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Getting around Petersburg and the Tri-Cities

Transit, drive-time reality, greenways, airports, rail, and daily mobility tradeoffs.

Area mobility

Petersburg City

The region's historic core: Old Towne on the Appomattox River, Petersburg National Battlefield, and rowhouse-and-cottage housing stock at the junction of I-95 and I-85.

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Colonial Heights City

A compact suburban city of about eight square miles between the Appomattox River and Swift Creek, with the region's main retail corridor around Southpark Mall.

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Hopewell City

A working river city where the Appomattox meets the James. City Point holds Grant's 1864-65 Civil War headquarters, and the riverfront neighborhoods sit minutes from the region's industrial employers.

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Prince George County

The rural-suburban county east and south of Petersburg, home to Fort Gregg-Adams (formerly Fort Lee) and subdivision growth along the I-295 and Route 10 corridors.

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Dinwiddie County

Rural acreage southwest of Petersburg, from Lake Chesdin's south shore to the Five Forks battlefield and Virginia Motorsports Park.

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Sussex County

Timber and peanut country along I-95 and US 460 south of Petersburg, with the small towns of Waverly, Wakefield, and Stony Creek and the lowest real-estate tax rate in the region.

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Sources and freshnessLast rebuilt 2026-09-14 with public records and source notes for Getting around Petersburg and the Tri-Cities.
  • Last rebuilt 2026-09-14 from the latest records synced into this guide.
  • Home-price medians use 800 recorded public sale rows across 1 area.
  • 1 area uses assessed value because usable sale-price coverage is limited.
  • 4 areas show an explicit coming-soon state rather than a guessed price.
  • Property and tax figures come from county/city parcel, sales, and assessor records.
  • School metrics use Virginia Department of Education profiles when available.
  • Amenity and business counts use OpenStreetMap, so hours and listings can change.
  • Jobs, events, news, and business-directory layers are included only after their feeds or curated sources sync.
  • Use these figures as planning estimates, then verify taxes, listings, and school details before making an offer.

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