Ashlee Parker
Williamsburg Team Lead
Williamsburg37.2200° N 76.4400° W
York.
70,045 residents across 215 square miles, seated at Yorktown.
One of 4 areas our Williamsburg team works.
At a glanceYorktown
The publicrecord.
What the county and the census hold on York — quoted, not estimated.
York County holds two of the region's defining Revolutionary War sites directly: Yorktown Battlefield, the actual 1781 siege and surrender ground run by the National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park, and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown next to it, run separately by the state's Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
A large federal and military footprint shapes the county's economy — Naval Weapons Station Yorktown alone covers roughly a fifth of the county's land area and hosts 37 tenant commands.
Route 17's Coleman Bridge, the crossing to Gloucester County, became permanently toll-free on 8 August 2025 — a genuine, recent change worth knowing if your sense of the commute predates it.
- Type
- County
- County seat
- Yorktown
- Population (2020)
- 70,045
- Land area
- 215 sq mi
- Communities we cover
- 5
- Established
- 1634
- Real estate tax rate (FY2026)
- $0.78 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 is37.2200° N 76.4400° W
Where isYork?
The nearest of our other Williamsburg areas is City of Newport News, 11 miles off.
20 mi
Central Williamsburg
east of center
46 mi
Northern Neck
north
56 mi
Richmond
west
111 mi
Fredericksburg
north-west
Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Getting around.
I-64 is the county's only interstate, and Route 17's river crossing just stopped charging a toll.
I-64
York County's only interstate.
US-17 (George Washington Memorial Highway)
Runs north to the Coleman Bridge and Gloucester County — permanently toll-free since 8 August 2025.
Colonial Parkway
The NPS-administered scenic road linking Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown.
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
The nearest commercial airport, roughly comparable in distance to the rest of the Historic Triangle.
Inside the county5 communities
Every communitywe cover.
4 of them have homes on the market today. Each figure is live, and opens that search.
- 109YorktownSee the homes
The county seat, a historic 1691 town on the York River and site of the decisive 1781 siege — anchored today by Riverwalk Landing and the Watermen's Museum.
- 0Graftonnone on the market today
The county's largest unincorporated community, originally called 'Cockletown' for the shellfish trade and renamed in 1783 for Grafton, Massachusetts.
- 2TabbSee the homes
A semi-rural, semi-residential community in the south of the county, named for Mary Octavia Tabb, postmaster from 1893 to 1910.
- 12SeafordSee the homes
One of the county's oldest settled areas, dating to a 1636 land patent — renamed Seaford in 1910 when the post office changed names.
- 1LackeySee the home
A historically significant African American community that formed after the Civil War, largely displaced when the federal government acquired the land in 1918 to build what became the Naval Weapons Station.
Living here6 reasons
The case forYork.
The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.
Space
326 people to the square mile.
Of the 4 Williamsburg areas we hold both figures for, only 1 is more open — York ranks 2nd least crowded. If room is what you are buying, this end of the market is where it is.
Scale
70,045 people, as of 2020.
The 2nd smallest of the 4 Williamsburg areas we hold a count for. Fewer houses change hands here in a year, and that cuts both ways — less to choose from, less to compete with.
The line that matters
York, seated at Yorktown.
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 actual battlefield, not a recreation
Yorktown Battlefield is the real 1781 siege and surrender ground.
Run by the National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park — the Moore House, where surrender terms were negotiated, still stands here.
A large federal presence
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown covers about a fifth of the county.
37 tenant commands operate from a 20.7-square-mile installation that shapes the county's economy and employment in a way few Virginia counties experience.
The bridge just changed
The Coleman Bridge stopped charging tolls in August 2025.
Route 17's crossing to Gloucester County became permanently toll-free on 8 August 2025, ahead of its original January 2026 target — worth knowing if you last checked the commute cost years ago.
SchoolsYork County Public Schools
Schools andcolleges.
Its own school division, separate from Williamsburg-James City County's joint system.
York County School Division
19 schools, including a charter school — the division serves York County only, distinct from the joint Williamsburg-James City system next door.
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Its main campus is in neighboring Hampton; William & Mary is the nearest four-year university, in Williamsburg.
Outdoors4 of them
Where theweekends go.
Yorktown's Revolutionary War sites anchor the county's outdoor and historical ground.
Yorktown Battlefield
Part of Colonial National Historical Park, run by the National Park Service — the actual 1781 siege and surrender site.
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Run separately by the state's Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, next to the battlefield rather than by the NPS.
Riverwalk Landing
A mile-long pedestrian waterfront in historic Yorktown, with shops and dining.
The Watermen's Museum
On the Yorktown waterfront, documenting Chesapeake Bay watermen's history with a working boat shop.
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Questions5 answered
What peopleask us.
Asked often enough by people moving to York to be worth answering in writing.
A mix of genuine Revolutionary War history and a substantial federal and military presence — Naval Weapons Station Yorktown alone covers about a fifth of the county.
$0.78 per $100 of assessed value for FY2026, the county's first real estate tax increase in nine years.
York County School Division — 19 schools including a charter school, run separately from the joint Williamsburg-James City County system next door.
No — tolls ended permanently on 8 August 2025, ahead of the original January 2026 target.
Yorktown Battlefield and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown for Revolutionary War history, plus Riverwalk Landing and the Watermen's Museum on the waterfront.
Sources · checked September 14, 2026
Tax rate · Naval Weapons Station Yorktown · Coleman Bridge tolls end · Yorktown Battlefield · American Revolution Museum · York County School Division · Watermen's Museum
Thinking of selling
What is your York 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.