Goochland, Virginia.
Typical home $419,185 (+4.1% in a year). Richmond, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,192 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,546 +4%
- $402,639$419,185 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $88,956 +27%
- $330,229$419,185 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.
- Goochland$2,200
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Goochland, VA rose 4.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia
Goochland, in Goochland County, had 899 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Goochland County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Goochland County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Goochland is a very small community, home to far fewer people than most towns on this site. Household incomes across Goochland County are well above what is typical for the country, and very few residents live below the poverty line. Homes here are valued above what is typical nationally. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are hot, with July the warmest. Snow falls a little each year, and rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the seasons.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in professional and business services, in shops, and in banks, insurance and property. Among the largest workplaces in Goochland are Goochland County Public Schools, the YMCA of Greater Richmond and Food Lion. Unemployment across Goochland County is a little higher than a year earlier, though the county has added jobs over the past year. The typical commute is fairly long, and a good number of residents work from home.
Things to do. Powhatan State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away and is the closest of the outdoor choices. A longer drive brings you to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a museum that is among the best known places in the area. Also a longer drive away is Kings Dominion, an amusement park.
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- 3%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 27%work from home
What people in Goochland County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Goochland County had 18,926 jobs in 2025, 1.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 66°. About 10 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Crozier weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Goochland
- Goochland County Public SchoolsSchool district350FTE
- Young Men's Christian Association of Greater RichmondMembership associations, civic or social134
- Food LionGrocery stores78
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 212 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (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
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Goochland’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Goochland County and the Richmond, VA metro.
Goochland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Goochland$419,185
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Goochland15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Goochland5
Zip codes with a Goochland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Goochland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.