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Fort Lee, Virginia.

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

Living in Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia

Fort Lee, in Prince George County, had 9,874 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $82,563 a year and half less, against $84,897 across Prince George County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 2% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 98% are rented. Unemployment in Prince George County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 4.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Prince George County work in schools and health care, then government.

People 9,874 in the 2020 census; median age 21.0
Household income $82,563 the median, give or take $15,885 · Prince George County: $84,897
Unemployment 3.2% Prince George County, August 2026; 3.1% a year before
Homes 2% lived in by their owners; 98% rented
  • 1,290households
  • 33%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 10 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in Prince George County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Government11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Prince George County had 15,576 jobs in 2025, 4.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 49° 28° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 49° 28° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Petersburg weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Prince George County

  1. Prince George County Public SchoolsSchool district828FTE
  2. Quality Plus ServicesConstruction management, industrial building544
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage537
  4. ADUSA Dist DC 20 DisputantaGeneral warehousing and stora522
  5. Perdue FoodsRefrigerated warehousing and storage502
  6. Standard Motor ProductsGeneral warehousing and storage493
  7. SCM IndustriesBar, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills386
  8. Richard Bland CollegeTwo-year college253

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 30 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,929 people in all across the county; Fort Lee has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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 high
  2. LightningRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fort Lee’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 George County.