Counties / Virginia / King George County

King George County, VA

FIPS 51099 · population 27,896 · outside every metro area

$480k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$480k
▲ 2.6% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
Median asking rent
$1,852
n/a year over year
Zillow ZORI · direct
Gross yield
4.6%
annual rent ÷ price, before costs
derived: rent × 12 ÷ price ✓
HUD 2-bed standard
$1,469
market rent is 1.26x the standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

Both annual signals move in the same direction
FHFA five-year cumulative+51.9%not annualized · through 2025
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+2.6%FHFA HPI2025+6.3%
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$428k
Surveyed gross rent$1,428
Rent burden 30%+47.1%
Median year built2000
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
5.1%vacant
10,679estimated housing units
Occupied tenure23.8% renter
owner 76.2%renter 23.8%
Structure mix88.6% single-family
Single-family 88.6%20+ units 0.5%Mobile home 5.0%Other 5.9%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs13,629▼ 0.8% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments680annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$1,869▲ 2.6% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorProfessional and business services49.5% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−0.8%WEEKLY WAGE+2.6%Professional and business services49.5%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

King George County presents a valuation-versus-income tension: the June 2026 Zillow median home value is $480,115 against measured median asking rent of $1,852 per month and a stated 4.63% gross yield. It warrants investigation by buyers able to validate parcel expenses and tenant depth, while those relying on headline appreciation or turnkey cash flow should be cautious. The rent is market asking evidence; acquisition basis, lease-up performance, and closed-sale pricing are not published here.

02Housing economics

Carrying costs sharpen that tension. Gross yield is annual market rent before property tax, insurance, vacancy, maintenance, financing, or management, so net yield cannot be established. The effective property-tax rate is 0.53%, but county-level tax data do not determine a specific parcel’s bill. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not asking rent, and cannot replace the measured rent. FHFA’s 2025 repeat-transaction HPI rose 6.32% year over year; it is an index rather than a home value, and its annual vintage differs from the Zillow observation.

03Demand & competition

MLS listing evidence looks softer than an appreciation-only read: Realtor.com active listings were 95, up 41.04% year over year, and median listing price was down 3.56%. The 16.75% price-reduced share signals seller concessions, but listings are asking-market evidence, not closed-sale outcomes or standalone proof of buyer demand. A calculated net inflow of 119 tax-return households coincided with incoming average AGI lower by a calculated $11,077 than outgoing households. Investor mortgages accounted for 1.68% of 416 purchases, recording limited non-occupant mortgage participation rather than all investor or buyer competition.

04Risk & next checks

Inland flood is the dominant hazard, while modeled climate loss equals 0.13% of building value per year; that ratio is not a property-specific insurance quote or dollar loss. QCEW is annual covered employment at county workplaces, not resident employment or an outlook; it requires employer, commute, and tenant-income checks. Missing flood-zone and insurance information, property-level taxes, closed sales, vacancy, and rent-by-unit data prevent a defensible net-cash-flow, exit-price, and hazard-cost conclusion.

Cities & communities

Where people live within King George County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
King George CDP4.9KDahlgren CDP3.4KPassapatanzy CDP1.3KDahlgren Center CDP765Fairview Beach CDP180
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

5 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    King George CDPCensus-designated place
    4,851
  2. 02
    Dahlgren CDPCensus-designated place
    3,350
  3. 03
    Passapatanzy CDPCensus-designated place
    1,259
  4. 04
    Dahlgren Center CDPCensus-designated place
    765
  5. 05
    Fairview Beach CDPCensus-designated place
    180

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.129% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.53%

$2,254 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+119

1,073 in · 954 out

Arriving vs leaving income−$11,077

$66,910 arriving · $77,987 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors1.7%

7 of 416 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings95▲ 41.0% year over year
Median days on market35▲ 29.6% year over year
Listings price-reduced16.8%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▼ 3.6% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. County-level rent, price, and tax measures may not match the target property’s unit type or location.
  2. Parcel flood exposure, insurance availability, and actual tax bill are not published and could alter carrying costs.
  3. MLS listing conditions may not match executed sale prices or tenant demand.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Is published market rent available for yield work?

Yes. The record supplies a county median asking-rent figure and a stated gross yield, but no net yield.

Can HUD Fair Market Rent be used as the expected asking rent?

No. The supplied two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not a market-rent estimate.

Does the record show broad investor competition?

It shows limited non-occupant mortgage participation, but does not identify cash buyers or all other buyer types.