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Matoaca, Virginia.

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

Living in Matoaca, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Matoaca, in Chesterfield County, had 2,655 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Chesterfield County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Chesterfield County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,655 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Matoaca for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.5% Chesterfield County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Matoaca for the Census survey to measure.
  • 32 mintypical commute
  • 17%work from home

What people in Chesterfield County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Government9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chesterfield County had 148,684 jobs in 2025, 1.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 49° 28° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 49° 28° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Petersburg weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Chesterfield County

  1. Chesterfield County Public SchoolsSchool district8,958FTE
  2. General GovernmentGeneral services departments, government5,521
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,636
  4. UPSCouriers and express delivery services1,928
  5. DuPont Spruance PlantNoncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing1,551
  6. Johnston Willis HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,394
  7. InterspanHelp supply services1,145
  8. Virginia State UniversityUniversity or college1,110

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 313 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 60,450 people in all across the county; Matoaca has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  2. LightningRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

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