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Lake Caroline, Virginia.

A community in Caroline County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Caroline County’s.

Living in Lake Caroline, Caroline County, Virginia

Lake Caroline, in Caroline County, had 2,511 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $73,000 a year and half less, against $87,407 across Caroline County. Unemployment in Caroline County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 6.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Caroline County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,511 in the 2020 census; median age 32.0
Household income $73,000 the median, give or take $8,669 · Caroline County: $87,407
Unemployment 3.6% Caroline County, August 2026; 3.5% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Lake Caroline for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,136households
  • 50 mintypical commute
  • 1%work from home

What people in Caroline County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Government10%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Caroline County had 7,022 jobs in 2025, 6.5% more 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 27°; warmest in July, 87° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 27° F M A M J J 87° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 27°; warmest in July, 87° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 27° F M A M J J 87° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 68°. About 15 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ashland weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Caroline County

  1. Caroline County Public SchoolsSchool district636FTE
  2. 10D8120 Pharma VirginiaDrugs, proprietaries and sundries203
  3. Bowling Green SNFNursing homes115
  4. Food LionGrocery stores100
  5. Rappahannock Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power91
  6. Food LionGrocery stores75
  7. The Sygma NetworkGroceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers73
  8. Milk Collection Services of AmericaMilk hauling, local68

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,192 people in all across the county; Lake Caroline 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

  1. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lake Caroline’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 Caroline County.