Twin LakesVA
A town of 1,562.
Is Twin Lakes a good place to live?
Twin Lakes’ best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Twin Lakes’ average trip to work is 44 minutes, above both the Virginia town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 10 of Virginia’s 372 towns do worse. Twin Lakes has 2 places on the National Register. On the outdoors, just 8 of Virginia’s 372 towns do worse. Twin Lakes has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Twin Lakes for work
Where Twin Lakes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Twin Lakes grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Twin Lakes is from typical.
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Shenandoah National Park and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Twin Lakes. Close and well known come first.
7 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
27 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaScott Stadium21 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
29 mi CaveLuray Caverns
15 mi Stadium & arenaJohn Paul Jones ArenaPhoto credits
Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: 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 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Twin Lakes: who provides what
Twin Lakes is unincorporated, so Greene 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 Twin Lakes.
Twin Lakes has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Twin Lakes for work: only 0% work in town. Twin Lakes’ median household income is $67,000, against $102,000 in Virginia’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Twin Lakes has added 25 jobs, to 47 in 2023.
| Twin Lakes | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $67,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Twin Lakes is less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Twin Lakes beats the Virginia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 19% of Twin Lakes adults report frequent mental distress.
| Twin Lakes | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Twin Lakes | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 16.5% | 12.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.5% | 11.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 6.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Twin Lakes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Twin Lakes has four seasons and pleasant summers
Twin Lakes has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More of Twin Lakes’ households own their home than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
97% of households own their home in Twin Lakes.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Twin Lakes
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Twin Lakes; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Twin Lakes residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Twin Lakes
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in Greene County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Twin Lakes had a population of 1,602.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 585 ft
Questions about Twin Lakes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Twin Lakes, VA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $237,000, 42% 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+.