The most recent community needs assessment conducted by Bay Aging shows a continuing trend of residents on the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck who are older than the average in the rest of the state and across the U.S., as well as a continuing lack of affordable housing across the agency’s service area.
Bay Aging is a nonprofit agency that offers transportation, housing, community living, and health services programs in the 10 counties of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck.
The survey also yielded new information, such as “a remarkably positive view of law enforcement in the community,” but also “a concerning decline in satisfaction with quality of life, particularly among minority populations.”
Four of Virginia’s five oldest counties by median age are located in Bay Aging’s service area, said the report. Over 34 percent of the region’s population is age 60 or older, compared to 22.6 percent for Virginia as a whole and 23.3 percent for the nation. There are also fewer households...