THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
University of Virginia CDP has 1.78 square miles of land in Albemarle County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
University of Virginia and Albemarle County
University of Virginia is associated with Albemarle County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
University of Virginia by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within University of Virginia, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Albemarle County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, University of Virginia CDP has 17.4% of the land area of nearby Charlottesville city (10.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.