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Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia.

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

Living in Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County, Virginia

Gloucester Courthouse, in Gloucester County, had 3,030 people in the 2020 census. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Gloucester County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Gloucester County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,030 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Gloucester Courthouse for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.9% Gloucester County, August 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes 79% lived in by their owners; 21% rented
  • 1,229households
  • 28%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute

What people in Gloucester County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Gloucester County had 10,113 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 29°; warmest in July, 85° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 29° F M A M J J 85° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 29°; warmest in July, 85° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 29° F M A M J J 85° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 70°. About 8 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

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

Largest workplaces in Gloucester Courthouse

  1. Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals435
  2. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters380
  3. Gloucester CountyGeneral public administration334
  4. Walter Reed OperatorSkilled nursing facilities141
  5. Riverside Health SystemConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals110
  6. Dominion EnergyElectric power distribution55
  7. Riverside Health SystemPhysical fitness centers35
  8. Riverside Walter Reed HospiceHospice care services, in home34

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,630 people in all. 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. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. DroughtRelatively moderate
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. Ice stormsRelatively 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 Gloucester Courthouse’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Gloucester County.