Census-designated place · Chesterfield County, Virginia

Matoaca, Virginia

Matoaca is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, part of the Richmond, VA metro area. It has 2,724 residents. Matoaca, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 74 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,117 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #173 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), voter turnout (high) and primary care shortage (low). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), unemployment rate (high) and public libraries (low).

74High

Quality-of-life score: #4,117 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #173 of 375 in VA
Population: 2,724 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,059.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 5150136

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety49#7,907/15,637
Economy46#8,374/15,631
Housing56#6,559/14,977
Health54#7,246/15,609
Healthcare80#3,174/15,650
Environment95#718/15,453
Education86#2,267/15,649
Infrastructure71#4,509/15,650
Community55#7,022/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,831/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Matoaca, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chesterfield County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Virginia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Voter turnout · high77.7%
93/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionChesterfield County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationChesterfield County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Virginia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChesterfield County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChesterfield County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Virginia 6.1United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationChesterfield County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Virginia 14.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationChesterfield County value
Unemployment rate · high9.0%
12/100Virginia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
17/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesChesterfield County value
Adult obesity · high40.8%
18/100Virginia 38.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Homicide rate · high6.0 /100k
21/100Virginia 4.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChesterfield County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.2 /10k
22/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChesterfield County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,490 (2015-2019) → 2,724 (2020-2024)
+9.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.7% (2015-2019) → 26.1% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.0% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
7.2% (2015-2019) → 22.0% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
86.5% (2015-2019) → 98.1% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.9% (2015-2019) → 30.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Matoaca, Virginia improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+21 points79.0% → 100.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Matoaca, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.6 min2015-2019	32.5 min2020-2024	+10.0 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Broadband subscriptions	79.0%2015-2019	100.0%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3192015-2019	0.4092020-2024	+0.090	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$57,2122015-2019	$70,1742020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	42.2%2015-2019	50.6%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Matoaca, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Matoaca, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Matoaca, Virginia itself moved +2.7 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,724 residents (±702)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+7.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,724 residents (±702)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

White57%†1,551
Black32%†878
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†

Education

1,614 residents (±556)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma1.9%†30
High school or GED32%†522
Some college24%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

993 households (±269)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k16%†155
$25k–50k23%†228
$50k–75k17%†168
$75k–100k5.9%†59
$100k–150k21%†213
$150k–200k6.5%†65
$200k or more11%†105

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−13.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

993 households (±269)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Own76%†754
Rent24%†239

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

239 households (±129)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75022%†52
$750–1,00026%†63
$1,000–1,50040%†95

Home values

754 homes (±232)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k12%†92
$150k–250k37%†280
$250k–400k34%†255

Age of homes

1,176 homes (±266)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later23%†265
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199916%†185

Size of homes

1,176 homes (±266)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms16%†189

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,344 workers (±471)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone69%†932
Carpool14%†185
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†227
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−24.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,117 workers (±419)

Matoaca, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min9.3%†104
15–29 min22%†245
30–44 min33%†373

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Richmond, VA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Chesterfield County, the county holding most of Matoaca's residents.

Chesterfield County has 8,257 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Virginia's), with 124,728 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,580. The Census Bureau also counts 33,517 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,257; 33,517 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 124,728
Average annual pay: $57,580; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Chesterfield County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	792	20.6	0.99×About typical	9,189	$72,431	1,566
Specialty trade contractors	695	18	1.17×About typical	8,003	$64,217	2,272
Restaurants and other eating places	556	14.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	12,327	$22,423	172
Lessors of real estate	413	10.7	0.87×About typical	1,119	$54,120	2,945
Construction of buildings	324	8.4	1.11×About typical	1,868	$83,778	1,201
Services to buildings and dwellings	309	8	1.19×About typical	2,761	$43,721	1,924
Limited-service restaurants	269	7	0.87×About typical	6,064	$19,791	70
Offices of other health practitioners	251	6.5	1.07×About typical	1,666	$47,238	807
Management, scientific and technical consulting	249	6.5	0.96×About typical	1,550	$82,931	1,356
Full-service restaurants	248	6.4	0.84×About typical	5,717	$25,142	73
Building equipment contractors	225	5.8	0.97×About typical	4,176	$68,382	447
Offices of physicians	224	5.8	0.90×About typical	3,256	$106,536	319

Rank places for an industry Open Chesterfield County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 385,138 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Matoaca, Virginia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-16.5KFY2017
3.2KFY2018
243.7FY2019
0FY2020
3.6KFY2021

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Matoaca, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Matoaca, Virginia's figures are part of those of Chesterfield County, VA ($59.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Matoaca is mostly in Chesterfield County.

See federal money in Chesterfield County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Matoaca, Virginia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).