27,218 people (2024 Census estimate, +17.7% since 2020)
210 square miles of land · 130 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
18 active community water systems list New Kent County in the area they serve, reporting 18,674 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VA4127190 | 7,864 served |
| NEW KENT COURTHOUSE groundwater · local government · VA4127530 | 3,187 served |
| BOTTOMS BRIDGE groundwater · local government · VA4127200 | 2,510 served |
| WOODHAVEN SHORES groundwater · private · VA4127925 | 1,365 served |
| PARHAM LANDING groundwater · local government · VA4127570 | 561 served |
| THE COLONIES groundwater · local government · VA4127115 | 548 served |
| WOOD`S EDGE groundwater · local government · VA4127900 | 488 served |
| ROCKAHOCK CAMPGROUNDS, INC groundwater · private · VA4127075 | 375 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 75 people were held in New Kent County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 439 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 84.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in New Kent County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49 million — $46 million to run schools, about $13,400 per student, plus $91,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21 million local (mostly property tax), $24.2 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $44.2 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost New Kent County about $7.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
60 bridges in New Kent County: 2 in good condition, 54 fair, and 4 poor (6.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| NEW KENT HIGHWAY over RTE I 64 @ BOTTOMS BRIDG · built 1965 | 16,139 vehicles a day |
| EBL POCAHONTAS TR over TOE INK SWAMP · built 1947 | 5,728 vehicles a day |
| EMMAUS CHURCH ROAD over RTES I 64 & 33 · built 1972 | 4,806 vehicles a day |
| Stewarts Road over Branch Diascund Creek · built 1937 | 345 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $17.5 million of work in New Kent County in fiscal 2025, about $762 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting: 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-31. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-23. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Virginia Department of Elections: upcoming elections · Virginia Department of Elections: voter FAQ · Virginia Department of Elections: absentee voting
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Nearby counties: Charles City County (11 mi) · King William County (15 mi) · King and Queen County (15 mi) · Henrico County (17 mi) · James City County (18 mi) · Hopewell city (22 mi).