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Meadowbrook, 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 Meadowbrook, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Meadowbrook, in Chesterfield County, had 20,898 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $86,054 a year and half less, against $101,931 across Chesterfield County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 75% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. 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 residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 20,898 in the 2020 census; median age 37.0
Household income $86,054 the median, give or take $5,157 · Chesterfield County: $101,931
Unemployment 3.5% Chesterfield County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 75% lived in by their owners; 25% rented
  • 7,359households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Building trades13%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%

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, 48° and 29°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 29° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 29°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 29° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 9 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Richmond International Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Meadowbrook

  1. InterspanHelp supply services1,145
  2. WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores117
  3. Food LionGrocery stores71
  4. Food LionGrocery stores68
  5. AmpthillMail and parcel delivery53
  6. Wawa SiteConvenience store45
  7. CSL BehringBlood and organ banks24
  8. Wawa SiteConvenience store23

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,546 people in all. 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

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