King William, Virginia.
Typical home $350,674 (+3.9% in a year). Richmond, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,039 (+130%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,128 +4%
- $337,545$350,674 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $82,300 +31%
- $268,373$350,674 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 William$1,841
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in King William, VA rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in King William, King William County, Virginia
King William, in King William County, had 276 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in King William County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in King William County work in schools and health care, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 William is a very small community in King William County, Virginia, with far fewer people than most towns. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers turn hot by July. Snow falls now and then but not heavily, and rain comes steadily through the year. Homes here are valued above what is typical for the country, and household incomes across King William County run above those in many parts of Virginia.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with building trades, manufacturing and shops close behind. Across King William County, the largest workplaces include the WestRock CP paper mill, King William County Public Schools and Builders FirstSource. Unemployment across the county is low and has barely changed over the past year, and the county has more jobs than it did a year earlier.
Things to do. The Pamunkey Indian Reservation, an archaeological site, is only a short drive away. Farther afield, the Pamunkey River and the York River offer time near the water, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a longer drive for a day among art. Each of these is a longer trip except the reservation, so most outings here are worth planning ahead.
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What people in King William County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. King William County had 4,314 jobs in 2025, 2.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 69°. About 8 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Walkerton Northwest weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in King William County
- WestRock CPPaper mill550
- King William County Public SchoolsSchool district343FTE
- West Point Public SchoolsSchool district123FTE
- Builders FirstSourceEngineered wood member manufacturing98
- Food LionGrocery stores82
- Fifth Star Care ManagementSkilled nursing facilities70
- Food LionGrocery stores67
- WP VeneerManufactoring52
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,019 people in all across the county; King William has one 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
- DroughtRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in King William’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 William County and the Richmond, VA metro.
King William home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- King William$350,674
- 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.
- King William6
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a King William address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls King William — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.