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Rivanna, Virginia.

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

Living in Rivanna, Albemarle County, Virginia

Rivanna, in Albemarle County, had 2,174 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $146,328 a year and half less, against $104,392 across Albemarle County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 97% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 3% are rented. Unemployment in Albemarle County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Albemarle County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,174 in the 2020 census
Household income $146,328 the median, give or take $36,466 · Albemarle County: $104,392
Unemployment 3.3% Albemarle County, August 2026; 3.3% a year before
Homes 97% lived in by their owners; 3% rented
  • 930households
  • 80%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 29%work from home

What people in Albemarle County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care34%
  • Professional and business services18%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%
  • Other services5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Albemarle County had 65,494 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 26°; warmest in July, 85° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 26° F M A M J J 85° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 26°; warmest in July, 85° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 26° F M A M J J 85° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 67°. About 16 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Monticello weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Albemarle County

  1. Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalGeneral hospital1,130FTE
  2. Albemarle CountyFire and rescue service917
  3. Region Ten Community Services BoardSocial workers' , mental health, offices595
  4. Faulconer Construction CompanyUtility line, construction559
  5. Northrop Grumman SystemsSearch detection navigation guidance aeronautical and nautical system and instrument manufacturing450
  6. Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeTwo-year college443
  7. Wegmans Food MarketsRetail supermarkets423
  8. Albemarle High SchoolSchools, secondary344

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 114 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 15,300 people in all across the county; Rivanna has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (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

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively 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 Rivanna’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 Albemarle County.