Chesterfield County
Fast Facts:
- Chesterfield was home to 389,793 people and had 151,859 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, Chesterfield has added an average of 5,200 people and 2,100 housing units per year.
- Twenty-three percent of households were renters and 52 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
Policy Status
Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.
Right of First Refusal
- In progress: Chesterfield County
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- In progress: Chesterfield County
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- In progress: Chesterfield County
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- In progress: Chesterfield County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- In progress: Chesterfield County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- In progress: Chesterfield County
Housing Outcomes
Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.
Structural Racism
Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.
Housing Context
Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.
Elected Officials
Mark S. Miller, Ph.D.
Chair, Supervisor - Midlothian District
Equity Officer
Kimberly Conley
Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Housing Official
Jesse W. Smith
Deputy County Administrator for Community Development