Irvington, Virginia.
Typical home $607,070 (+5.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,843 (+137%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $31,758 +6%
- $575,312$607,070 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $132,939 +28%
- $474,131$607,070 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.
- Irvington$3,186
- 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 Irvington, VA rose 5.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Irvington, Lancaster County, Virginia
Irvington is a town of 474 people in Lancaster County. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Lancaster County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lancaster 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Irvington is a very small town on Virginia's Northern Neck, with a population small enough that most people know one another. Nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values run high for a place this size. A large share of adults hold a four-year degree, and a good number work from home. Winters are cool, with a little snow, and summers turn warm, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. People who live in Irvington work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in the building trades, and in shops. Across Lancaster County, the largest workplaces include Walmart, Lancaster County Public Schools and Food Lion. Unemployment in the county is unchanged from a year ago, while the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. Corotoman, an archaeological site, lies in or beside town. A short drive away are the Rappahannock River and the Corrotoman River, both good for time by the water, and Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve is also a short drive away for a walk in protected shoreland.
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- 290households
- 66%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 19%work from home
What people in Lancaster County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lancaster County had 4,731 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
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, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lancaster County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters207
- Lancaster County Public SchoolsSchool district195FTE
- Lancashire OperatorSkilled nursing facilities73
- Food LionGrocery stores70
- Commonwealth Senior Living at KilmarnockAssisted living community65
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services62
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services27
- Gilman Heating, Cooling & Plumbing- NNKPlumbing and heating contractors23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 527 people in all across the county; Irvington has none of its own. 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
- HurricanesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Irvington’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 Lancaster County.
Irvington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Irvington$607,070
- 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.
- Irvington11
Zip codes with a Irvington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Irvington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.