Sandston, Virginia.
Typical home $320,205 (+3.7% in a year), asking rent $2,025 . Richmond, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$952 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,456 +4%
- $308,748$320,205 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $78,885 +33%
- $241,319$320,205 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.
- Sandston$1,681
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Sandston, VA rose 3.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sandston, Henrico County, Virginia
Sandston, in Henrico County, had 7,779 people in the 2020 census. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% are rented. Unemployment in Henrico County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 3.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sandston is a small community in Henrico County, close to Richmond. Its people are somewhat older than the typical American, and more homes are lived in by their owners than by renters. Incomes run below the county's, and the typical home is worth more than you might expect for a small community. Winters are cold, summers are hot, and snow is light, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by transport, warehouses and utilities, the building trades and shops. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and commutes are of moderate length, with some people working from home. Among the largest workplaces in Sandston are Alfa Laval, which makes economizers, Steves and Sons, a door manufacturer, and Swift Transportation, a long-distance trucking company.
Things to do. The Virginia Aviation Museum is in or beside town. A short drive away are the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a museum, and Richmond Raceway, a race track. For a longer outing, Kings Dominion is an amusement park a longer drive away.
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- 3,111households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henrico County had 193,232 jobs in 2025, 3.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
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, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sandston
- Alfa LavalEconomizers manufacturing532
- WacoRemediation services416
- Swift Transportation Co of ArizonaGeneral freight trucking, long-distance, truckload309
- Home Office Richmond Innovation and Design Center RIDC253
- Steves and SonsDoor manufacturing231
- Specialty BeverageBeverages, alcoholic, merchant wholesalers200
- American Airlines Group PD-RIC-RICHMONDScheduled passenger air transportation180
- Dominion EnergyElectric power distribution168
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 42 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,669 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
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sandston’s census tracts, 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 Henrico County and the Richmond, VA metro.
Sandston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sandston$320,205
- 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 4 Sandston listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Sandston28.03%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sandston44
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sandston15
Zip codes with a Sandston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sandston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.