New Kent, Virginia.
Typical home $447,840 (+3.0% in a year). Richmond, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,251 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,082 +3%
- $434,759$447,840 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $91,045 +26%
- $356,795$447,840 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.
- New Kent$2,351
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in New Kent, VA rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia
New Kent, in New Kent County, had 739 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $159,097 a year and half less, against $123,314 across New Kent County; 0% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in New Kent County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 4.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in New Kent County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. New Kent is a small community, and its residents are younger than in most American towns. Household incomes run well above the county's, and hardly anyone lives below the poverty line. Homes here are worth a good deal, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in the building trades, or in government. Across New Kent County, the biggest workplaces include New Kent County Public Schools, Colonial Downs Racetrack & Rosie's Gaming Emporium, and Cumberland Hospital. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs, though the commute to work tends to be a long one.
Things to do. The Cumberland Marsh Natural Area Preserve is a protected area in or beside town, and the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, an archaeological site, is a short drive away. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Colonial Williamsburg, a museum of the colonial era, and to the York River. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers get hot, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
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- 45%of adults have a degree
- 0%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
What people in New Kent County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. New Kent County had 6,309 jobs in 2025, 4.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 68°. About 10 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the West Pt Northwest weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in New Kent County
- New Kent County Public SchoolsSchool district344FTE
- Colonial Downs Racetrack & Rosie's Gaming EmporiumThoroughbred racetracks258
- Cumberland HospitalPsychiatric and substance abuse hospitals195
- Food LionGrocery stores116
- Food LionGrocery store74
- Food LionGrocery stores68
- Food LionGrocery stores56
- LaRS GroupUtility line, construction49
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 887 people in all across the county; New Kent 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in New Kent’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 New Kent County and the Richmond, VA metro.
New Kent home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- New Kent$447,840
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 2 New Kent listings — 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.
- New Kent40.76%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- New Kent38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- New Kent9
Zip codes with a New Kent address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls New Kent — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.