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Goochland County · Virginia

ZIP code 23129

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 23129 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
394

ZCTA residents

Median income
$138,365

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$680,000

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
4.3%

Virginia state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 23129 sits in Goochland County, Virginia and is home to 394 people. Median household income is $138,365, the median home is worth $680,000 and median gross rent is —. 91.8% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4.3% (Virginia state rate).

County
Goochland County

FIPS 51075

State
Virginia (VA)

903 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 23129

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
394ZIP 23129 residents
Median household income
$138,365Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$680,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
91.8%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 23129 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 23129 is a very small community in Goochland County, Virginia, with 394 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #772 of 903 ranked by population — larger than 14% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 23129 earn a median of $138,365 a year, 76.2% above the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 23129 is valued at $680,000, 124.1% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 91.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 394 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 23129 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for ZIP 23129 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 23129 in context

How 23129 sits inside Goochland County and Virginia.

ZIP 23129 is tabulated inside Goochland County, Virginia, one of 9 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 903 across Virginia. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 23129 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 23129 reports a median household income of $138,365, 21% above the $114,444 county median, and 91% above the $72,517 typical VA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $680,000, 69% above the county figure and 166% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, and local governments overlapping 23129 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 23129 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 23129

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
4.3%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$4Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$43Before any exemptions

Virginia levies 4.3% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.9×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$3,528/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
0%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 23129 compares

ZIP 23129 against the median ZIP in Goochland County and across Virginia.

MeasureZIP 23129County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$138,365$114,444$72,517+91%
Median home value$680,000$401,700$255,900+166%
Median gross rent—$1,357$1,108—
Population3941,5792,686-85%

Medians are computed across the 9 ZIP areas in Goochland County and the 903 ZIP areas in Virginia.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 903 Virginia ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 90% of 801 state ZIPs

#80
Home value

above 93% of 791 state ZIPs

#52
Population

larger than 15% of 903 state ZIPs

#772

Comparable ZIP codes

Virginia ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
23696York County$138,409$411,700$2,052
23116Hanover County$139,029$405,900$1,983
22936Albemarle County$139,095$511,800$1,807
20119Fauquier County$137,625$597,400$1,808
22030Fairfax County$139,885$700,700$2,242
22716Rappahannock County$136,748$628,600—

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Goochland County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Goochland County, Virginia.

ZIP 23129 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 23129?
ZIP 23129 lies mostly in Goochland County, Virginia. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 23129?
Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 23129 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $680,000 — +166% against the typical Virginia ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23129, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.