Skipwith, Virginia.
Typical home $196,375 (+5.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$474 (+85%) since Feb 2022.
- 1 year
- Up $10,364 +6%
- $186,012$196,375 since Sep 2025
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.
- Skipwith$1,031
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Skipwith, VA rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
The Census does not count Skipwith on its own, so the figures here are Mecklenburg County's. Half the county's households earn more than $57,045 a year and half less; 16% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 68% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Mecklenburg County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Mecklenburg County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Skipwith sits in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where residents are older on average than across the country and most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run below the national level, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than across the country. Summers are hot, winters are cool, and the area gets light snow and a good deal of rain through the year.
Work. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year earlier, and the number of jobs has grown over the past year. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, or in manufacturing. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and fewer people work from home than in most of the country.
Things to do. Dan River, a river a short drive away, is one of the closer waterways to visit. Occoneechee State Park, a museum a short drive away, offers a way to learn about the local past. Kerr Lake, a reservoir a longer drive away, suits those who want a longer outing on open water.
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- 13,569households
- 49.2median age
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Mecklenburg County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mecklenburg County had 11,904 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 5 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chase City weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mecklenburg County
- Mecklenburg County Public SchoolsSchool district755FTE
- Community Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital601FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters304
- The Shade StoreShade manufacturing168
- Clarksville Health & RehabSkilled nursing facilities138
- Food LionGrocery stores90
- Mecklenburg Electric Chase City DistrictDistribution of electric power71
- Food LionGrocery stores69
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,299 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Mecklenburg County, 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 Mecklenburg County.
Skipwith home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Skipwith$196,375
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Skipwith6
Zip codes with a Skipwith address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Skipwith — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.