Henrico, North Carolina.
Typical home $560,786 (+7.2% in a year). Roanoke Rapids, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,877 (+176%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $37,586 +7%
- $523,200$560,786 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $147,039 +36%
- $413,747$560,786 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.
- Henrico$2,943
- North Carolina$1,743
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Henrico, NC rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Henrico, Northampton County, North Carolina
The Census does not count Henrico on its own, so the figures here are Northampton County's. Half the county's households earn more than $50,086 a year and half less; 21% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 75% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Northampton County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 3.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Northampton County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Henrico sits in Northampton County, North Carolina, and it is a place where many residents are older. The county's population is older than most of the country's, and most homes are lived in by their owners rather than rented. Incomes and home values are not the only things that set the area apart. The county's winters are cold and its summers are hot, so the weather shapes daily life through much of the year.
Work. Many people in the county work in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, or in government. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and fewer people work from home than in most of the United States. Joblessness has risen over the past year, and the number of jobs has been falling. Commutes are on the long side for many residents.
Things to do. Lake Gaston, a reservoir in or beside town, is the closest place for water and outdoor time. Kerr Lake, another reservoir, is a longer drive away, as is Medoc Mountain State Park, a protected area that is one of the best known natural spaces nearby.
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- 7,857households
- 52.0median age
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Northampton County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Northampton County had 4,699 jobs in 2025, 3.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Roanoke Rapids Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Northampton County
- Lowe's Companies, INCWarehouse531
- Northampton CountyExecutive offices, federal, state, and local474
- Northampton County SchoolsSchool district251FTE
- Severn Hampton FarmsRoasted nuts and peanut butter manufacturing248
- KIPP Gaston College Preparatory SchoolsSchool district187FTE
- Hampton FarmsPostharvest crop activities183
- West Fraser, Inc Seaboard Lumber MillSawmills159
- Glover Construction CoExcavation contractors124
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,208 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Northampton County, 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 Northampton County and the Roanoke Rapids, NC metro.
Henrico home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Henrico$560,786
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Henrico 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.
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.
- Henrico27.41%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Henrico27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Henrico5
Zip codes with a Henrico address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Henrico — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.