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Massanutten, Virginia.

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

Living in Massanutten, Rockingham County, Virginia

Massanutten, in Rockingham County, had 2,164 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $108,207 a year and half less, against $80,693 across Rockingham County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. Unemployment in Rockingham County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Rockingham County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 2,164 in the 2020 census; median age 53.7
Household income $108,207 the median, give or take $12,970 · Rockingham County: $80,693
Unemployment 3.0% Rockingham County, August 2026; 3.0% a year before
Homes 93% lived in by their owners; 7% rented
  • 945households
  • 54%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What people in Rockingham County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades8%
  • Professional and business services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rockingham County had 34,938 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 23° F M A M J J 86° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 23° F M A M J J 86° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 64°. About 19 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dale Enterprise weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Rockingham County

  1. Sentara RMH Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,755FTE
  2. Merck and CoPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing1,329
  3. CargillTurkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked1,097
  4. Marshalls Bridgewater MerchantsGeneral warehousing and storage1,095
  5. WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage920
  6. Shenandoah Valley OrganicPoultry771
  7. Pilgrim's Pride Broadway Central ProcessingPoultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing697
  8. VpgcChickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked560

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 84 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 17,421 people in all across the county; Massanutten has none of its own. Hospitals come 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

  1. Strong windRelatively moderate
  2. LightningRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of MassanuttenRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

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