Who is the Buchanan County Clerk of the Circuit Court?

Beverly S. Tiller is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Virginia.

Who is the Buchanan County Commissioner of the Revenue?

A. Ruth Horn is the Commissioner of the Revenue of Buchanan County, Virginia.

Who is the Buchanan County Commonwealth's Attorney?

M. Nikki Stiltner is the Commonwealth's Attorney of Buchanan County, Virginia.

Who is the Buchanan County Sheriff?

Allen W. Boyd is the Sheriff of Buchanan County, Virginia.

Who is the Buchanan County Treasurer?

Lonnie Keith Boyd is the Treasurer of Buchanan County, Virginia.

Who are the Buchanan County commissioners?

Jeff S. Cooper (Supervisor, Garden); Tim W. Hess (Supervisor, Hurricane); Trey Adkins (Supervisor, Knox); K. Lee Dotson, Jr (Supervisor, North Grundy); David M. Rose (Supervisor, Prater); R. Craig Stiltner (Supervisor, Rocklick); G. Roger Rife (Supervisor, South Grundy).

Who is on the Buchanan County School Board?

S. Ray Blankenship (Garden); Michael E. Thompson (Hurricane); R. Tommy Blankenship (Knox); Angie Ward McClanahan (North Grundy); Jack R. Compton (Prater); Brian D. "Doc" Looney (Rocklick); David C. Thornbury (South Grundy).

What is the population of Buchanan County?

About 19,415 people, with a median age of 47.8; the median household income is $42,886 and 25.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Buchanan County?

6.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 376 people unemployed in a labor force of 5,744, against 5.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Buchanan County?

4 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 municipal and 2 special district governments.

Buchanan County, VA elected officials: supervisors or council members, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Buchanan County: 19 seats on 7 elected bodies.

Board of Supervisors (counties) or City Council (cities)

Buchanan County Board of Supervisors

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now
Supervisor, Garden	Jeff S. Cooper source
Supervisor, Hurricane	Tim W. Hess source
Supervisor, Knox	Trey Adkins source
Supervisor, North Grundy	K. Lee Dotson, Jr source
Supervisor, Prater	David M. Rose source
Supervisor, Rocklick	R. Craig Stiltner source
Supervisor, South Grundy	G. Roger Rife source

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of the Circuit Court	Beverly S. Tiller source
Commissioner of the Revenue	A. Ruth Horn source
Commonwealth's Attorney	M. Nikki Stiltner source
Sheriff	Allen W. Boyd source
Treasurer	Lonnie Keith Boyd source

School Board

Buchanan County School Board

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now
School Board Member, Garden	S. Ray Blankenship source
School Board Member, Hurricane	Michael E. Thompson source
School Board Member, Knox	R. Tommy Blankenship source
School Board Member, North Grundy	Angie Ward McClanahan source
School Board Member, Prater	Jack R. Compton source
School Board Member, Rocklick	Brian D. "Doc" Looney source
School Board Member, South Grundy	David C. Thornbury source

Official website

How many local governments Buchanan County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 4 local governments in Buchanan County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	1	0
School districts (school boards)	0	1
Special districts (elected boards)	2	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (1 in Buchanan County), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Buchanan County

19,415people

47.8median ageU.S.: 38.9

$42,886 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

25.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%

11.5%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$94,900median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.9%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

0.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

4.9%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

4.8%U.S.: 8.4%

66.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

37.8%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 1.1% · White 93.2% · Black 3.8% · Asian 0.8% · Other or more than one race 1.1% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Buchanan County

6.5%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 5.7%. Virginia: 3.6%.

376people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

5,368people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

5,744in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	6.5%	376	5,368	5,744
August 2026	7.1%	403	5,296	5,699
July 2026	7.9%	453	5,314	5,767
June 2026	7.1%	409	5,329	5,738
May 2026	6.4%	368	5,358	5,726
April 2026	7.0%	409	5,413	5,822
March 2026	7.8%	457	5,432	5,889
February 2026	6.9%	406	5,516	5,922
January 2026	6.7%	394	5,511	5,905
December 2025	5.8%	344	5,557	5,901
November 2025	6.6%	390	5,543	5,933
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	5.7%	336	5,558	5,894
August 2025	6.1%	356	5,448	5,804
July 2025	6.1%	356	5,476	5,832
June 2025	5.8%	339	5,532	5,871
May 2025	5.5%	321	5,559	5,880
April 2025	4.8%	290	5,715	6,005
March 2025	5.0%	306	5,784	6,090
February 2025	5.0%	306	5,808	6,114
January 2025	5.1%	310	5,797	6,107
December 2024	4.1%	254	5,918	6,172
November 2024	4.4%	272	5,909	6,181
October 2024	4.1%	259	6,040	6,299

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	5.6%	332	5,616	5,948
2024	4.2%	262	5,944	6,206
2023	3.9%	243	6,025	6,268
2022	4.3%	264	5,843	6,107
2021	6.6%	394	5,556	5,950
2020	10.0%	624	5,602	6,226
2019	5.5%	366	6,271	6,637
2018	5.5%	376	6,411	6,787
2017	7.0%	481	6,388	6,869
2016	10.3%	722	6,278	7,000

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Virginia's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.6% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Buchanan County

92.9 per 100,0002025. Virginia: 205.9.

901.8 per 100,0002025. Virginia: 1,353.5.

1murders2025, 17 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	17	92.9	165	901.8
2024	24	127.2	246	1,304.3
2023	31	163.7	206	1,087.9
2022	62	318.1	300	1,539.2
2021	43	212.1	245	1,208.7
2020	38	183.8	320	1,548.1
2019	49	235.9	305	1,468.5
2018	47	222.5	297	1,406.3
2017	59	269.9	326	1,491.6
2016	53	236.5	336	1,499.5

By police agency (2)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office	2025	17	139	17,492
Grundy Police Department	2025	0	26	804

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Virginia · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.57 per 1,000 residents2025, 2 agencies serving 18,296 people.

47sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

12civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (2), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office	42	12	17,492
Grundy Police Department	5	0	804

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	47	2.57	12	2
2023	40	2.11	17	2
2022	41	2.10	14	2
2021	40	1.97	14	2
2020	40	1.94	13	2
2019	41	1.97	13	2
2018	41	1.94	13	2
2017	39	1.78	13	2
2016	39	1.74	13	2

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Buchanan County Clerk of the Circuit Court?: Beverly S. Tiller is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Virginia.
Who is the Buchanan County Commissioner of the Revenue?: A. Ruth Horn is the Commissioner of the Revenue of Buchanan County, Virginia.
Who is the Buchanan County Commonwealth's Attorney?: M. Nikki Stiltner is the Commonwealth's Attorney of Buchanan County, Virginia.
Who is the Buchanan County Sheriff?: Allen W. Boyd is the Sheriff of Buchanan County, Virginia.
Who is the Buchanan County Treasurer?: Lonnie Keith Boyd is the Treasurer of Buchanan County, Virginia.
Who are the Buchanan County commissioners?: Jeff S. Cooper (Supervisor, Garden); Tim W. Hess (Supervisor, Hurricane); Trey Adkins (Supervisor, Knox); K. Lee Dotson, Jr (Supervisor, North Grundy); David M. Rose (Supervisor, Prater); R. Craig Stiltner (Supervisor, Rocklick); G. Roger Rife (Supervisor, South Grundy).
Who is on the Buchanan County School Board?: S. Ray Blankenship (Garden); Michael E. Thompson (Hurricane); R. Tommy Blankenship (Knox); Angie Ward McClanahan (North Grundy); Jack R. Compton (Prater); Brian D. "Doc" Looney (Rocklick); David C. Thornbury (South Grundy).
What is the population of Buchanan County?: About 19,415 people, with a median age of 47.8; the median household income is $42,886 and 25.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Buchanan County?: 6.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 376 people unemployed in a labor force of 5,744, against 5.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Buchanan County?: 4 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 municipal and 2 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Virginia Department of Elections' certified results (its Historical Elections Database) of each seat's last election; officials appointed or resigned since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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