Claremont is a town in Surry County, Virginia, home to about 393 people across 2.5 square miles. Its ZIP code is 23899, and parts of 23881 are in Claremont too.
Homes sold for a median of $147 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Claremont. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Richmond International Airport (RIC)27 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Chesapeake, VA53 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA216 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Claremont; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Claremont had 305 residents in the 2020 census, down 11% since 2000.
It’s the 509th largest of 669 towns in Virginia by population.
Surry County grew from 8,469 residents in 1900 to 6,561 in 2020.
Surry County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 89°F in summer, and winter lows average 31°F. About 51.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 4 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Williamsburg 2 N, VA weather station (15 miles away).
1,467 jobs at 87 businesses in Surry County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Claremont.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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