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Cave Spring, Virginia.

A community in Roanoke County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Roanoke County’s.

Living in Cave Spring, Roanoke County, Virginia

Cave Spring, in Roanoke County, had 26,755 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $87,539 a year and half less, against $83,709 across Roanoke County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Roanoke County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 26,755 in the 2020 census; median age 42.4
Household income $87,539 the median, give or take $6,404 · Roanoke County: $83,709
Unemployment 3.2% Roanoke County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes 70% lived in by their owners; 30% rented
  • 11,043households
  • 49%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 18%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Banks, insurance and property11%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Manufacturing7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Roanoke County had 37,434 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 29°; warmest in July, 88° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 29° F M A M J J 88° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 29°; warmest in July, 88° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 29° F M A M J J 88° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 15 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Roanoke Regional Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Cave Spring

  1. TMEIC Corporation AmericasEngineering services421
  2. Carilion Athletic Clubs Co. 24(Prorated Jan thru Sept due to reorg effect Oct 1)Physical fitness facilities211
  3. Friendship - South CampusSkilled nursing facilities166
  4. American HealthCareNursing care facilities161
  5. Kroger Mid-Atlantic KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores149
  6. Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter142
  7. Kroger Mid-Atlantic KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores131
  8. Kroger Mid-Atlantic KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores101

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,975 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cave Spring’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Roanoke County.