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Louisa.

37,596 residents across 511 square miles, seated at Louisa.

One of 9 areas our Charlottesville team works.

At a glanceLouisa

The publicrecord.

What the county and the census hold on Louisa — quoted, not estimated.

Rural, but the fastest-changing county in this market — Lake Anna retirees and commuters on one side, a large-scale data-center build-out on the other. AWS alone is investing $11 billion in two campuses here through 2040.

The county created Technology Overlay Districts in 2023 specifically to concentrate that growth in a few areas while protecting the rest of its rural land.

Also home to the North Anna nuclear power station, which alone provides about 900 jobs and roughly $11 million a year in local tax revenue.

Louisa, Virginia
Type
County
County seat
Louisa
Population (2020)
37,596
Land area
511 sq mi
Communities we cover
3
Established
1742
Real estate tax rate (FY2027)
$0.72 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 is37.9900° N 77.9600° W

Where isLouisa?

The nearest of our other Charlottesville areas is Fluvanna, 20 miles off.

  • 30 mi

    Central Charlottesville

    east of center

  • 46 mi

    Richmond

    south-east

  • 57 mi

    Fredericksburg

    north-east

  • 78 mi

    Northern Neck

    east

Distances are straight-line, not driving.

Getting around.

I-64 runs through the county and positions it as the connector between two of this market's biggest cities.

  • I-64

    The main route, positioning Louisa as the link between Richmond and Charlottesville.

  • US-15, US-33, US-250 and US-522

    The other routes crossing the county.

  • Zion Crossroads

    Where I-64 meets US-15 and US-250, now a retail hub with a diverging diamond interchange completed in 2014.

  • Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport

    No precise countywide mileage is published; Louisa is positioned along I-64 as the connection point between Richmond and Charlottesville rather than measured from either.

Inside the county3 communities

Every communitywe cover.

3 of them have homes on the market today. Each figure is live, and opens that search.

4280 Cedar Hill Rd, Mineral, Virginia
On the market4280 Cedar Hill RdMineral, VA 23117
  • 71LouisaSee the homes

    The county seat, population just under 2,000 and growing nearly 28% in the last decade — its historic courthouse and high school are both on the National Register.

  • 144MineralSee the homes

    Epicentre of the magnitude-5.8 earthquake of August 2011 — the most widely felt earthquake in US history, reaching as far as Washington's National Mall.

  • 40GordonsvilleSee the homes

    The town itself sits just over the line in Orange County; the Louisa side is a designated growth area abutting it, part of the county's push to direct new development to a handful of spots.

Living here6 reasons

The case forLouisa.

The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.

  • Space

    74 people to the square mile.

    Of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold both figures for, only 2 are more open — Louisa ranks 3rd least crowded. If room is what you are buying, this end of the market is where it is.

  • Scale

    37,596 people, as of 2020.

    The 3rd 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

    Louisa, seated at Louisa.

    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.

  • The build-out

    AWS is investing $11 billion here through 2040.

    Two hyperscale campuses, concentrated in the Technology Overlay Districts the county created in 2023 specifically to keep the growth away from its rural land elsewhere.

  • Not a small thing

    A nuclear plant provides 900 local jobs.

    The North Anna Power Station is a genuine economic anchor, contributing about $11 million a year in local tax revenue on top of the jobs.

  • The 2011 earthquake

    Mineral was the epicentre of the most widely felt US quake on record.

    The August 2011 magnitude-5.8 earthquake, centered here, forced evacuation of the National Mall's monuments in Washington and collapsed the local town hall's roof.

Public record for Louisa
SchoolsLouisa County Public Schools

Schools andcolleges.

About 5,239 students across six schools, with no college campus inside the county.

  • Louisa County Public Schools

    Four elementary schools, one middle and one high school.

Outdoors4 of them

Where theweekends go.

Lake Anna is the headline, even though its state park facility sits just over the line.

  • Lake Anna

    A roughly 13,000-acre reservoir spanning Louisa, Spotsylvania and Orange counties — Louisa's own shoreline is served mainly by private marinas rather than the state park, which is in Spotsylvania.

  • Trevilian Station Battlefield

    2,243 acres preserved since 2001, site of the largest all-cavalry battle of the Civil War in June 1864.

  • The North Anna and South Anna rivers

    Cross the county and form Lake Anna.

  • Cooper Vineyards

    An early East Coast winery to earn LEED Platinum certification.

On the market322 in Louisa · live

Homes on themarket now.

On the market in Louisa right now.

110 Ellisville Dr, Louisa, VA

110 Ellisville Dr

Louisa, VA 23093

  • $334,950
  • 2 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 2,052 sqft
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Questions5 answered

What peopleask us.

Asked often enough by people moving to Louisa to be worth answering in writing.

Rural but changing fast — Lake Anna draws retirees and second-home buyers on one end, while a large-scale data-center build-out reshapes the economy on the other.

$0.72 per $100 of assessed value for FY2027, unchanged from the year before.

No — the lake itself spans Louisa, Spotsylvania and Orange counties, but the state park facility is in Spotsylvania. Louisa's shoreline is mostly private marinas.

Louisa County Public Schools — about 5,239 students across six schools. There is no college campus in the county.

The 2011 earthquake centered at Mineral, a fast-growing data-center industry backed by AWS investment, and Lake Anna's recreational and retirement community.

Sources · checked September 14, 2026

Tax rate · School division · Lake Anna · Data centers · Mineral earthquake · Trevilian Station · Gordonsville

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