Jared Stiegelmeyer
Charlottesville Managing Broker
Charlottesville38.2000° N 79.1167° W
Augusta.
77,487 residents across 971 square miles, seated at Staunton.
One of 9 areas our Charlottesville team works.
At a glanceStaunton
The publicrecord.
What the county and the census hold on Augusta — quoted, not estimated.
The largest county in this market by population outside Albemarle, wrapping entirely around both the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro — a genuinely separate government from either, headquartered at Verona.
Agriculture ranks second in Virginia by value of product sold here, with more farm acreage than any other county in the state, while manufacturing employs about a quarter of the workforce.
Also the only county in this market where the regional airport sits inside its own borders — Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is in Weyers Cave, not a commute away.
- Type
- County
- County seat
- Staunton
- Population (2020)
- 77,487
- Land area
- 971 sq mi
- Communities we cover
- 6
- Established
- 1738
- Real estate tax rate (2025–26)
- $0.52 per $100
Figures from Wikidata, population as of 2020. The tax rate is published by the county and set annually; check the current year before budgeting.
Where it is38.2000° N 79.1167° W
Where isAugusta?
1 of our other Charlottesville areas sit within ten miles of here, City of Staunton the closest.
35 mi
Central Charlottesville
west of center
101 mi
Fredericksburg
east
106 mi
Richmond
south-east
141 mi
Williamsburg
south-east
Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Getting around.
Two interstates interchange inside the county, and the regional airport is here too, not a drive away.
I-81 and I-64
Interchange near Staunton at Exit 221, inside the county.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
Physically in Weyers Cave — not a commute, but inside the county itself.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Its zero milepost sits at Rockfish Gap, on the Augusta/Nelson line.
Shenandoah National Park
Augusta is one of the park's eight counties, holding more than 12,000 of its roughly 199,000 acres.
Inside the county6 communities
Every communitywe cover.
6 of them have homes on the market today. Each figure is live, and opens that search.
- 16VeronaSee the homes
Home to the Augusta County Government Center — the seat of county government, distinct from either Staunton or Waynesboro.
- 21Stuarts DraftSee the homes
The county's designated manufacturing cluster: Hershey, McKee Foods, NIBCO, Hollister and a Target distribution center all operate here.
- 19FishersvilleSee the homes
Home to Augusta Health's main campus — 255 beds and about 3,000 employees, the area's largest private employer — plus the state's Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center.
- 5ChurchvilleSee the homes
A small western village of under 200 people, a stagecoach stop by the 1850s and home to some of the county's oldest church sites.
- 4CraigsvilleSee the homes
Incorporated in 1960 and traced to a 1721 land grant to the Craig family; grew up around lumber, quarrying and a cement plant.
- 6Weyers CaveSee the homes
Home to both Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Blue Ridge Community College's main campus.
Living here6 reasons
The case forAugusta.
The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.
Space
80 people to the square mile.
Of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold both figures for, only 3 are more open — Augusta ranks 4th least crowded. If room is what you are buying, this end of the market is where it is.
Scale
77,487 people, as of 2020.
The 2nd largest of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold a count for — big enough for a steady market without being the busiest one.
The line that matters
Augusta, seated at Staunton.
In Virginia the county sets the rate, runs the school division and maintains the roads — and the lines do not follow the place names, so two houses a mile apart can sit under different rates and different schools.
Two cities, one county wrapped around both
Staunton and Waynesboro are inside Augusta's borders but not part of it.
Both are independent cities under Virginia law — their own governments, their own schools, their own tax rates — even though Augusta County surrounds each one entirely.
The farm county
More farm acreage than any other county in Virginia.
1,665 farms across 290,911 acres, and agriculture ranks second in the state by value of product sold — a genuinely working landscape, not a scenic backdrop.
Manufacturing you'd recognize
Hershey and McKee Foods both run plants in Stuarts Draft.
Alongside NIBCO, Hollister and a Target distribution center, Stuarts Draft is the county's designated manufacturing cluster — about a quarter of the whole county's workforce works in manufacturing.
SchoolsAugusta County Public Schools
Schools andcolleges.
The largest division in this corner of the market — 10,132 students across 19 schools — entirely separate from the school systems in neighboring Staunton and Waynesboro.
Augusta County Public Schools
9 elementary, 5 middle and 5 high schools, plus a technical center — its own division, distinct from Staunton City Schools and Waynesboro Public Schools.
Blue Ridge Community College
Its main campus is in Weyers Cave, inside the county, serving Augusta, Highland and Rockingham counties plus the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro.
Outdoors2 of them
Where theweekends go.
A share of Shenandoah National Park and the start of the Blue Ridge Parkway both sit on the county's edge.
Shenandoah National Park
One of only eight counties the park spans, holding over 12,000 of its roughly 199,000 acres.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Begins at milepost zero at Rockfish Gap, on the Augusta/Nelson county line.
On the market166 in Augusta · live
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Questions5 answered
What peopleask us.
Asked often enough by people moving to Augusta to be worth answering in writing.
A rural farming county wrapped entirely around Staunton and Waynesboro, though neither city is actually part of it — Augusta has its own government, seated at Verona.
No — both are independent cities under Virginia law, each with its own government, schools and tax rate, even though the county surrounds each of them completely.
$0.52 per $100 of assessed value, held steady into the 2025–26 budget year.
Augusta County Public Schools — 10,132 students across 19 schools, entirely separate from the divisions serving Staunton and Waynesboro. Blue Ridge Community College's main campus is inside the county at Weyers Cave.
Farming first — more acreage than any other Virginia county — plus a real manufacturing base at Stuarts Draft (Hershey, McKee Foods, NIBCO) and Augusta Health's main campus at Fishersville.
Sources · checked September 14, 2026
Tax rate · School division · Independent cities · Agriculture · Shenandoah NP · Airport
Thinking of selling
What is your Augusta homeactually worth?
Mike Hogan founded the brokerage on knowing the county rather than the listing. Ask what that means for this street — or take a cash offer from a local investor and skip the showings entirely. Neither route commits you to the other.