Goochland County, Virginia Tax Rates

Goochland County Tax Rates - At a Glance

Goochland County Current Tax Rates Summary (per official county Tax Rates page)

Tax Type	County Rate (per $100)	Notes
Personal Property PPTRA Vehicles (personal-use)	$2.99	Cars, pickups, campers, motorcycles - the county adopted this LOWER rate (below the $3.75 general TPP) for PPTRA-eligible personal-use vehicles.
Personal Property General Rate	$3.75	Business Personal Property, Aircraft, Boats. Matches DOT TY2025 general TPP.
Real Estate / Mobile Homes	$0.53	Assessed at 100% fair market value. Inside Tuckahoe Creek SD combined $0.85.
Tuckahoe Creek Service District (Ad Valorem, RE only)	+$0.32	Eastern county service area near West Creek; ON TOP OF the county RE rate.
Bridgewater Service District (RE only - per DOT TY2025)	+$0.33	RE only; listed in DOT TY2025 but not on the current county Tax Rates page; confirm status with Treasurer (MVQ).
Machinery and Tools	$1.00	Common Carriers also $1.00.
Business Personal Property for Data Centers	$0.44	Separately classified low rate; supports the West Creek data center campus.
Modified For Handicap Use	$2.00	Concessional rate for accessibility-modified personal property.
Fire-Rescue volunteer personal property	$0.00001	Effectively zero - concessional rate for qualifying volunteers.
Merchants' Capital	$0.00	Substituted to Business TPP under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3508.1.
Sales Tax	6.0% (4.3% state + 1.0% local + 0.7% Central Virginia regional)

All rates verified directly from the Goochland County official Tax Rates page (goochlandva.us/592/Tax-Rates) on 2026-05-30 (Stage 1 Fetch, high confidence). Due dates verified directly from the Goochland County Treasurer's Office page (goochlandva.us/290/Treasurers-Office). Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025 used as the secondary cross-check; DOT TY2025 county levies (RE $0.530 / TPP $3.750 / M&T $1.000 / MC $0.000) and Table 4 districts (Tuckahoe Creek +$0.320 RE, Bridgewater +$0.330 RE) all align with the county-published rates. Sales tax verified at Virginia Department of Taxation.

Vehicle Personal Property (Car) Tax

Rate, Classification, and PPTRA Split

Goochland County publishes two distinct personal property rates on its official Tax Rates page. The General Rate is $3.75 per $100, applying to Business Personal Property, Aircraft, and Boats. The PPTRA Vehicles rate - applying specifically to personal-use vehicles that qualify for Virginia's Personal Property Tax Relief Act - is $2.99 per $100, $0.76 BELOW the General Rate. Virginia statute (Code of Virginia § 58.1-3506) allows localities to classify personal-use vehicles separately and to adopt a different rate; Goochland uses that authority to publish a lower vehicle-specific rate, the same pattern neighbouring Mecklenburg County uses with its $3.26 Personal Property I rate vs the DOT general $3.36.

The Goochland Tax Rates page also lists more specific classifications: Common Carriers $1.00, Modified For Handicap Use $2.00, Business Personal Property for Data Centers $0.44, and Fire-Rescue volunteer personal property $0.00001 (effectively zero).

PPTRA Relief

Qualifying personal-use vehicles receive Virginia's Personal Property Tax Relief (PPTRA) on the first $20,000 of assessed value under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3524. The annual relief percentage is set by the Goochland County Board of Supervisors during the budget cycle; the current percentage is not published on the Goochland Tax Rates page. Confirm the current-year PPTRA percentage with the Commissioner of the Revenue at 804-556-5807.

How the Car Tax Is Calculated

Virginia counties value personal property using a recognized pricing guide under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3503. The specific guide and assessment ratio Goochland uses are not published on the Tax Rates page (confirm with the Commissioner of the Revenue). Once the assessment is set, the tax is computed at $2.99 per $100 for a PPTRA-eligible personal-use vehicle. For example, if the assessed value is $10,000, the tax before PPTRA is $10,000 × 2.99% = $299.00; the PPTRA relief is then applied to the tax on the first $20,000 of assessed value at the current-year relief percentage.

Source: Goochland County Commissioner of the Revenue and Board of Supervisors - Tax Rates (goochlandva.us). For a deeper explanation of PPTRA, see our Virginia PPTRA explained guide.

Real Estate Tax

Rate and Assessment

Goochland County's real estate tax rate is $0.53 per $100 of assessed value, as published by the Goochland County Board of Supervisors; this matches the Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025. Mobile homes are also taxed at $0.53. All real estate in Virginia is assessed at 100% of fair market value under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3201; the specific Goochland reassessment cycle is set by the Board of Supervisors.

Service District Overlays (RE Only)

Goochland County has no incorporated towns, but it does have real-estate-only service-district overlays in specific geographic areas:

• Tuckahoe Creek Service District - +$0.32 per $100 Ad Valorem on real estate (combined district RE rate $0.85). The Tuckahoe Creek district covers the eastern part of the county around the West Creek mixed-use and data center campus, near the Henrico County line. Verified direct on the Goochland County Tax Rates page.
• Bridgewater Service District - +$0.33 per $100 on real estate, per the Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025. This district is not currently listed on the county Tax Rates page; confirm boundaries and status with the Goochland County Treasurer.

Parcels OUTSIDE both service districts pay only the standard $0.53 county rate. Parcels inside the Tuckahoe Creek Service District pay $0.85 combined. Goochland is unusual in that it has zero incorporated towns but does have these RE-only service-district overlays.

Due Dates

Goochland collects both real estate and personal property taxes in two installments: the first installment is due June 5 and the second installment is due December 5, per the Goochland County Treasurer's Office. Dog Licenses are due January 31. The county Treasurer accepts payment online (Official Payments, Jurisdiction Code 1031), by phone (1-888-2PAYTAX), by mail (P.O. Box 188, Goochland, VA 23063-0188), in the drop box at the Administration Building, or in person at 1800 Sandy Hook Road Suite 210. Confirm specifics with the Treasurer at 804-556-5806.

Exemptions and Relief Programs

Goochland County offers real estate tax relief for qualifying residents who are at least 65 years old or permanently and totally disabled, with income and asset limits set by the Board of Supervisors. Disabled veterans who are 100% service-connected disabled may qualify for a full real estate exemption on their primary residence under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3219.5, and a qualifying veteran's primary personal-use vehicle may be exempt under Article X, Section 6-A(8) of the Constitution of Virginia. Contact the Goochland County Commissioner of the Revenue for current eligibility thresholds and procedures.

Source: Goochland County Commissioner of the Revenue - Tax Rates page; Goochland County Treasurer's Office - Treasurer's Office page (direct verification, May 2026). Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025 used for the Bridgewater Service District (Table 4).

Machinery, Tools, and Data Center Personal Property

Goochland County levies Machinery and Tools at $1.00 per $100 and Common Carriers at $1.00 per $100. The county does NOT levy a Merchants' Capital tax; it follows the standard Code of Virginia § 58.1-3508.1 substitution of Business Tangible Personal Property for Merchants' Capital.

The most distinctive Goochland classification is the $0.44 per $100 rate for Business Personal Property for Data Centers. This separately classified low rate exists because of the West Creek mixed-use and data center campus in the eastern part of the county along Interstate 64, which has grown into one of central Virginia's fastest-growing data center clusters. The $0.44 rate is far below the $3.75 General Business Personal Property rate, reflecting Virginia's general practice of using low BPP rates for high-value capital-intensive data center investment to anchor the cluster to the locality.

Source: Goochland County Tax Rates (goochlandva.us/592/Tax-Rates) - direct verification, May 2026.

Sales Tax

Rate and Composition

The combined sales tax rate in Goochland County is 6.0%. Goochland is explicitly listed in Virginia's Central Virginia 6.0% regional transportation district - alongside Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan, and Richmond City - per the Virginia Department of Taxation. A consumer in Goochland pays the same 6.0% combined rate as in neighbouring Henrico, Hanover, and Powhatan.

Goochland County Sales Tax Rate Breakdown

Component	Rate
Virginia state rate	4.3%
Standard local rate	1.0%
Central Virginia regional transportation district	0.7%
Combined rate	6.0%

Qualifying food and grocery items are subject to Virginia's reduced 1.0% rate. A shopper crossing the James River south into Cumberland County drops to the 5.3% Everywhere-else tier.

Source: Virginia Department of Taxation - Retail Sales and Use Tax (tax.virginia.gov)

Geography and Context: Richmond West Exurb, West Creek, and the James River

Goochland County sits on the north side of the James River as a wealthy western exurb of the Richmond MSA, traversed by Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 250. The county was formed in 1727 from Henrico County and was named for Sir William Gooch, the British colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia at the time. The county seat at Goochland Court House is an unincorporated census-designated place; Goochland County has no incorporated towns at all.

Goochland is among Virginia's wealthier counties by median home value and household income, and one of the fastest-growing exurban counties around Richmond. The eastern county along Interstate 64 hosts the West Creek mixed-use corridor and data center campus, plus the Capital One West Creek campus (the bank's main Richmond-area headquarters operations site). Other county features include the James River along the southern boundary, the Powhatan State Park across the river in Powhatan County, and active growth around the Manakin Sabot CDP.

Adjacent jurisdictions: Henrico County (live; east), Hanover County (live; northeast), Powhatan County (live; south across the James - paired with Goochland in the same build batch), Cumberland County (live; southwest across the James), unbuilt Fluvanna County (west), unbuilt Louisa County (northwest).

Richmond West Cluster Context

Goochland County, together with Powhatan County (paired in the same batch and on the south side of the James), forms the new Richmond west cluster on CountyTaxTools. The live Richmond region now includes City of Richmond (6.0% sales), Chesterfield County (south, 6.0%), Henrico County (east, 6.0%), Hanover County (further north, 6.0%), Goochland (west, 6.0%), and Powhatan (south of the James, 6.0%) - all sharing the Central Virginia 6.0% sales-tax base. Goochland's standout features within this cluster are (1) the LOW $0.53 county real estate rate (one of the lowest in the Richmond MSA before the Tuckahoe Creek Service District is applied), (2) the separate $2.99 PPTRA Vehicles rate that the county adopted below the $3.75 general TPP - similar to Mecklenburg's pattern, and (3) the unusual $0.44 Business Personal Property for Data Centers rate that anchors the West Creek campus.