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Damascus town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Damascus town is a Census town of 772 people across 0.80 square miles of land, in Washington County. Median household income is $29,006, 48.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $80,000.
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Damascus
What Damascus is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.8 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land968 plus or minus 256
- County holding the largest share of its areaWashington County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How many people live in Damascus
- Population772 plus or minus 204
- Median age45.7 plus or minus 17.5
- Population under 18114 plus or minus 50
- Share under 1814.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over239 plus or minus 73
- Share 65 and over31.0 percent
- Households383 plus or minus 90
- Family households166 plus or minus 55
- Share of households that are families43.3 percent plus or minus 10.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Income and work in Damascus
- Median household income$29,006 plus or minus $6,429
- Per capita income$23,720
- Civilian labor force299 plus or minus 117
- Employed296 plus or minus 116
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over586 plus or minus 138
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.4 percent plus or minus 26.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Housing in Damascus
- Housing units474
- Occupied units383 plus or minus 90
- Vacant units91 plus or minus 50
- Vacancy rate19.2 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Owner occupied185 plus or minus 59
- Renter occupied198 plus or minus 69
- Ownership rate48.3 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$173,500 plus or minus $64,382
- Median gross rent, monthly$730
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.2 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Single family units281 plus or minus 70
- Share single family59.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more163 plus or minus 63
- Share in buildings of two or more34.4 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How Damascus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute252 plus or minus 109
- Commuting under 15 minutes92 plus or minus 54
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.5 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more63 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.0 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled3.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home14.9 percent plus or minus 10.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
SBA loans in Damascus (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$80,000
- Average approval$80,000
- Median approval$80,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$80,000
- Largest approval$80,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Washington County, not Damascus
Washington County context, not Damascus figures
These are Washington County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Damascus measurements.
- Establishments in Washington County1,207
- Employment at those establishments, Washington County18,465
- Covered employment, Washington County20,425
- Average annual pay, Washington County$48,472
- Average weekly wage, Washington County$932
- Housing units permitted, Washington County106
- Of those, single family, Washington County104
- Average income of an arriving household, Washington County$65,517
Every figure in this section is published for Washington County as a whole and is not a measurement of Damascus. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Damascus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Damascus, Virginia?
772, in 383 households. Damascus town covers 0.80 square miles of land, which is 968 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Damascus in?
Washington County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Damascus?
$29,006. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $173,500. Median gross rent is $730 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Damascus businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $80,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $80,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Damascus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Damascus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Damascus. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Damascus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Washington County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Damascus.
Is zoning published for Damascus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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