Jared Stiegelmeyer
Charlottesville Managing Broker
Charlottesville38.0300° N 78.5600° W
Albemarle.
112,395 residents across 726 square miles, seated at Charlottesville.
One of 9 areas our Charlottesville team works.
At a glanceCharlottesville
The publicrecord.
What the county and the census hold on Albemarle — quoted, not estimated.
Wraps the independent city of Charlottesville on every side — suburban near the city, opening into rural estate and wine country toward the Blue Ridge. Job growth from 2018 to 2023 ran nearly three times the state average, and median household income, around $102,600, sits well above it too.
Two very different employers anchor the county. The University of Virginia's most-photographed buildings — the Lawn, the Rotunda — actually sit inside the city of Charlottesville, not the county; Albemarle holds the newer Darden School of Business, the School of Law and the JAG Legal Center instead. Rivanna Station, a Route 29 intelligence complex housing federal agencies as a sub-installation of Fort Belvoir, is a genuinely separate economic driver.
Also serious wine country — 40-plus wineries on the Monticello Wine Trail — and home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Monticello and UVA's Academical Village, inscribed together in 1987.
- Type
- County
- County seat
- Charlottesville
- Population (2020)
- 112,395
- Land area
- 726 sq mi
- Communities we cover
- 7
- Established
- 1744
- Real estate tax rate (FY2027)
- $0.894 per $100
Figures from Wikidata, population as of 2020. The tax rate is published by the county and set annually; check the current year before budgeting.
Where it is38.0300° N 78.5600° W
Where isAlbemarle?
The nearest of our other Charlottesville areas is City of Waynesboro, 18 miles off.
6 mi
Central Charlottesville
south-west of center
74 mi
Richmond
south-east
79 mi
Fredericksburg
north-east
109 mi
Williamsburg
south-east
Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Getting around.
I-64 and three US routes cross the county, and the regional airport sits inside it.
I-64
The main east–west route, with US-29, US-250 and US-20 as the others.
US-29
The north–south spine, running straight through the county's commercial corridor.
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
Physically inside the county, about 8 miles north of downtown Charlottesville.
Shenandoah National Park
Borders the county's western edge at Sugar Hollow. The Blue Ridge Parkway does not reach Albemarle — its northern end sits on the Augusta/Nelson line, well to the south.
Inside the county7 communities
Every communitywe cover.
6 of them have homes on the market today. Each figure is live, and opens that search.
- 31CrozetSee the homes
Named for engineer Claudius Crozet, who built the 4,273-foot Blue Ridge Tunnel completed in 1858 — now a walking trail through the mountain itself.
- 63ScottsvilleSee the homes
Founded in 1732 and Albemarle's original county seat from 1744 to 1762, with a roughly 100-building historic district along the James.
- 0Ivynone on the market today
An unincorporated crossroads west of Charlottesville, with the D.S. Tavern and Spring Hill both on the National Register.
- 15EarlysvilleSee the homes
A small unincorporated community north of Charlottesville, just over a thousand residents.
- 6North GardenSee the homes
Sits in the heart of the Monticello Wine Trail, south of the city.
- 42KeswickSee the homes
Home to Keswick Hall, a 600-acre estate built in 1912 that reopened as a luxury resort in 2021.
- 6Forest LakesSee the homes
Albemarle's largest planned community — about 1,400 homes built from 1989 around six lakes, with its own pools, tennis courts and trails.
Living here6 reasons
The case forAlbemarle.
The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.
Space
155 people to the square mile.
Albemarle is the 3rd densest of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold both figures for. Things are close together here, which is the trade: less land, less driving.
Scale
112,395 people, as of 2020.
The largest of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold a count for, which is what gives it the choice and the turnover the smaller ones cannot offer.
The line that matters
Albemarle, seated at Charlottesville.
In Virginia the county sets the rate, runs the school division and maintains the roads — and the lines do not follow the place names, so two houses a mile apart can sit under different rates and different schools.
Where the university actually is
UVA's most famous buildings are in the city, not the county.
The Lawn and the Rotunda sit inside Charlottesville proper. Albemarle holds the newer parts — Darden, the Law School, the JAG Legal Center — worth knowing before assuming a UVA address means county or city.
The other economy
A federal intelligence complex, not just a college town.
Rivanna Station houses the National Ground Intelligence Center and other federal agencies as a sub-installation of Fort Belvoir on Route 29 — a genuinely different driver than the university across town.
Two World Heritage sites
Monticello and UVA, inscribed together in 1987.
Jefferson's home and the university he designed share one UNESCO listing — a distinction almost nowhere else in this market can claim.
SchoolsAlbemarle County Public Schools
Schools andcolleges.
14,173 students across roughly 27 schools and specialty academies — the largest division in this market by a wide margin.
Albemarle County Public Schools
16 elementary, 5 middle and 3 high schools, plus a charter school and two academies.
University of Virginia
Central Grounds sits inside the independent city of Charlottesville; Albemarle holds UVA's Darden School, School of Law and JAG Legal Center.
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Its main campus is in the county, near Monticello.
Outdoors4 of them
Where theweekends go.
County parks alone add up to more than 1,800 acres, and Shenandoah National Park borders the west.
Chris Greene Lake Park
520 acres with a swimming beach and five miles of trail.
Walnut Creek Park
525 acres with a disc golf course and 13 miles of trail.
Preddy Creek Trail Park
571 acres with 16 miles of trail for biking, hiking and horseback.
Ivy Creek Natural Area
About 215 acres on the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, jointly owned with the City of Charlottesville.
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Questions5 answered
What peopleask us.
Asked often enough by people moving to Albemarle to be worth answering in writing.
Split in character — dense and suburban near Charlottesville, opening into estate and wine country toward the Blue Ridge. Job growth here has run nearly three times the state average.
$0.894 per $100 of assessed value for FY2027, unchanged from the year before.
Both, depending which part. The Lawn, the Rotunda and Central Grounds sit inside the independent city of Charlottesville. Darden, the Law School and the JAG center are in the county.
Albemarle County Public Schools — 14,173 students, the largest division in this market. Piedmont Virginia Community College's main campus is also in the county.
Monticello and the University of Virginia, together a UNESCO World Heritage Site; the Monticello Wine Trail's 40-plus wineries; and Rivanna Station, a significant federal intelligence complex on Route 29.
Sources · checked September 14, 2026
Tax rate · School division · UVA jurisdiction · Rivanna Station · Parks · Monticello / UNESCO · Forest Lakes
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What is your Albemarle homeactually worth?
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