Williamsburg here means the City of Williamsburg together with the surrounding districts of James City County, with the James River and its tributaries shaping the ground around them. The housing here spans a wide stretch of eras and formats, from older Tidewater-era construction to newer builds, and from detached houses to townhomes and condos. Lots and layouts vary just as much from one listing to the next. Almost every listing names the community it belongs to, so you can search by name across large planned developments and smaller pockets alike. David Tortolini Realty Group works this market daily and knows how the stock here differs property by property. What follows is what the numbers say about the homes for sale here, and what each one changes about how you search.
Williamsburg at a Glance
- County
- James City County County
- ZIP codes in these listings
- 23188 · 23185 · 23168
- Typical asking price
- $544,990, middle half $399,900-$739,950 (median of 431 homes, excluding 44 land and other non-dwelling listings)
- Typical sold price
- $497,865, middle half $388,529-$660,000 (median of 1,380 home sales, excluding 35 land and other non-dwelling sales, past 12 months)
- Typical home
- 2,418 sq ft, middle half 1,821-3,316 (n=435) · 4 bed / 2.1 bath (medians, n=431 listed now)
- Months of supply
- 3.7 (leaning to sellers, homes only)
- Sold-to-list
- 100% of asking (median per home sale, n=1,380)
- Data current as of
- October 2026
How the Williamsburg market is moving
Months of supply, which measures what is listed against how quickly homes have been selling, leans toward sellers at the moment. On sales that have already closed, homes went for at or above what sellers asked. That is a record of completed deals, nothing more.
One practical step before you judge how much is out there: about one in ten of the listings here is land or a commercial building, not a home. Filter those out or your count of available houses will be inflated. More than half of the homes listed are single-family houses.
Among sales that already closed, most went under contract within a month of listing, while a small share sat more than six months. Days on market varied widely across those closings, so a listing's age on the market tells you less here than you might assume.
What your money buys in Williamsburg
The most common layout sold here is a three-bedroom, at $452,000. The largest single band of closed sale prices falls between $250,000 and $500,000, so that range is where the bulk of the activity has been.
The typical home was built in 2003, with the middle half of the stock running from 1989 to 2015. At that age, the first round of big-ticket replacements has usually either happened or is coming due, so ask which ones were done and when: the roof, the furnace and air handler, the windows. A house with a documented replacement history is a different proposition from one where nobody can tell you. That is the ordinary arithmetic of owning a home of this vintage, and it is worth getting on paper early.
Of what is listed right now, more than half is single-family, about a fifth is townhomes, and roughly one in eight is a condo. Whichever you land on, a 2003-era house gives you systems with a known lifespan and a yard that is yours.
Schools and styles named in Williamsburg listings
School fields are among the first things buyers filter on here, so it helps to know what those fields actually are: names typed in by the listing agent, property by property. On the high school line, Lafayette and Warhill each appear on roughly a third of listings, and Jamestown on about a quarter. For middle schools, Berkeley Middle shows up on roughly a third, with Toano Middle and Lois S Hornsby Middle School each on about a quarter. At the elementary level, D.J. Montague Elementary appears on about a fifth, Norge Elementary on roughly one in six, and Stonehouse Elementary on roughly one in seven.
Boundaries change and listing fields go stale, so confirm the current assignment for any specific address with the school district directly rather than relying on the listing. On style, Transitional is tagged on roughly a third of homes and Townhouse on about a quarter, and a single home can carry more than one of these tags.
Where Williamsburg listings come from
Every listing here names a community. Fords Colony appears on roughly one in seven, and Kingsmill and Stonehouse each carry a smaller share. Beyond those, the remaining names are spread thin enough that none is large enough to treat as its own category. For a buyer, that means community name is a usable search field here: you can search those names directly and still have plenty of listings under other names to go through alongside them.
Worth confirming before you write an offer
- Termite and moisture damage history common to older Tidewater homes.
- Flood zone status and proximity to the James River or tributaries.
- Age and condition of the roof and HVAC given the humid climate.
- Foundation type and soil conditions such as clay or expansive soil.
- Historic district architectural guidelines and exterior modification approval.
Working with David Tortolini Realty Group
Two things on this page are easy to misread in Williamsburg: how close sales here have been running to the asking price, and the fact that part of what looks like inventory is land or a commercial building instead of a house. Add the realities of older Tidewater stock, from termite and moisture history to flood zone status near the James River and its tributaries, plus the age of the roof and HVAC in this climate, and the listing sheet only takes you so far. David Tortolini Realty Group works with those details every day and can read them with you on a specific address. Send over a listing you are weighing and we will go through it line by line before you write anything.
