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Hollins, 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 Hollins, Roanoke County, Virginia

Hollins, in Roanoke County, had 15,574 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $77,456 a year and half less, against $83,709 across Roanoke County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% 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 15,574 in the 2020 census; median age 43.0
Household income $77,456 the median, give or take $9,648 · Roanoke County: $83,709
Unemployment 3.2% Roanoke County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes 65% lived in by their owners; 35% rented
  • 6,816households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

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, 46° and 25°; warmest in July, 86° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 46° 25° F M A M J J 86° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 25°; warmest in July, 86° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 46° 25° F M A M J J 86° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 64°. About 11 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Roanoke North weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hollins

  1. Elbit Systems of America - Night VisionNight vision optical device manufacturing780
  2. Friendship - North CampusSkilled nursing facilities554
  3. Hollins UniversityUniversity or college327
  4. Potter Electric Signal CompanyAlarm systems and equipment manufacturing300
  5. Excel Truck Group RoanokeCamper dealers, recreational238
  6. Optical Cable Corporation - RoanokeFiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand225
  7. Trivium Packaging USA, Inc. - RoanokeMetal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing139
  8. VDOT I 81 Widening DB MM 136 to129

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,297 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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 in parts of HollinsRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hollins’ 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.