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Grafton VillageVA

A town in Virginia.

Is Grafton Village a good place to live?

We don’t grade Grafton Village yet; the figures below are still real.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Grafton Village for work

Where Grafton Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

12% → Fredericksburg Fredericksburg 12% 8% → Courthouse Square Courthouse Square 8% 5% → Washington Washington 5% 3% → Arlington Arlington 3% 2% → Tysons Tysons 2% 2% → Alexandria Alexandria 2% Grafton Village · 2% stay
480jobs based in Grafton Village
2%of working residents work in town
23 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2024

Nearby attractions

George Washington Birthplace National Monument and 31 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grafton Village. Close and well known come first.

All 274 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of the Marine Corps: RadioFan (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cameron Run Regional Park: Paul Roth from Washington, D.C. (kinda), USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · George Washington Masonic National Memorial: Joe Ravi (Shutterstock iStock Dreamstime), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

Getting set up

Moving to Grafton Village: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Grafton Village, and how to reach them.

PowerDominion Energy15.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterStafford County UtilitiesNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
SchoolsStafford County Public SchoolsWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Virginia you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 11 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereStafford General RegistrarStafford County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2015
ZIP code2240522405 100%Census 2020

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 Grafton Village.

Work & commute

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Grafton Village’s workers commute out

Jobs based in Grafton Village grew to 480 in 2024, 248 more than in 2014. Most people who work leave Grafton Village to do it: just 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fredericksburg (12%), Courthouse Square (8%) and Washington (5%). For half of commuters, work is under 23 miles away.

2%work in town

Where working residents work

In Grafton Village2%
Fredericksburg12%
Courthouse Square8%
Washington5%
Arlington3%
23 mi
median commute distance
480
jobs based in Grafton Village
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2024 · ACS

Schools

The schools Grafton Village’s kids attend

One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Stafford County Public Schools.

SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8Grades 6–8887C+

NCES · EDFacts

Climate

Grafton Village has four seasons and hot summers

In Grafton Village, the July high is 89°F, close to Virginia’s towns (88°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F).

11″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter28–48°
Spring44–68°
Summer65–87°
Fall47–69°
Nov 1
typical first frost
Apr 6
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazards

The biggest natural risk in Grafton Village is inland flooding, at a low overall level

Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in just over three fifths of U.S. communities. 70% of Grafton Village’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 6%. The town has had 4 paid flood insurance claims since 2007.

39risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
39Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHeat wavesTornadoes
4
paid flood claims since 2007

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Grafton Village

13pages on Grafton Village
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Grafton Village

About Grafton Village

Unincorporated community in Virginia, US

Grafton Village is an unincorporated community in Stafford County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Grafton Village’s neighbors

2 towns share a border with Grafton Village.

Explore the map →
Leeland StationFalmouthLeeland StationFalmouthGrafton Village
How the neighbors grade
TownVA rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Grafton Village——————
Leeland Station——————
Falmouth#71AB—BA−

Falmouth reports no FBI crime data of its own. Grafton Village and Leeland Station aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grafton Village with a neighbor →

Questions about Grafton Village

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Grafton Village, VA a good place to live?

We don’t grade Grafton Village yet; the figures below are still real. A town in Virginia.