# Patrick County, Virginia: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Stuart Patrick County is one of the places the data center build-out is physically happening. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Patrick County. Patrick County is home to Stuart. Construction employs 130, up 14.0% since 2019. Employers here counted 4,043 jobs in 2025, down 8.7% from 2019. 1 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly hydro. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map -8.7% total jobs since 2019, now 4,043 12 MW of operating power plants, mostly hydro ## Cities and towns in Patrick County Patrick County is home to Stuart. Stuart1,409 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Meadows of Dan, Patrick Springs. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Patrick County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Virginia | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 17,583 | 17,424 | ▼ 0.9% | 86th of 133 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 4,427 | 4,043 | ▼ 8.7% | 120th of 133 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $29,995 | $41,545 | ▲ 38.5% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 114 | 130 | ▲ 14.0% | 35th of 83 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.2% | 3.8% | ▲ 0.6pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 1 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 12 MW of capacity, 100% of it hydro. Unemployment was 3.8% in August 2026, against 3.2% in 2019. Appalachian Power Co is the largest utility serving Patrick County, one of 2 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 17.02¢/kWh in 2024, above the 14.39¢ median for Virginia utilities. 17,424 people live here, down 0.9% since 2020. ## Who powers Patrick County ### Utilities with service territory in Patrick County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Appalachian Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 465,283 | 17.02¢ | 26% | | City of Danville - (VA) | Municipal | Bundled | 37,781 | 15.01¢ | 29% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Hydro | 12 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Pinnacles | Northbrook Virginia Hydro, LLC | Hydro | 12 MW | 1938 | ## The Patrick County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 4,043 | $41,545 | 1.00 | | Construction | 130 | $44,275 | 0.61 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Patrick County 1 data center in Patrick County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ## Patrick County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Patrick County, Stokes County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Patrick County | 17,424 | ▼ 8.7% | 12 MW | — | 1 | — | | Carroll County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/carroll-county) | 29,299 | ▼ 6.7% | 50 MW | — | — | — | | Floyd County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/floyd-county) | 15,789 | ▲ 8.5% | — | — | — | — | | Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/franklin-county) | 55,526 | ▲ 4.8% | — | 12 MW | 1 | — | | Henry County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/henry-county) | 49,242 | ▼ 4.0% | 156 MW | 201 MW | — | — | | Stokes County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/north-carolina/stokes-county) NC | 46,126 | ▼ 1.0% | 2,555 MW | 34 MW | — | 1 | | Surry County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/north-carolina/surry-county) NC | 72,287 | ▼ 0.8% | 92 MW | — | — | 1 | ## More of Virginia [All Virginia countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia)[Franklin County55,526 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/franklin-county)[Henry County49,242 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/henry-county)[Carroll County29,299 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/carroll-county)[Floyd County15,789 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/floyd-county) ## Patrick County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Patrick County, Virginia? 2 utilities have service territory in Patrick County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Appalachian Power Co, City of Danville - (VA). The largest, Appalachian Power Co, charged residential customers 17.02¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Patrick County? 1 operating plant with 12 MW of capacity. The largest is Pinnacles (12 MW, hydro). ### Are there data centers in Patrick County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Patrick County. ### Is Patrick County adding jobs? Employers counted 4,043 jobs in 2025 against 4,427 in 2019 (-8.7%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 114 to 130. ### Does Patrick County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Patrick County. Virginia has 13 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/patrick-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).