Providence Forge, Virginia.
Typical home $442,476 (+3.9% in a year). Richmond, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,251 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,485 +4%
- $425,991$442,476 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $96,702 +28%
- $345,774$442,476 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.
- Providence Forge$2,322
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Providence Forge, VA rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia
The Census does not count Providence Forge on its own, so the figures here are New Kent County's. Half the county's households earn more than $123,314 a year and half less; 5% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 93% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. 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 Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Providence Forge is a town in New Kent County, Virginia. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical resident is middle-aged. Winters are cold and summers are hot, with the coldest weather in January and the warmest in July.
Work. Across New Kent County, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, building trades, or government. Jobs grew over the past year, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Many people work from home, though commutes to other places are a regular part of life.
Things to do. The Pamunkey Indian Reservation, an archaeological site, is a short drive away. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a museum, is a longer drive away. Colonial Williamsburg, also a museum, is a longer drive away.
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- 9,263households
- 42.9median age
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
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 46° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 67°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sandston weather station, 14 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. 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 moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across New Kent County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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.
Providence Forge home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Providence Forge$442,476
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Providence Forge listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Providence Forge37.61%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Providence Forge41
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Providence Forge11
Zip codes with a Providence Forge address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Providence Forge — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.