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Shenandoah County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 38 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51171

Within Virginia
Shenandoah County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Woodstock, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
45,839
+1,581 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
508.1
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
90.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Woodstock
Seat of county government.
Established
1772
253 years ago
Largest city
Strasburg town
Population 7,380.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Shenandoah County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Shenandoah County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 721 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Shenandoah County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population45,83938th of 1331,079th of 3,144
Land area508.1 sq mi21st of 1332,045th of 3,144
Population density90.2 per sq mi74th of 133993rd of 3,144
Median household income$67,19168th of 1331,414th of 3,143

Full data for Shenandoah County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,839Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202044,258Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,182Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area508.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area511.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?90.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,191American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$294,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,962American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,395American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-105
488 births, 593 deaths
Net migration
+481
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Shenandoah County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hardy CountyWest Virginia37 mi14,337
Frederick CountyVirginia31 mi99,955
Page CountyVirginia22 mi23,762
Warren CountyVirginia20 mi42,740
Rockingham CountyVirginia16 mi89,316

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.