Roanoke, Virginia

QuickFacts reports 97,912 estimated residents on July 1, 2024, 100,011 in the 2020 Census, and 42.5 square miles of land for the City of Roanoke. The city is also a Census county equivalent, so city figures should not be presented as Roanoke County or the wider valley. A home near Salem or another nearby community can have a different service, tax, school, road, or care geography.

The city facts show about 36.1 percent age 50 or older, broadband near 377 Mbps, and a Recommended car label. Valley Metro, Smart Way, MetroFLX, STAR paratransit, the free Star Line Trolley, and downtown Amtrak service can support selected trips, but low commute shares do not prove car free living. Map the home to groceries, care, parks, rail, airport, and visitors before relying on a city label.

Five mapped hospitals and about 2,472 reported beds fall within 12 kilometers. Inside Roanoke, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital describes a 718 bed flagship and the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center. Six Medicare emergency hospitals are listed within 30 miles, with the nearest about 2.1 miles away, and one HRSA adult primary care likely site is listed within 15 miles, with the nearest about 2.4 miles away.

The exact city registry lists 49 pharmacies and 214 selected Medicare specialist records, while broad specialist access is unavailable. Salem VA Medical Center is a regional option in Salem, not a Roanoke city facility. The records provide a starting map, not a promise of clinical quality, capacity, coverage, appointment timing, wait time, or personal outcomes.

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital gives the city a named 718 bed medical and trauma anchor. The radius adds four other mapped facilities, 17 nursing homes within 15 miles, seven home health offices, six hospice offices, four dialysis facilities, two ambulatory surgery centers, one inpatient rehabilitation facility, one inpatient psychiatric facility, and two FQHCs. These are listed facilities and registry records, not an individual care promise.

The single HRSA adult primary care likely site within 15 miles and the 214 selected specialist records make office calls important. Confirm a primary care relationship, referrals, coverage, pharmacy access, mobility support, parking, emergency entrance, and the route home. Salem VA Medical Center may serve veterans in the regional map, but it remains in Salem and should be evaluated as a separate destination.

The detailed safety field is unavailable even though the overview presentation is more favorable. The FBI series for the Roanoke Police agency reports 620 violent crimes per 100,000 and 4,117 property crimes per 100,000 in 2024. Those are city agency observations through December 31, 2024, not a blanket description of every neighborhood, home, parking area, or evening route.

FEMA and modeled planning rows mark natural disaster Low, flood Moderate, wildfire Low, storm High, and heat Low, with seven major declarations since 2000. Roanoke's 13 waterways, mountainous terrain, historic flood levels, and preliminary map revisions make parcel GIS, drainage, insurance, elevation, road access, trees, roof, power, and evacuation questions as important as crime observations.

The current climate values show an average summer high near 84°F, about 18 days above 90°F, an average winter low near 28°F, and about 106 freezing days. Six months are listed as comfortable, with May through October as the best months and January, February, and December as the toughest. Cooling, shade, heating, steps, parking, footwear, tree cover, and the route to care can matter more than the seasonal label.

For the 2021 to 2025 modeled period, fine particle pollution is 5.4 micrograms per cubic meter, while the current AQI and PM2.5 display remains Checking and unavailable. NOAA station normals cover a different period and work as historical comparison only. Keep air dates, heat, humidity, freezing surfaces, allergies, storm exposure, and flood map revisions separate when reviewing a home.