Central GarageVA
Population 1,864: a town in Virginia.
Is Central Garage a good place to live?
The best of Central Garage’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Central Garage’s average commute is 40 minutes, where Virginia’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Central Garage has 14 places on the National Register. Central Garage has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Central Garage has grown 37% from 2010 to 2020
1,318 counted in 2010 and 1,810 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Central Garage grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Central Garage is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Central Garage: who provides what
Central Garage is unincorporated, so King William County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Central Garage.
Most of Central Garage’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Central Garage for work: only 1% work in town. Employers in Central Garage added 83 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 293. The median commute is under 23 miles. The top destinations are Richmond (10%), Mechanicsville (7%) and Ashland (3%).
| Central Garage | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Central Garage fall behind 59% of Virginia districts
Public schools: the King William County Public Schools. The largest public high school is King William High, with 685 students. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Peninsula Academic CenterLargest public school before high school | – | – | |
| King William HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 685 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Central Garage ranks healthier than 60% of the country’s towns
In Central Garage, 14% of adults smoke cigarettes. This Virginia town does better than the Virginia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. 25% of adults in the town have been diagnosed with depression; 17% binge drink.
| Central Garage | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Central Garage | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 72% | 67.4% |
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 40.1% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Central Garage: inland flooding
Central Garage’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 45 of 100. Expected losses in Central Garage break down as 47% from inland flooding and 26% from drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conservation land takes up 3.8% of Central Garage
1.3 miles of trail. In Central Garage, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Central Garage | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Central Garage sells for about $355K
A home in Central Garage typically sold within 30 days of listing. Central Garage’s midpoint rent stands at $1,043 a month. 76% of Central Garage households are owner-occupiers.
| Central Garage | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,043 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kings Dominion and 39 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Central Garage. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Theme parkKings Dominion
32 mi National MonumentGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument72K visitors a year
24 mi LandmarkHollywood Cemetery
40 mi MuseumColonial Williamsburg
23 mi LandmarkRobert E. Lee Monument
22 mi MuseumWhite House of the ConfederacyPhoto credits
Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Colonial Williamsburg: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 2.0 · Robert E. Lee Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0
.jpg){kind=link}
.JPG){kind=link}
Everything we know about Central Garage
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Central Garage; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Central Garage residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
99% of working residents leave Central Garage for work
Where Central Garage’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Central Garage
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Central Garage is a census-designated place (CDP) in King William County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Central Garage had a population of 1,810.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Questions about Central Garage
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Central Garage, VA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $294,000, 29% below the Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.