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Hartfield, Virginia.

Typical home $378,321 (+2.2% in a year). Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro.

What it costs per month · Hartfield $1,986/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,097 (+124%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,028 +2%
$370,293$378,321 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $84,787 +29%
$293,534$378,321 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Hartfield $1,986 Virginia $2,164 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Hartfield$1,986
  • Virginia$2,164
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in Hartfield, VA rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Living in Hartfield, Middlesex County, Virginia

The Census does not count Hartfield on its own, so the figures here are Middlesex County's. Half the county's households earn more than $75,060 a year and half less; 7% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 87% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Middlesex County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 4.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Middlesex County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 11,000 about, in Middlesex County: the Census does not count Hartfield on its own
Household income $75,060 the median in Middlesex County, give or take $9,373
Unemployment 3.4% Middlesex County, August 2026; 3.1% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hartfield is a town in Middlesex County, Virginia, on the Middle Peninsula, with the Rappahannock River close by. Winters are cold and summers are warm, with light snow and plenty of rain through the year. The town sits in the region's gentle, river-shaped countryside, where the weather changes with the seasons.

Work. Across Middlesex County, most homes are lived in by their owners. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, shops, and the building trades. The number of jobs fell over the past year and unemployment rose a little, while a good share of residents work from home.

Things to do. The Rappahannock River is a short drive away and is a natural place to spend time by the water. Corotoman, an archaeological site, is also a short drive off, and Colonial Williamsburg, a museum that recreates colonial life, lies a longer drive away.

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  • 4,772households
  • 55.5median age
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 34 mintypical commute
  • 23%work from home

What people in Middlesex County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Building trades8%
  • Government8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Middlesex County had 3,238 jobs in 2025, 4.5% fewer 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, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Middlesex County

  1. Bay AgingCompanion services for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities339
  2. Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Community Services BoardGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability335
  3. Middlesex County Public SchoolsSchool district242FTE
  4. Food LionGrocery stores68
  5. Riverside Convalescent Center SaludaConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals67
  6. MHC Property ManagementRv park33
  7. Virginia Department of TransportationHighway repair maintenance28
  8. Atlantic Metal ProductsStructural steel, fabricated, manufacturing24

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 918 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

  1. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  2. DroughtRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Middlesex County, 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 Middlesex County and the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro.

Hartfield home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Hartfield $378,321 Virginia $412,252 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Hartfield$378,321
  • Virginia$412,252
  • United States$366,157
Property tax, 2026 roll $1,771/yr median bill inside Hartfield, effective 0.44% of estimated value — current assessment rolls, AssessorSearch Data Lab, quality-gated against the county's official figures

Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.

Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hartfield listings — the market is roughly in balance.

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.

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falling flat warming hot overheating runaway

Market heat, inside the city limits

Share of listings with a price cut

The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.

15% 20% 25% 30% 2025 2026 Hartfield 27.49% United States 26.90%
15% 20% 25% 30% 2025 2026
  • Hartfield27.49%
  • United States26.90%

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

5 10 15 20 25 2023 2024 2025 2026 Hartfield 27
5 10 15 20 25 2023 2024 2025 2026
  • Hartfield27

New listings per month

Sellers arriving at the market.

7 8 8 2026 Hartfield 7
7 8 8 2026
  • Hartfield7

Zip codes with a Hartfield address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hartfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zip codes in Hartfield