In James City County, a good many houses front onto preserved historic ground, and the same pattern repeats with golf and with parkland: some back onto fairways, including the Marsh Hawk Course at Ford's Colony Country Club, and others look out over a preserve or a park. What that gives you is a county where the homes for sale run from houses in planned communities to townhouses with shared exteriors, detached houses on wooded lots, and a range of sizes and prices in between. David Tortolini Realty Group works this county closely and knows how the pieces fit together, from the older stock to the newer construction.
James City County at a Glance
- County
- James City County County
- ZIP codes in these listings
- 23188 · 23185 · 23168
- Typical asking price
- $550,000, middle half $415,995-$759,000 (median of 349 homes, excluding 47 land and other non-dwelling listings)
- Typical sold price
- $501,000, middle half $394,000-$665,000 (median of 1,225 home sales, excluding 30 land and other non-dwelling sales, past 12 months)
- Typical home
- 2,497 sq ft, middle half 1,838-3,460 (n=352) · 4 bed / 2.1 bath (medians, n=349)
- Months of supply
- 3.4 (leaning to sellers, homes only)
- Sold-to-list
- 100% of asking (median per home sale, n=1,225)
- Data current as of
- October 2026
How the James City County market is moving
Start with the listing count and correct it before you draw any conclusions. About one in ten of what is listed here is vacant land or a commercial building, and if you leave those in your search results you will think you have more houses to look at than you really do. Filter by property type first. Once you do, most of the homes for sale are houses, so if a townhouse is what you want, set your search up for it deliberately rather than scrolling past detached listings. On supply, the ratio of what is listed against how quickly homes have been selling lands on the seller side of the scale; take that as the classification it is and nothing more. And on closed sales, the final numbers have been landing at or above what sellers were asking. That is the record of what already happened, so bring it to your agent as background, not as a formula for your own offer.
What your money buys in James City County
The typical house here was built in 2004, with the middle of the market running from 1990 to 2015. That is the age where the first round of big-ticket replacements starts coming due, so ask the seller directly which ones are behind them: the roof, the furnace, the windows. A house where all three have been done recently is a different proposition from one where none have, even at the same price. Three bedrooms is the most common layout sold, and that lands around $455,000. The largest single slice of closed sales falls between $250,000 and $500,000, while the midpoint of all sale prices sits in the $500,000 to $1 million range. Settlement At Powhatan, Braemar Creek and Fords Colony are among the named communities recorded here, so you will see those names attached to listings. Whatever you buy, the yard, the siding and the mechanical systems are on your calendar from the day you close.
Schools and styles listed in James City County
Listings in this county report high schools as Warhill and Lafayette at roughly a third each, with Jamestown at about a quarter. On the middle school field, Toano Middle appears on roughly a third, with Lois S Hornsby Middle School and Berkeley Middle each at about a quarter. For elementary, D.J. Montague Elementary shows on about a quarter, Norge Elementary about a fifth and Stonehouse Elementary about one in ten. Those entries are typed in by the listing agent, not pulled from the district, and boundaries shift. If a particular school matters to you, confirm the current assignment for that exact address with the school district before you go further. On style, among the listings that report the field, roughly a third are described as Transitional and about a fifth as Townhouse, and a single home can carry more than one of those tags.
What to pin down before you make an offer
- Proximity to James River or Chickahominy River flood zones.
- Proximity to CSX or rail corridors affecting noise.
- Age and type of foundation for older coastal plain homes.
- Wooded lot tree removal and setback restrictions.
- Homeowners association rules, architectural review guidelines, and transfer fees in master-planned communities.
Putting David Tortolini Realty Group to work here
Two things on this page trip people up: how closely sales have been running to asking price, and how much of the listing pool is land or a commercial building rather than a house. David Tortolini Realty Group sorts both out before you spend a Saturday touring, and knows which questions matter on an older coastal plain foundation, how to read a river flood zone against a specific address, and where rail corridors run near a property you are considering. If you want, we can set up alerts filtered to detached houses only, so land and commercial listings never land in your inbox.
