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Home values, rents and more in Powhatan County, VA

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

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Typical home value
$494,000
Metro: $392,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.7%
Metro: +2.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,870/mo
Metro: $1,706 · U.S.: $1,932
Population
32,591
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$110,537
Metro: $86,679 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Powhatan County, VA, shaded by typical home valuePowhatanChesterfieldHanoverAmeliaCumberlandGoochlandFluvannaRichmond city
  • Under $250k
  • $250k–$330k
  • $330k–$370k
  • $370k–$420k
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Counties around Powhatan County, VA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Powhatan County, VA is outlined.

How Powhatan County, VA compares

The typical home in Powhatan County, VA is worth about $494,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Powhatan County, VA are 26% above the typical value in the Richmond metro area ($392,000) and 35% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Powhatan County, VA rose 2.7%, compared with +2.6% in the Richmond metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,870 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% above the Richmond metro area ($1,706) and 3% below the U.S. ($1,932).

The median household income is $110,537, against $86,679 in the Richmond metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 32,591 people live in Powhatan County, VA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Powhatan County, VA has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 17 counties in the Richmond metro area and the 14th-highest of 133 in Virginia with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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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