Jared Stiegelmeyer
Charlottesville Managing Broker
Charlottesville37.8400° N 78.2800° W
Fluvanna.
27,249 residents across 290 square miles, seated at Palmyra.
One of 9 areas our Charlottesville team works.
At a glancePalmyra
The publicrecord.
What the county and the census hold on Fluvanna — quoted, not estimated.
Rural county east of Charlottesville, where nearly two-thirds of residents live outside any town — farmland and river corridors along the James and Rivanna, plus one large private lake community that outweighs everywhere else in the county combined.
Lake Monticello is a gated, 3,500-acre private community built around a 350-plus-acre lake — about 11,000 residents, roughly a third of the county's population, inside one subdivision.
Major employers include a state women's prison and a century-old military boarding school, both larger than most private employers here.
- Type
- County
- County seat
- Palmyra
- Population (2020)
- 27,249
- Land area
- 290 sq mi
- Communities we cover
- 4
- Established
- 1777
- Real estate tax rate (2026)
- $0.755 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 is37.8400° N 78.2800° W
Where isFluvanna?
The nearest of our other Charlottesville areas is Albemarle, 20 miles off.
21 mi
Central Charlottesville
south-east of center
54 mi
Richmond
south-east
76 mi
Fredericksburg
north-east
89 mi
Williamsburg
south-east
Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Getting around.
One interstate clips the county's edge; the rest of the road network is US and state routes.
I-64
Crosses only the county's northern tip.
US-15 and US-250
The main north–south and east–west routes through the county.
Route 6 and Route 53
Connect the smaller communities to Palmyra and toward Charlottesville.
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
Lake Monticello, the county's largest community, is roughly 15 miles from Charlottesville itself, with the airport a further eight miles north of the city.
Inside the county4 communities
Every communitywe cover.
4 of them have homes on the market today. Each figure is live, and opens that search.
- 98PalmyraSee the homes
The county seat since 1828, with a Greek Doric courthouse from 1830 — one of Virginia's few unaltered antebellum courthouses.
- 6Fork UnionSee the homes
Home to Fork Union Military Academy, a private boarding school founded in 1898.
- 4ColumbiaSee the homes
Established in 1788 where the James and Rivanna rivers meet; declined after Civil War canal damage and repeated floods, including three separate 100-year floods in 1969, 1972 and 1985.
- 3CunninghamSee the homes
A rural crossroads community toward Scottsville, with a senior center that still meets twice monthly at the local VFW.
Living here6 reasons
The case forFluvanna.
The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.
Space
94 people to the square mile.
Of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold both figures for, only 4 are more open — Fluvanna ranks 5th least crowded. If room is what you are buying, this end of the market is where it is.
Scale
27,249 people, as of 2020.
The 4th largest of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold a count for — big enough for a steady market without being the busiest one.
The line that matters
Fluvanna, seated at Palmyra.
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.
One neighborhood, a third of the county
Lake Monticello holds about 11,000 people.
A private, gated 3,500-acre community with its own golf course and lake — not a public park, and a genuinely different housing market than the rest of rural Fluvanna.
Two rivers meet here
The James and Rivanna converge at Columbia.
The village was established in 1788 at the confluence, thrived on canal trade, and was set back repeatedly by floods after the Civil War — including three separate 100-year floods in 1969, 1972 and 1985.
An 1830 courthouse, unaltered
Palmyra's courthouse is one of Virginia's few untouched antebellum ones.
County seat since 1828, with a Greek Doric courthouse that survived the wave of Reconstruction-era additions most others got.
SchoolsFluvanna County Public Schools
Schools andcolleges.
A single small division — 3,315 students across four schools — plus a well-known private military academy.
Fluvanna County Public Schools
Four schools serve the entire county.
Fork Union Military Academy
A private boarding secondary school (grades 7–12) founded in 1898, not a college despite the name recognition.
Outdoors4 of them
Where theweekends go.
The county's largest park runs along the Rivanna, and two rivers meet at its western edge.
Pleasant Grove Park
969 acres with 22 miles of trail, including the Fluvanna Heritage Trail along the Rivanna River.
Carysbrook Sports Complex
A gymnasium and athletic fields between Fork Union and Palmyra.
The James and Rivanna rivers
Meet at Columbia, on the county's western edge.
Lake Monticello
A private 350-plus-acre lake inside the gated community of the same name — not open to the public.
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Questions5 answered
What peopleask us.
Asked often enough by people moving to Fluvanna to be worth answering in writing.
Rural, and split between working farmland and one very large private lake community — Lake Monticello alone holds roughly a third of the county's population.
$0.755 per $100 of assessed value for 2026.
Fluvanna County Public Schools — 3,315 students across four schools. Fork Union Military Academy is a well-known private boarding school here, not a college.
No — it's a private, gated 3,500-acre community with its own golf course and lake, open only to residents and guests.
Only the northern tip of the county touches I-64; most of the county runs on US-15, US-250 and state routes. Lake Monticello is about 15 miles from Charlottesville itself.
Sources · checked September 14, 2026
Tax rate · School division · Pleasant Grove Park · Lake Monticello · Columbia · Cunningham
Thinking of selling
What is your Fluvanna homeactually worth?
Mike Hogan founded the brokerage on knowing the county rather than the listing. Ask what that means for this street — or take a cash offer from a local investor and skip the showings entirely. Neither route commits you to the other.