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Cherry Hill, Virginia.

A community in Prince William County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Prince William County’s.

Living in Cherry Hill, Prince William County, Virginia

Cherry Hill, in Prince William County, had 23,683 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $122,447 a year and half less, against $131,402 across Prince William County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Prince William County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 23,683 in the 2020 census; median age 33.0
Household income $122,447 the median, give or take $12,288 · Prince William County: $131,402
Unemployment 3.4% Prince William County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 62% lived in by their owners; 38% rented
  • 8,244households
  • 44%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 41 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Professional and business services20%
  • Government15%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Prince William County had 146,171 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 28°; warmest in July, 88° and 71° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 45° 28° F M A M J J 88° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 28°; warmest in July, 88° and 71° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 45° 28° F M A M J J 88° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 71°. About 12 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Quantico Mcas weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Prince William County

  1. Prince William County Public SchoolsSchool district13,415FTE
  2. Prince William CountyPolice protection2,231
  3. Checks and BalancesTemporary staffing services1,341
  4. Lockheed Martin Corporation US VA Manassas Godwin Dr (1030)Aeronautical systems and instruments manufacturing1,121
  5. Sentara Northern Virginia MED CTRGeneral hospital963FTE
  6. Prince William CountyCorrectional institutions923
  7. B&S Site DevelopmentExcavation contractors835
  8. Prince William CountyNature parks and other similar institutions831

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 265 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 37,937 people in all across the county; Cherry Hill has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  2. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cherry Hill’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Prince William County.