EnonVA
A town of 4,137.
Is Enon a good place to live?
Enon is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 154th of 249 in Virginia, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $76K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $254K, 2.9 years of the Richmond metro’s $87K median household income. Enon has 11 places on the National Register. On the outdoors, just 12 of Virginia’s 372 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
What makes Enon stand out
Where Enon beats most towns.
Enon has grown 18% from 2010 to 2020
3,466 counted in 2010 and 4,075 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Enon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Enon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hollywood Cemetery and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Enon. Close and well known come first.
16 mi LandmarkHollywood Cemetery
36 mi Theme parkKings Dominion
34 mi MuseumColonial Williamsburg
38 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Williamsburg
4 mi Ancient siteHenricus
16 mi MuseumWhite House of the ConfederacyPhoto credits
Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colonial Williamsburg: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 2.0 · Busch Gardens Williamsburg: Cjh1452000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Henricus: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Enon: who provides what
Enon is unincorporated, so Chesterfield 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 Enon.
Enon has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Richmond and beyond.
Most working residents commute out of Enon
Enon has 475 jobs for its 1,880 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 2,180 in 2013 to 475.
The share of working residents in Enon who work locally is 1.6%, where Virginia’s towns sit at 5% and U.S. towns at 8%. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Enon dropped by 1,705, to 475. The top destinations are Richmond (15%), Hopewell (4%) and Chester (3%). Half of commuters travel less than 16 miles.
| Enon | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $76,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 5% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Enon’s schools beat 58% of Virginia districts
The Chesterfield County Public Schools runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enon’s only public school teaches 691 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enon ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 691 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Enon has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Enon, the FEMA hazard score is 23 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 62% come from inland flooding and 11% from hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Enon earns a B for health
Enon: 14% of adults binge drink. The share of adults in Enon who report frequent mental distress is 18%, above both Virginia’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (17%).
| Enon | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Enon | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.3% | 11.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Enon sell for about $343K
At 2.9 years of the Richmond metro’s $87K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 93% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
Enon’s typical rent stands at $1,770 a month. 69% of households live in a home they own here.
| Enon | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,770 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Enon
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Enon
About 2 of every 100 Enon residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
98% of working residents leave Enon for work
Where Enon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Enon
Census-designated place in Virginia, US
Enon is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the eastern point of Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States, just east of Chester. The population as of the 2020 census was 4,075.
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- Area
- 4.3 sq mi
Enon’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Enon.
Enon reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Enon with a neighbor →
Questions about Enon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Enon, VA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Enon grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #154 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Enon, VA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $254,000, 38% 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 C+.