DumbartonVA
A town of 7,997.
Is Dumbarton a good place to live?
Dumbarton is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 174th among Virginia's 249 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $60K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $291K, 3.4 years of the Richmond metro’s $87K median household income. 12% of residents are under 18 in Dumbarton, where Virginia’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%. Dumbarton is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. Dumbarton has 1 place on the National Register.
What makes Dumbarton stand out
Where Dumbarton beats most towns.
How Dumbarton grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Dumbarton is from typical.
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Hollywood Cemetery and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dumbarton. Close and well known come first.
6 mi LandmarkHollywood Cemetery
16 mi Theme parkKings Dominion
5 mi LandmarkRobert E. Lee Monument
7 mi MuseumWhite House of the Confederacy
6 mi Stadium & arenaRichmond Coliseum
4 mi MuseumVirginia Museum of Fine Arts411K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert E. Lee Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond Coliseum: Mentes at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Dumbarton: who provides what
Dumbarton is unincorporated, so Henrico 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 Dumbarton.
Dumbarton is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is mostly renters, but it has little public open land.
Dumbarton faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dumbarton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dumbarton has four seasons and hot summers
Dumbarton has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Dumbarton is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dumbarton has 1.4 jobs for every working resident, and 5,212 people commute in
Jobs based here grew from 3,751 in 2013 to 5,298.
Most working residents leave Dumbarton for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Dumbarton has added 1,547 jobs, to 5,298 in 2023. Dumbarton’s average trip to work is 23 minutes.
| Dumbarton | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 18% | 17% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Dumbarton is less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,955 U.S. towns with household incomes like Dumbarton’s, it is healthier than 65%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Dumbarton beats the Virginia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 37% of adults feel lonely in Dumbarton.
| Dumbarton | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Dumbarton | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 34.1% | 38% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.1% | 11.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Dumbarton
Just 1 of its 1,212 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Dumbarton itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Dumbarton | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bethlehem Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Dumbarton sells for about $347K at the median
30% of Dumbarton households own their home.
| Dumbarton | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 30% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,421 a month | $1,764 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Dumbarton
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Dumbarton
About 5 of every 100 Dumbarton residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Dumbarton
Census-designated place in Virginia
Dumbarton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dumbarton had a population of 8,506.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 200 ft
Dumbarton’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Dumbarton.
Dumbarton, Lakeside and Laurel report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dumbarton with a neighbor →
Questions about Dumbarton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dumbarton, VA a good place to live?
Dumbarton grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #174 of 249 in Virginia. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools.
Is Dumbarton, VA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $291,000, 29% below the Virginia typical home.