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Home values, rents and more in Wakefield, VA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$218,000
Metro: $392,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+7.6%
Metro: +2.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,201
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$62,386
Metro: $86,679 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Wakefield, VA, shaded by typical home valueWakefield
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ZIP codes around Wakefield, VA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Wakefield is outlined.

How Wakefield compares

The typical home in Wakefield, VA is worth about $218,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wakefield are 44% below the typical value in the Richmond metro area ($392,000) and 41% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Wakefield rose 7.6%, compared with +2.6% in the Richmond metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $62,386, against $86,679 in the Richmond metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,201 people live in Wakefield (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Wakefield has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 31 cities in the Richmond metro area and the 118th-lowest of 382 in Virginia with Zillow figures.

Part of: Sussex County, VA · Richmond metro area · Virginia

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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