Zip lookup · VA

23838
Chesterfield, Virginia.

Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, VA · Richmond, VA metro · population 17,686

What it costs per month · 23838 $2,988/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,670 (+127%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $19,655 +4%
$549,635$569,290 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $129,900 +30%
$439,390$569,290 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 23838 $2,988 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 23838$2,988
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 23838 rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Chesterfield, VA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $569,290 as of Sep 2026
+3.6%year on year

Typical home value — 23838

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 23838 $569,290 Richmond $392,106 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 23838$569,290
  • Richmond$392,106
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.7 23832 Chesterfield 41,442 $1,890 $410,203
7.6 23833 Church Road 2,212 — $337,046
8.4 23112 Midlothian 57,016 $2,054 $434,381
9.6 23885 Sutherland 3,193 — $349,004
10.2 23831 Chester 39,529 $1,824 $381,109
10.4 23120 Moseley 17,586 $2,500 $610,324
11.1 23236 Richmond 27,903 $1,723 $391,368
11.1 23803 Petersburg 42,012 $1,329 $238,838
11.4 23237 Richmond 27,126 $1,879 $325,915
11.5 23114 Midlothian 21,631 $2,120 $468,325
12.3 23850 Ford 1,161 — $279,259
12.9 23834 Colonial Heights 26,628 $1,665 $295,118
13.0 23234 Richmond 47,465 $1,559 $309,463
14.0 23235 Richmond 33,461 $1,845 $415,336
15.4 23225 Richmond 42,771 $1,518 $367,296
15.5 23224 Richmond 40,575 $1,520 $243,565
15.5 23113 Midlothian 27,477 $2,010 $720,126
16.2 23894 Wilsons 326 — $302,626
16.7 23836 Chester 15,298 $1,803 $439,842
18.1 23221 Richmond 14,402 $1,895 $645,519
18.2 23840 Dewitt 1,733 — $299,527
18.3 23002 Amelia Court House 10,849 — $339,991
18.5 23805 Petersburg 21,408 $1,416 $264,796
18.6 23220 Richmond 34,671 $1,763 $446,587
18.7 23841 Dinwiddie 3,021 — $312,209
18.9 23219 Richmond 4,062 $1,530 $360,326
19.0 23229 Henrico 35,689 $1,773 $521,985
19.0 23226 Richmond 15,477 $2,094 $586,496
19.2 23238 Henrico 26,050 $1,771 $497,754
19.3 23231 Henrico 38,544 $1,673 $333,364

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.