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20,749people live here $86,054median household incomeNear US average $1,583median rent per month▲ 12% above US $298,500median home value▼ 10% below US

Meadowbrook is an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, VA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Meadowbrook

Meadowbrook is an unincorporated community in Virginia with home prices that remain within reach, county unemployment below the national average, air quality that stays clean most of the year, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Meadowbrook deals with a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.

The good

Affordable home prices
Low unemployment in the county
Clean air
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

High rent burden for renters
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Meadowbrook compares

Median household income

Meadowbrook$86,054

Virginia avg$93,170

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Meadowbrook$1,583

Virginia avg$1,579

US$1,413

Median home value

Meadowbrook$298,500

Virginia avg$383,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Meadowbrook

Based on Meadowbrook's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,166

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $63,320 a year
54% of Meadowbrook renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$59,700

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $29,850
Homes cost 3.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 12% above US

$1,583/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,583 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $298,500. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $298,500 · 54% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.2% county unemployment

Unemployment in Chesterfield County is 3.2%, a little below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Chesterfield County (county-wide)

Safety

161 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Meadowbrook doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Chesterfield County Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1157/100k · Policed by Chesterfield County Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 25.4 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 15% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

69%

Work from home

15%

Carpool

14%

Other

1.5%

Walk

0.7%

Public transit

0.1%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 88°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 30°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 29% below US

26% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 26%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

5 public schools inside the boundary

There are 5 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Maggie L Walker National Historic Site (8 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Meadowbrook's strongest points are home prices that remain within reach and county unemployment below the national average; the main tradeoffs are a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin and fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city. A year of median rent ($1,583/mo) equals 22% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit job seekers (county-wide unemployment is low) and remote workers (15% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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