Pay and cost of living in King and Queen County, VA
Across the 15 occupations we cover in King and Queen County, VA, the middle median salary is $40,270 a year. Pay runs from $29,360 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides up to $132,120 for Software Developers, a spread of $102,760. Wages come from the Richmond, VA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in King and Queen County, VA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,075 a month and a two-bedroom $1,170. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $19,884 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $43,543 a year, and every one of the 15 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in King and Queen County, VA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for King and Queen County, VA, set beside the Virginia and national medians.
Median household income in King and Queen County, VA is $70,469, 24% below the Virginia median of $93,170 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,900) equals 18.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $40,270, is 43% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in King and Queen County, VA pay a median of $1,209 a year in real estate taxes, 57% below the Virginia median of $2,790. With a median home value of $231,600, 40% below the Virginia median of $383,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.52% a year.
Renters in King and Queen County, VA pay a median gross rent of $1,004 a month in the Census survey, 36% below the Virginia median of $1,579. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,075; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in King and Queen County, VA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 37.0 minutes each way, 36% above the Virginia average of 27.3. 12.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.