Hardy, Virginia.
. Roanoke, 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 Hardy, Franklin County, Virginia
The Census does not count Hardy on its own, so the figures here are Franklin County's. Half the county's households earn more than $68,849 a year and half less; 13% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 78% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Franklin 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hardy is in Franklin County, Virginia, where the typical resident is older than many, and most people across the county live in homes they own. Winters are cold and bring snow most years, while summers are warm and the year is fairly wet. Across Franklin County, household incomes sit below the state's typical level, and a minority of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in manufacturing. Shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment also employ many people. Franklin County's job count grew slightly in the most recent year, and unemployment is about where it was a year earlier.
Things to do. Booker T. Washington National Monument, a museum a short drive away, is one of the best known places nearby. Virginia's Explore Park, a protected area also a short drive off, and Mill Mountain Zoo, a short drive away, offer outdoor and animal-focused days out.
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- 22,999households
- 48.4median age
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Franklin County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 15,810 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
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, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Franklin County
- Franklin County Public SchoolsSchool district1,479FTE
- Plygem Rocky Mount - US WindowsWindows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing1,268
- Franklin CountyGeneral services departments, government563
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters288
- Ferrum CollegeUniversity or college266
- Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital254FTE
- Cavco Industries321991219
- Riverbend EnterprisesFoundation, building, poured concrete, contractors167
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 26 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,706 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Franklin County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Franklin County and the Roanoke, VA metro.
Hardy 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.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 2 Hardy listings — the market is cooling.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hardy42.38%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hardy53
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hardy10
Zip codes with a Hardy address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hardy — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.