeorge Washington and Jefferson National Forests34 mi CaveHellholeShenandoah 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 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spruce Mountain: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5
2 within 15 miles of the center of Timberville
About 3 of every 100 Timberville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Where Timberville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Timberville on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Virginia, United States
Timberville is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Timberville had a population of 2,963. It is part of the Harrisonburg metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Timberville grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #213 of 249 in Virginia. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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