Pay and cost of living in Craig County, VA
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Craig County, VA, the middle median salary is $80,090 a year. Pay runs from $80,090 for Registered Nurses up to $80,090 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Roanoke, VA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Craig County, VA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,250 a month and a two-bedroom $1,464. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,984 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $61,089 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Craig County, VA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Craig County, VA, set beside the Virginia and national medians.
Median household income in Craig County, VA is $69,057, 26% below the Virginia median of $93,170 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($15,000) equals 21.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $80,090, is 16% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Craig County, VA pay a median of $1,064 a year in real estate taxes, 62% below the Virginia median of $2,790. With a median home value of $189,000, 51% below the Virginia median of $383,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.56% a year.
Renters in Craig County, VA pay a median gross rent of $713 a month in the Census survey, 55% below the Virginia median of $1,579. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,250; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Craig County, VA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 36.1 minutes each way, 32% above the Virginia average of 27.3. 16.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.