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Virginia has 6.3 public charging ports per 10,000 residents. We ranked 62 towns of 5,000+ people by ports per resident, and by how many licensed electrical and HVAC contractors are based there.
Most public charging ports per 10,000 residents
# Town Population Ports per 10k Public ports Licensed installers
1 Ashland 7,910 46.8 37 (20 DC fast) 52 2 Woodstock 5,954 40.3 24 (12 DC fast) 6 3 Falls Church 15,034 36.6 55 (6 DC fast) 49 4 Wytheville 8,160 35.5 29 (26 DC fast) 21 5 Emporia 5,402 24.1 13 (12 DC fast) 10 6 Farmville 7,578 23.8 18 (10 DC fast) 22 7 Dumfries 5,978 20.1 12 (12 DC fast) 25 8 Colonial Heights 18,674 17.1 32 (28 DC fast) 17 9 Blacksburg 45,452 16.9 77 (14 DC fast) 17 10 Salem 25,908 14.7 38 (21 DC fast) 38 11 Bedford 7,823 14.1 11 (8 DC fast) 34 12 Williamsburg 16,030 13.7 22 (2 DC fast) 47 13 Martinsville 13,834 13.0 18 (4 DC fast) 28 14 Leesburg 49,831 12.2 61 (34 DC fast) 33 15 Fairfax 26,340 12.1 32 (23 DC fast) 90 16 Abingdon 8,316 12.0 10 (5 DC fast) 51 17 Alexandria 159,102 11.8 188 (10 DC fast) 137 18 Franklin 8,373 10.7 9 (8 DC fast) 6 19 Staunton 26,361 10.6 28 (24 DC fast) 40 20 Bristol 16,316 9.8 16 (16 DC fast) 21 21 Strasburg 7,290 9.6 7 (6 DC fast) 17 22 Richmond 233,655 9.0 210 (34 DC fast) 282 23 Charlottesville 44,767 8.0 36 (3 DC fast) 71 24 Harrisonburg 51,164 8.0 41 (8 DC fast) 47 25 Fredericksburg 29,992 7.7 23 (3 DC fast) 135
Charging deserts: larger towns with the fewest ports per resident
Towns of 25,000+ residents. Fewer public ports makes a home charger more valuable: see EV charger rebates for your zip .
# Town Population Ports per 10k Public ports Licensed installers
1 Suffolk 103,105 1.9 20 (8 DC fast) 73 2 Virginia Beach 454,808 2.7 121 (43 DC fast) 365 3 Portsmouth 96,482 2.7 26 (8 DC fast) 66 4 Herndon 25,180 3.2 8 (4 DC fast) 45 5 Chesapeake 254,997 3.9 100 (32 DC fast) 298 6 Hampton 137,596 4.3 59 (12 DC fast) 94 7 Lynchburg 80,301 4.9 39 (22 DC fast) 68 8 Manassas 43,616 5.3 23 (9 DC fast) 230 9 Danville 41,993 5.5 23 (9 DC fast) 38 10 Roanoke 97,912 6.1 60 (21 DC fast) 113 11 Petersburg 34,058 6.5 22 (20 DC fast) 51 12 Newport News 183,056 6.7 122 (67 DC fast) 102 13 Winchester 27,800 6.8 19 (6 DC fast) 84 14 Norfolk 231,105 7.1 165 (74 DC fast) 137 15 Fredericksburg 29,992 7.7 23 (3 DC fast) 135 16 Harrisonburg 51,164 8.0 41 (8 DC fast) 47 17 Charlottesville 44,767 8.0 36 (3 DC fast) 71 18 Richmond 233,655 9.0 210 (34 DC fast) 282 19 Staunton 26,361 10.6 28 (24 DC fast) 40 20 Alexandria 159,102 11.8 188 (10 DC fast) 137 21 Fairfax 26,340 12.1 32 (23 DC fast) 90 22 Leesburg 49,831 12.2 61 (34 DC fast) 33 23 Salem 25,908 14.7 38 (21 DC fast) 38 24 Blacksburg 45,452 16.9 77 (14 DC fast) 17
Most licensed installers per 10,000 residents
# Town Population Installers per 10k Public ports Licensed installers
1 Ashland 7,910 65.7 37 (20 DC fast) 52 2 Abingdon 8,316 61.3 10 (5 DC fast) 51 3 Warrenton 10,224 54.8 2 56 4 Manassas 43,616 52.7 23 (9 DC fast) 230 5 Fredericksburg 29,992 45.0 23 (3 DC fast) 135 6 Bedford 7,823 43.5 11 (8 DC fast) 34 7 Dumfries 5,978 41.8 12 (12 DC fast) 25 8 Galax 6,739 37.1 0 25 9 Vinton 8,059 34.7 0 28 10 Front Royal 15,628 34.6 4 54 11 Fairfax 26,340 34.2 32 (23 DC fast) 90 12 Falls Church 15,034 32.6 55 (6 DC fast) 49 13 Winchester 27,800 30.2 19 (6 DC fast) 84 14 Williamsburg 16,030 29.3 22 (2 DC fast) 47 15 Farmville 7,578 29.0 18 (10 DC fast) 22 16 Orange 5,210 26.9 0 14 17 Wytheville 8,160 25.7 29 (26 DC fast) 21 18 Strasburg 7,290 23.3 7 (6 DC fast) 17 19 Covington 5,663 23.0 4 (1 DC fast) 13 20 Marion 5,602 21.4 0 12 21 Smithfield 9,032 21.0 4 19 22 Martinsville 13,834 20.2 18 (4 DC fast) 28 23 Pulaski 8,805 19.3 2 17 24 Lexington 7,802 19.2 0 15 25 Culpeper 21,464 19.1 10 41
Method and sources
Charging ports: open public Level 2 and DC fast ports listed by the U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center, placed inside municipal boundaries (Census TIGER) by each station's coordinates. A 0 means no public port is listed for that municipality; private, workplace-only and planned chargers are not counted.
Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates for the municipality.
Installers: contractors whose state license record lists a business address in the town or its zip codes (how we use license data ).
Updated 2026-10-12. Journalists and researchers may cite these figures with a link to this page.