Town of Blacksburg Adopted Operating Budget FY 2027

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS March 2026

Date of Incorporation

March 22, 1871

Form of Government

Council - Manager

Area

19.81 square miles

Miles of Public Street Lanes

250

Number of Street Lights

1,864

Municipal Water Department: Number of customers Average daily consumption

10,228

2.83 million gallons/day

Miles of water mains

192

Sewers:

Miles of sanitary sewers

151

Miles of storm sewers pipes in Blacksburg

93

Total Number of all types of Building permits issued

1,600 (est.)

Building permit construction value Total Number of Residential Units Emergency Services: Blacksburg Police Department Number of stations Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department: Number of stations Number of Volunteers/Paid Staff Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad Number of stations Number of police officers

$120,000,000 (est.)

17,724

1

70

3

85/4.5

1

Number of Active Volunteer Members/Paid Staff

166/2

Municipal Employees: Full Time

354 324

Average Part Time/Seasonal

Education: Total Number of Schools in the Montgomery County Public School System Total number of enrolled students in Montgomery County (2025/26 School Year) Total number of enrolled students in the “Blacksburg Strand” (2024/25 School Year) Number of schools in the “Blacksburg Strand”

21

7

9,534 4,035

Recreation and Culture: Number of developed Town parks Number of undeveloped Town parks

25 15

4

Number of branches in the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Public Library 1

Number of books in collection

214,159

Number of public library branches in Town Number of books at the Blacksburg Branch

1

70,230

1 Does not include the Virginia Tech University Library System which residents can access.

175