Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Today 2,744 people live in this town, first settled in 1874.
A strong record with one exception. Its best grade is for incomes — the median household earns $98K. Cost of living is another plus (A−): a typical home costs about $354K, 4.8 years of the Staunton metro’s $74K median household income. What holds it back is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. The overall grade lands at A−, 90th of 249 in Virginia. That leaves it better than 83% of U.S. towns. Weyers Cave is home to Blue Ridge Community College.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
Where Weyers Cave beats most towns.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Community College | 2,664 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Weyers Cave is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 93% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 4%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 5 maps from 1941 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Weyers Cave. Close and well known come first.
6 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
17 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
28 mi Stadium & arenaScott Stadium
35 mi CaveLuray Caverns31 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
16 mi National forestGeorge Washington and Jefferson National ForestsShenandoah 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 · 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 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5
Weyers Cave is unincorporated, so Augusta 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Weyers Cave.
Weyers Cave pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Virginia norm, trades workers with Harrisonburg and other neighbors and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Virginia.
Compared with 81% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Weyers Cave is lower. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Weyers Cave once, in 2003. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 63% come from inland flooding and 8% from hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The biggest park or preserve is Weyers Cave Community Center, at 28 acres. Trails run 3.9 miles in 1 park or preserve. In Weyers Cave, the concentration of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Weyers Cave | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Weyers Cave Community Center | 0.7 mi | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
January nights average 24.5°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 78% of Virginia places with climate records; July afternoons average 86.2°.
About 19 inches of snow falls in a winter. The town’s July high comes in at 86°F.
| Weyers Cave | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 86°F | 88°F | 85°F |
| January low | 25°F | 26°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A quarter of Weyers Cave residents are under 18. People 65 and older are nearly one in ten residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). The midpoint age for Weyers Cave comes to 32.9 years, below both the Virginia town median (38.5 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Here, 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 42% in Virginia as a whole.
| Weyers Cave | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9.1% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 32.9 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 44% | 29% |
Somewhere between 35% and 73% women
The Census survey reached too few of Weyers Cave’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±19.4 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Weyers Cave | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.7% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.1% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.8% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.5% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Weyers Cave has about as many jobs (1,417) as working residents, but only 73 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 21.2 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
The top destinations are Harrisonburg (15%), Verona (9%) and Staunton (5%). Just 6% of Weyers Cave’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Weyers Cave grew to 1,417 in 2023, 396 more than in 2013. The mean commuting time for Weyers Cave comes to 21 minutes, against 27 minutes in Virginia’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Weyers Cave | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Weyers Cave grades A− overall with a typical home of about $354K, below the Virginia typical value; only 8 of the 38 Virginia towns graded A− or better can say that. The median property tax bill is $1,239, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Weyers Cave’s going rate for rent stands at $1,023 a month. Homes in the town are typically worth about $354,000, up 5.7% in a year, 14% below the Virginia typical home. The share of households in Weyers Cave who live in a home they own: 82%.
| Weyers Cave | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,023 a month | $1,764 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 8,904 U.S. towns with household incomes like Weyers Cave’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so it trails even them.
Just over two in five adults have obesity in Weyers Cave. Among adults in the town, 26% have been diagnosed with depression and 18% report frequent mental distress.
| Weyers Cave | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Weyers Cave | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with depression | 26% | 21.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Weyers Cave
About 8 of every 100 Weyers Cave residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
2 places in Weyers Cave on the National Register of Historic Places.
CDP in Virginia, United States
Weyers Cave ( WEERZ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,700 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town gained its name as the closest railway stop to Weyer's Cave, now Grand Caverns, in Grottoes. Weyers Cave is the site of the first chapter (1927) of the Future Farmers of Virginia, later to become the National FFA Organization. It is also the site of Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and the main campus of Blue Ridge Community College.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Weyers Cave grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #90 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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 A−.
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