Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 59/100
C
Median home value$462,800
Richmond $353,500
Median rent$1,536/mo
Richmond $1,447/mo
Cost-burdened households27%
Richmond 30%
Tuckahoe
Henrico County49,183 residentsHenrico County Public Schools
67
C+
Suburbgrade score
4th of 20 Richmond suburbs. Strong on commute & transport and cost of living, held back by housing & affordability.
67
Richmond median 63
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Tuckahoe yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 67 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Tuckahoe is like to live in, by category
Bars show Tuckahoe against Richmond. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 59/100
C
Within-state proficiency—
percentile among districts in the same state
Student–teacher ratio16.6
Richmond median 14.2
Graduation rate87%
Richmond median 87%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 78/100
B+
Housing cost index112
Richmond 100
Eff. tax rate0.69%
Richmond 0.72%
Local sales tax5.77%
Richmond median 5.77%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 79/100
B+
Mean commute21.1 min
Richmond 25.4 min
Under 30 minutes78%
Richmond 65%
Transit stops / sq mi0.0
Richmond median 0.1 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 70/100
B−
Restaurants & cafés63
Richmond median 53 · within 2 miles
Groceries5
Richmond median 5 · within 2 miles
Parks13
Richmond median 17 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 61/100
C
Median household income$102,264
Richmond $86,679
Unemployment4.2%
Richmond 4.5%
Professional occupations55%
Richmond 47%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Tuckahoe yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Tuckahoe on housing & affordability
Tuckahoe's weakest grade is C. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbHousingOverall
Wyndham7 mi from TuckahoeA 68 B− Short Pump5 mi from TuckahoeB− 73 B Bon Air5 mi from TuckahoeC 66 C+ Rockwood9 mi from TuckahoeC 64 C+ Glen Allen8 mi from TuckahoeC 63 C+ Midlothian8 mi from TuckahoeC 67 C+ Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Tuckahoe
Is Tuckahoe, VA a good place to live?
Tuckahoe scores 67 out of 100, 4th of 20 Richmond suburbs. It is strongest on commute & transport and weakest on housing & affordability. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Tuckahoe expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B+. The median home is $462,800, 31% above the Richmond median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.69%. $1,536/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Tuckahoe?
Schools grade C. The districts serving Tuckahoe sit at the — within-state proficiency percentile, with a 87% graduation rate and a 16.6 student–teacher ratio. Tuckahoe is served by Henrico County Public Schools. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Tuckahoe?
The mean commute is 21.1 min, with 78% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 25% working from home. Transit density is 0.0 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Tuckahoe?
Within two miles there are 5 groceries, 63 restaurants and cafés and 13 parks, which grades B− on amenities.
Are the homes in Tuckahoe old or new?
The median home in Tuckahoe was built in 1971 — older than the Richmond median of 1984. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 75% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.