Goochland County vs New Kent County

A side-by-side comparison of Goochland County and New Kent County: population, income, housing, and more.

Goochland County and New Kent County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goochland County has the higher population (25,613 vs 24,139 in New Kent County). New Kent County has the higher median household income ($120,125 vs $118,695 in Goochland County). Goochland County has the higher median home value ($483,700 vs $371,500 in New Kent County).

Population, income & housing

	Goochland County	New Kent County
Population	25,613	24,139
Median age	49.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,695	$120,125
Median home value	$483,700	$371,500
Median gross rent	$1,567	$1,653
Housing units	10,913	9,495
Homeownership rate	86.3%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goochland County	New Kent County
Population	22,865 → 25,613 (+12.0%)	21,686 → 24,139 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$93,994 → $118,695 (+26.3%)	$87,904 → $120,125 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$375,200 → $483,700 (+28.9%)	$281,100 → $371,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,567 (+29.7%)	$1,010 → $1,653 (+63.7%)

Goochland County

Population

22,86525,613

Median household income

$93,994$118,695

Median home value

$375,200$483,700

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,567

New Kent County

Population

21,68624,139

Median household income

$87,904$120,125

Median home value

$281,100$371,500

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goochland County	New Kent County
Under 5	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.1%
75 and over	9.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goochland County	New Kent County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	76.7%
Black or African American	14.4%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goochland County	New Kent County
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	22.5%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goochland County	New Kent County
Drove alone	76.9%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	18.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goochland County	New Kent County
1-unit, detached	88.3%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Goochland County	New Kent County
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1998	1995