Susan, Virginia.
Typical home $335,217 (+1.2% in a year). Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$822 (+88%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,071 +1%
- $331,146$335,217 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,691 +13%
- $296,526$335,217 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.
- Susan$1,759
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.
Typical home values in Susan, VA rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Susan, Mathews County, Virginia
The Census does not count Susan on its own, so the figures here are Mathews County's. Half the county's households earn more than $75,880 a year and half less; 8% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 84% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Mathews County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Mathews County work in schools and health care, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Susan is a small community in Mathews County, on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and residents tend to be older than most Americans. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest.
Work. Across Mathews County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in the building trades. Shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment also employ a good share of residents. Unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier, and jobs grew slightly in the most recent year.
Things to do. The East River runs in or beside the town, and Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve, a protected area, is a short drive away. For a museum visit, Colonial Williamsburg is a longer drive away.
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- 3,987households
- 55.0median age
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What people in Mathews County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mathews County had 1,589 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 70°. About 8 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the North weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mathews County
- Mathews County Public SchoolsSchool district207FTE
- Food LionGrocery stores66
- Riverside Convalescent Center-MathewsConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals63
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 129 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
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Mathews 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 Mathews County and the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro.
Susan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Susan$335,217
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Susan 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Susan18
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Susan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Susan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.