Chesterfield County, Virginia

Chesterfield County has a population of 377,869 and has grown 9.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $366,000, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $101,931.

Home price
$366,000
Income
$101,931
Population
377,869
Unemployment
4.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$366,000county
Median gross rent$1,629county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198029.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,926county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,655county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,507county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,072county
Home insurance / yr$2,074(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living100.8(statewide)
Median household income$101,931county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate7.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.5%county
Unemployment rate4.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.4%county
Share of workers employed by government20.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.5%county
Economic output per resident$63,520county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.76%county
Top state income tax5.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.77%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service14 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2456422county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station11 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.4%county
Traffic deaths14.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.1(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher43.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.1%county
Public schools in the county64county
Public school enrollment63754county
Students per full-time teacher14.0county
Free lunch eligible53.7%county
Elementary schools40county
Middle schools12county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution11 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians81county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.5%county
Frequent mental distress15.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population377,869county
Land area in square miles424county
People per square mile of land892.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores56county
Convenience stores41county
Share living far from a food store53.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.5%county
Population change since 2020+9.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age39.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.1%county
Share of households that are one person22.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.9%county
Second languages14.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls49.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents76county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents9county
Households that moved in12,065county
Households that moved away11,490county
Average income of arriving households$74,845county
Average income of departing households$69,418county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes15county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,194county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings28.2%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature58.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.4 incounty
Annual snowfall19.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.32 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F24 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing77 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days201 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 19county
Average first fall frostNov 6county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.8¢county
Household electricity use1,056 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity66.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas27.9%county
Homes heated by propane2.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband95.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk89.5county
Coastal flood risk44.8county
Drought risk59.7county
Landslide risk46.8county
Hail risk44.4county
Earthquake risk89.6county
Tornado risk76.8county
Tropical cyclone risk85.8county
Extreme heat risk86.5county
Winter weather risk86.7county
Strong wind risk68.5county
Wildfire risk44.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Chesterfield County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Virginia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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