Henrico County · Neighborhood Guide
Glen Allen
Northern Henrico's master-planned belt, anchored by the Innsbrook office park and the Twin Hickory and Wyndham communities, where a lot of the metro's white-collar commute distance collapses to almost nothing.
Reviewed 2026-09-06 · By Miles Agee, Realtor®
The Real Estate
Housing stock
Master-planned communities from the late 1980s forward, with Wyndham built around a golf course and Twin Hickory built around pools and a community center. Mostly two-story colonials and transitional homes on planned lots, nearly all with an HOA, plus newer infill along the Nuckols Road corridor.
If You're Buying
The buying reality
Typical range runs $450K to $750K, the widest spread of any Henrico zone, because a Wyndham golf-course home and a Nuckols Road resale are two different markets sharing a mailing address. Read the HOA documents before you are under contract, since amenity packages here vary a lot and so do the assessments funding them. If someone in the household works at Innsbrook, the commute case here is close to unbeatable.
If You're Selling
The selling reality
This buyer is comparing your home to three others in the same community with the same floor plan, so your differentiators are lot position, updates, and how the home shows against its own comps rather than against the neighborhood. Pull the comps from your own community and floor plan, not from a Glen Allen average that includes Wyndham. Amenity access is part of what you are selling; say plainly what the HOA actually covers.
Day to Day
Living in Glen Allen
Pools, golf, community centers, and a Broad Street commute that a lot of households never have to make because they work in Innsbrook. Restaurants skew toward the corridor rather than a walkable district. It is built for households that want their weeknights to be short, and it delivers that.
Is It For You
Glen Allen may be a fit if
- You want amenity-driven community living, pools and courts and a clubhouse, and are fine paying an HOA for it.
- Someone in the household works at Innsbrook or along the Broad Street corridor.
- You are comfortable being car-dependent for everything outside the neighborhood.
Common Questions
Glen Allen FAQ
What is the typical price range in Glen Allen?
Glen Allen and northern Henrico typically trade in the $450K to $750K range, one of the widest spreads in the metro because Wyndham golf-course homes and Nuckols Road corridor resales sit in the same area. Verify with current MLS data before making decisions.
What is the difference between Glen Allen and Short Pump?
Both are Henrico County at $0.83 per $100 assessed. Short Pump is organized around retail and the I-64 and Route 288 interchange in western Henrico. Glen Allen sits north of it and is organized around the Innsbrook office park and amenity-driven master-planned communities like Twin Hickory and Wyndham. Short Pump is the shopping answer; Glen Allen is the commute-and-amenities answer.
Do Glen Allen homes have HOA fees?
Most do, and the amounts vary widely because the amenity packages do. Wyndham, Twin Hickory, and Foxhall each fund different things. Request the association documents and the current assessment schedule during your contingency period rather than relying on a listing summary.
What about schools in this neighborhood?
Public school zoning in Richmond changes by address and grade level. For accurate, up-to-date school information including ratings and reviews, check Niche (https://www.niche.com/) and GreatSchools (https://www.greatschools.org/), and verify zoning through the official school district website before making any decisions.
Miles's Take
The honest read on Glen Allen
Glen Allen is where I send the household that is honest about how it actually spends a Tuesday. If your evening is practice, dinner, and bed, this zone gives you back forty minutes a day and that is a real thing to buy. Where I slow buyers down is the HOA. Two communities a mile apart can fund completely different amenity sets, and people find that out after closing more often than they should.
Want the real read on Glen Allen?
Take the 7-question Richmond neighborhood quiz, or text Miles directly to talk through what Glen Allen would look like for your specific situation.
Pricing and market data on this page is current as of 2026-09-06 and changes regularly. Verify with the most recent MLS data and a licensed Realtor before making purchase or sale decisions. School information should be verified through Niche, GreatSchools, or the official school district. MAMS does not steer clients by race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.