King George, Virginia.
Typical home $471,644 (+2.9% in a year), asking rent $1,882 .
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,316 (+113%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,181 +3%
- $458,464$471,644 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $88,501 +23%
- $383,143$471,644 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.
- King George$2,476
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in King George, VA rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in King George, King George County, Virginia
King George, in King George County, had 4,970 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $98,622 a year and half less, against $116,884 across King George County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in King George County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in government, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. King George is a small community, and the people who live here are a little younger than in many American towns. Most households own their homes, and incomes run below the county's overall. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers are warm, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in government, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in professional and business services, with others in transport, warehouses and utilities. King George County Public Schools and American HealthCare are among the largest workplaces in town, along with Food Lion. Commutes tend to be long, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. Caledon State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and Chotank Creek Natural Area Preserve is another, also close by. Passapatanzy Creek, a short drive away, suits a quiet day by the water. For a longer outing, George Washington Birthplace National Monument is a protected area a longer drive away.
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- 1,569households
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 35 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. King George County had 13,622 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 67°. About 12 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Corbin weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in King George
- King George County Public SchoolsSchool district698FTE
- American HealthCareNursing care facilities101
- Food LionGrocery stores86
- King GeorgeMail and parcel delivery32
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 219 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Hurricanesrelatively high in parts of King GeorgeRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in King George’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 King George County.
King George home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- King George$471,644
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
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 3 King George listings, and the typical home goes pending in 22 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- King George33.39%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- King George22
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- King George110
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- King George35
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- King George$446,862
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a King George address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls King George — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.