Duffield, Virginia.
. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,135 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
Living in Duffield, Scott County, Virginia
Duffield is a town of 73 people in Scott County. Unemployment in Scott County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Scott County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Duffield is a very small town in Scott County, in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm. Snow comes in most winters without being heavy, and rain falls often, so the land stays green and wet through much of the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in manufacturing, shops and the building trades. Very few people work from home. Across Scott County, unemployment is somewhat higher than it was a year ago, and the county has slightly fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. Natural Tunnel State Park, a protected area a short drive away, is a good place for walks and time outdoors. The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park, also a short drive away, is another protected area to visit. The Holston River, a longer drive away, offers a river setting for a day out.
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- 1%below the poverty line
- 5%work from home
What people in Scott County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Scott County had 4,929 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 9 inches of snow and 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Big Stone Gap weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Scott County
- Scott County Public SchoolsSchool district635FTE
- TempursealyMattresses manufacturing500
- VFPArchitectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing460
- Joy Global Underground MiningIndustrial equipment and machinery repair and maintenance services221
- Ridgecrest Manor Nursing and RehabilitationNursing homes151
- K VA T Food StoresSupermarket135
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority Duffield FacilityJails119
- Barger OfficeTrucking, specialized freight, local57
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,734 people in all across the county; Duffield has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Duffield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Scott County and the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro.
Duffield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Duffield17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Duffield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Duffield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.