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37.33° N · 77.32° W · GEOID 5125877

Enon

Chesterfield County, Virginia · part of the Richmond, VA metro

Limited data population under 5,000

VirginiaEnon, VAEnonEnon

The short answer

Enon is home to 4,137 people. Median household income is $76,341 a year and median rent is $1,770 a month, 27.8% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $253,600, about 3.3x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,770
30% above the median place
Median household income
$76,341
5% below the median place
Median home value
$253,600
21% below the median place
Unemployment
4.6%
5% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Enon

  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $217 a month less than the median rent, which is rarer than in 98% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 194 Virginia places.
  • The median rent takes 27.8% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 91% of places its size.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 5.6% a year while household income rose 1.9%, so rent outran pay by more than in 82% of places its size.
01

Moving to Enon

Chesterfield County gains about 5.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in21,702
Moved out19,789
Net+1,913

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Richmond city, VA4,3583,381+977
Henrico County, VA3,3542,297+1,057
Powhatan County, VA370718−348
Hanover County, VA350538−188
Prince George County, VA383452−69

Within Virginia, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within VirginiaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$75K
Leavers$69K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Chesterfield County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
10.6% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.1% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Chesterfield County report $74,800 a year in income on average; those leaving, $69,400, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$70,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,770 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,553 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $253,600.
Getting to work
27 minutes each way on average; 13.2% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Lockhart, FL matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
10.6%
85% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
5.9
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6
$74,845
6% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureEnonAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year110.6%85% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.1%4% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure5.9above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$74,8456% above
Income of households moving out6County figure$69,4181% below
02

What it costs to live here

Rent to income is 27.8%, 36% above the median place.

Enon27.8%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$70,800
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
27.8%
36% above the median place
Home price to income
3.3x
13% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
28%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$56,100
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Enon, $1,770 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.6 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Enon, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Live Oak, TX24.6% vs 27.8%$7,000Compare
Walden, NY22.3% vs 27.8%$6,400Compare
Brookside, DE22.1% vs 27.8%$4,300Compare

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Property tax paid (median)1
$1,789
45% below the median place
Property tax rate1
0.7%
22% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,553
17% below the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureEnonAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,77030% above
Rent to income127.8%36% above
Property tax rate10.7%22% below
Home price to income13.3x13% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure97.93% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,6512% above
Property tax paid (median)1$1,78945% below
Median home value1$253,60021% below
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure2.8%13% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure57.0%11% above
Homeownership168.7%3% above
Renters paying 30%+147.6%6% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,55317% below
Vacant homes1County figure3.8%46% below
Median year built119810% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Poverty rate1
6.7%
38% below the median place
Mean commute1
27 min
6% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Income per person$42,220 +5%
Median household income$76,341 −5%
Works from home13.2% +6%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureEnonAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$76,3415% below
Income per person1$42,2205% above
Unemployment1County figure4.6%5% below
Average annual pay5County figure$63,0574% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure0.6%84% below
Jobs5County figure148,6841% below
Poverty rate16.7%38% below
Mean commute127 min6% above
Works from home113.2%6% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Median age is 35.9, 8% below the median place.

Median age1
35.9
8% below the median place
Homes with broadband1
89.7%
3% below the median place
No health insurance1
5.4%
16% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher28.8% −10%
Household size2.5 −2%
High school or higher91.7% −1%
All 8 people measures
MeasureEnonAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population14,1376646th largest
Median age135.98% below
Bachelor's or higher128.8%10% below
High school or higher191.7%1% below
Household size12.52% below
Born abroad1County figure9.9%12% above
No health insurance15.4%16% below
Homes with broadband189.7%3% below
05

Life in Enon

32 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k4.8 5.6×
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars15.9 −24%
Shops24.7 −18%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.1 −24%
Doctors' offices and clinics21.0 +4%
Child care centers2.0 −13%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public school students10
64,194
above the median place (median 4,897)
Restaurants and bars per 10k7
15.9
24% below the median place
Shops per 10k7
24.7
18% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureEnonAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure75above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure64,194above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher10County figure14.09% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure15.924% below
Shops per 10k7County figure24.718% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure3.124% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure21.04% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.013% below
Parks per 10k80.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k80.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k84.8above (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure32146% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Median air quality index is 39, 9% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Enon. Larger places are fetched first.

Median air quality index13
39
9% below the median place
Good air days13
80.8%
18% above the median place
Wildfire risk12
44.0
28% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureEnonAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure89°F3% above
January average low11County figure28°F11% above
Average temperature11County figure59°F7% above
Annual precipitation11County figure46.6 in6% above
Natural hazard risk12County figure84.88% below
Hurricane risk12County figure85.821% above
Tornado risk12County figure76.86% below
Wildfire risk12County figure44.028% below
Heat wave risk12County figure86.54% below
Median air quality index13County figure399% below
Good air days13County figure80.8%18% above
08

Enon in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 29% of the median income in 2030, up from 28% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,770/mo (2024)$2,270/mo$1,870 to $2,770/mo+4.3%
Median household income$76,341 (2024)$95,500$80,500 to $113,000+3.8%
Median home value$253,600 (2024)$366,000$266,000 to $504,000+6.3%

The median home would be worth 3.8 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.3 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Enon

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Lockhart, FL$1,658$69,602Compare
Port Wentworth, GA$1,812$79,731Compare
Lancaster, TX$1,704$68,302Compare
Live Oak, TX$1,634$79,696Compare
Live Oak, TXLancaster, TXPort Wentworth, GALockhart, FLEnon, VAEnonLockhartPort WentworthLancasterLive OakEnonLockhartPort WentworthLancasterLive Oak

Common questions

Is Enon a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Owning with a mortgage costs about $217 a month less than the median rent, which is rarer than in 98% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 194 Virginia places. The median rent takes 27.8% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 91% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 51 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Enon expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 27.8% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $253,600.

What salary do you need to live in Enon?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $70,800 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Enon?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Lockhart, FL, Port Wentworth, GA, Lancaster, TX and Live Oak, TX.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  13. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Enon with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Enon itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/enon-virginia

Citytistics. “Enon, Virginia.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/enon-virginia/

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.