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Amherst County
Amherst County, VA
Composite Insurance Risk Score: 72.5 / 100
(National rank: #262)
Axis Scores
Insurance Affordability
77.6
Housing Affordability
43.3
Community Resilience
48.4
Key Metrics
| Annual Insurance Premium (state avg) |
$1,300 |
| Insurance Burden (% of income) |
1.89% |
| Price-to-Income Ratio |
3.09 |
| FEMA Risk Score (0-100) |
10.4 |
Data Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (Public Domain), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (CC0), Triple-I / NAIC public citations.
Scores are percentile ranks across all valid U.S. counties (0-100).
π‘ Market Analysis
Over the past 5 years,
home values in Amherst County have grown at an average annual rate of 6.42%.
During the same period, the population has
decreased by 0.91%.
This combination of rising prices and shrinking population may indicate housing affordability pressures or climate-related out-migration.
*Note: Correlation does not imply causation. Analysis based on ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019-2024).