Living in Keswick
Where is Keswick, Virginia?
Keswick is estate and farm country in eastern Albemarle County, about six miles east of Charlottesville. It isn't a town. The name covers a small village, a gated golf community, a resort around Keswick Hall and miles of horse country.
The U.S. Census Bureau counts Keswick as a census-designated place of 2 square miles; the 2020 Census counted 321 residents, and the Bureau's newer 2020–2024 estimate is about 400. The Keswick mailing address, ZIP 22947, covers about 48 square miles of land and reaches into Louisa and Fluvanna counties. Buyers who say “Keswick” usually mean one of the five places below.
Sources: Census Reporter, Keswick CDP (land area; ACS 2024 5-year population); Census Reporter, ZIP area 22947 (48.3 sq mi of land); Wikipedia, citing the 2020 Census (population; distance from Charlottesville); CAAR MLS via Town Lux, June 2024 – August 2026.
What kind of home can you buy in Keswick, VA?
Most buyers come for one of four things, and each lives in a different part of Keswick: horse farms in Hunt Country, where the typical $1M+ estate that sold from June 2024 to August 2026 came with about 36 acres, per CAAR MLS; golf homes in Glenmore and Keswick Estate; land and farms in the Southwest Mountains; and historic estates, some built in the 1700s. Pick one to see where to look and what to check before you buy.
Sources: CAAR MLS via Town Lux, June 2024 – August 2026; Virginia DHR, Castle Hill.
What are the best areas to live in Keswick, VA?
There isn't one best area of Keswick; there are five, and the right one depends on what you want. Glenmore, a gated golf community, sold the most homes, 98 at a median of $1.11 million; Keswick Hall & Estate is gated homes beside a resort; Hunt Country is farms and estates around the old villages. Rivanna Village, beside Glenmore, and the Louisa and Fluvanna side share the 22947 address at lower prices, per CAAR MLS sales from June 2024 to August 2026.
Sources: CAAR MLS via Town Lux, June 2024 – August 2026; Glenmore Community Association (chartered 1992; 800+ homeowners); Glenmore Community (gated); The Club at Glenmore; Keswick Estate Owners' Association guidelines, 2021 (118 residences at completion, 675 acres); Golf Course Architecture, Sept 2022 (Full Cry, Pete Dye); Virginia Department of Historic Resources (Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District); Louisa County rates; Fluvanna County rates.
How much does it cost to buy a home in Keswick, VA?
The 236 Keswick home sales from June 2024 to August 2026 had a median price of $799,500 (CAAR MLS). The middle half of sales ran from $425,000–$540,000 in Rivanna Village to $1.51 million–$4.13 million for $1M+ Hunt Country estates, so one figure across that spread describes almost none of Keswick.
Updated September 2026 · Source: CAAR MLS via Town Lux analysis
What schools serve Keswick?
Keswick's schools depend on the county. In Albemarle, the ACPS feeder pattern sends Stone-Robinson Elementary to Burley or Walton Middle, then Monticello High; 192 of the 200 Albemarle sales in our MLS data listed Stone-Robinson, and 7 listed Stony Point Elementary. Louisa and Fluvanna addresses attend those counties' schools.
Sources: Albemarle County Public Schools, attendance and feeder patterns; CAAR MLS via Town Lux, June 2024 – August 2026.
Keswick, answered
The questions people ask first.
Is Keswick a town?
What is Hunt Country?
What county is Keswick, Virginia in?
What are property taxes in Keswick?
What does $2 million buy in Keswick?
Sources: Census Reporter, Keswick CDP (land area; ACS 2024 5-year population); Census Reporter, ZIP area 22947 (48.3 sq mi of land); Wikipedia, citing the 2020 Census (population; distance from Charlottesville); Virginia Department of Historic Resources (Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District); Keswick Hunt Club; Albemarle County tax rates; Louisa County rates; Fluvanna County rates; CAAR MLS via Town Lux, June 2024 – August 2026.
Considering a move to Keswick?
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- Which of the five Keswicks fits your budget and your life
- County, school and tax facts checked for any address
- Easements, septic and HOA costs flagged before you offer
- Current CAAR MLS sold data, not portal estimates