Moving to Short Pump? Here's what nobody tells you from 800 miles away.
Short Pump isn't one neighborhood. It's eighteen of them, and the difference between two subdivisions a mile apart can be $250,000, a different high school, and a completely different Saturday morning. This guide breaks all of it down with real numbers from 841 closed sales — not portal estimates.
23 pages · Free PDF
Real numbers, not a brochure
Every figure comes from Central Virginia MLS closed sales, August 2025 through July 2026.
18 neighborhood profiles
Typical price, price range, HOA cost, days on market, and assigned schools — from $240K condos to $1.28M estate homes.
What your money actually buys
Six price tiers showing exactly what you get. How much house is $600,000 here? Now you'll know before you fly in.
Which neighborhood feeds which school
Deep Run, Godwin, or Glen Allen — mapped by neighborhood, plus where to verify any specific address yourself.
How fast this market really moves
Established neighborhoods sell in 4 to 8 days. New construction sits 30 to 76. Two completely different games.
I'm Chris Elliott.
I get the same call two or three times a month. Someone's taking a job in Richmond, they've never been here, and they've spent a week on Zillow trying to figure out where to live. Short Pump is almost always on their list, filed away as "one of the good school areas."
That's not wrong. It's just not enough to make a decision on. So I built the guide I wish I could hand people before they book their first trip out here — real neighborhoods, real price ranges, real drawbacks. If Short Pump isn't the right fit for you, I'd rather you find that out on page 6 than after you've signed something.
I've lived and worked in Short Pump since 2013. Everything in the guide comes from working this market, not researching it.
Chris Elliott · The Elliott Real Estate Team · Keller Williams Richmond West
Twenty-three pages. Free. No sales call.
Eighteen neighborhoods with real numbers, school assignments, and an honest page on why Short Pump might not be for you.