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Lowest median rent, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties with the lowest median gross rent (2020 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Norton, VAVA3,477$451+30%

02Grayson County, VAVA15,230$538+69%

03Scott County, VAVA21,200$544+62%

04Lee County, VAVA21,642$551+62%

05Russell County, VAVA25,332$564+59%

06Galax, VAVA6,670$571+65%

07Dickenson County, VAVA13,236$579+67%

08Carroll County, VAVA29,299$595+63%

09Henry County, VAVA49,242$600+54%

10Buchanan County, VAVA18,492$608+81%

11Craig County, VAVA4,800$611+51%

12Bland County, VAVA6,151$613+76%

13Patrick County, VAVA17,424$614+84%

14Smyth County, VAVA28,882$615+74%

15Alleghany County, VAVA14,546$616+71%

16Wise County, VAVA34,824$638+81%

17Charlotte County, VAVA11,401$640+89%

18Bath County, VAVA4,076$656+79%

19Wythe County, VAVA27,983$656+64%

20Martinsville, VAVA13,849$664+66%

21Tazewell County, VAVA38,635$668+78%

22Highland County, VAVA2,318$669+97%

23Halifax County, VAVA33,447$678+88%

24Floyd County, VAVA15,789$684+68%

25Appomattox County, VAVA17,172$685+57%

26Danville, VAVA41,647$688+70%

27Lunenburg County, VAVA12,058$692+76%

28Amherst County, VAVA31,962$700+64%

29Brunswick County, VAVA15,727$705+102%

30Cumberland County, VAVA10,352$705+55%

31Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747$707+89%

32Northampton County, VAVA11,879$708+85%

33Bristol, VAVA16,418$712+74%

34Prince Edward County, VAVA22,391$715+56%

35Washington County, VAVA53,898$724+76%

36Franklin County, VAVA55,526$725+84%

37Nottoway County, VAVA15,796$725+66%

38Giles County, VAVA16,564$726+94%

39Campbell County, VAVA55,629$730+71%

40Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,490$731+84%

41Page County, VAVA23,762$746+69%

42Pulaski County, VAVA33,586$749+96%

43Emporia, VAVA5,447$756+73%

44Covington, VAVA5,680$760+88%

45Buckingham County, VAVA17,137$785+112%

46Waynesboro, VAVA23,951$790+68%

47Southampton County, VAVA18,110$796+95%

48Roanoke, VAVA99,111$804+79%

49Botetourt County, VAVA34,144$807+70%

50Madison County, VAVA14,237$815+65%

51Accomack County, VAVA33,859$825+85%

52Franklin, VAVA8,478$833+69%

53Nelson County, VAVA14,920$834+90%

54Sussex County, VAVA10,755$835+92%

55Surry County, VAVA6,603$837+108%

56Radford, VAVA17,243$839+92%

57Charles City County, VAVA6,623$840+100%

58Richmond County, VAVA9,294$842+84%

59Rockbridge County, VAVA22,663$843+91%

60Amelia County, VAVA13,632$846+76%

61Bedford County, VAVA83,059$856+93%

62Lynchburg, VAVA81,347$859+83%

63Staunton, VAVA26,801$864+85%

64Buena Vista, VAVA6,672$871+116%

65Shenandoah County, VAVA45,839$878+88%

66Westmoreland County, VAVA19,715$884+65%

67Essex County, VAVA10,654$887+65%

68Middlesex County, VAVA10,841$888+63%

69Greensville County, VAVA11,181$891+126%

70Augusta County, VAVA78,940$900+78%

71Lancaster County, VAVA10,995$903+78%

72Louisa County, VAVA42,924$905+80%

73Harrisonburg, VAVA50,839$911+90%

74Lexington, VAVA7,769$916+111%

75Hopewell, VAVA23,261$920+80%

76Salem, VAVA25,816$926+68%

77Mathews County, VAVA8,529$931+84%

78Roanoke County, VAVA97,150$937+63%

79Orange County, VAVA40,083$938+61%

80Rockingham County, VAVA89,316$938+93%

81Petersburg, VAVA33,734$958+94%

82Caroline County, VAVA34,413$961+64%

83King and Queen County, VAVA6,743$969+105%

84Northumberland County, VAVA12,557$1,014+112%

85Montgomery County, VAVA98,434$1,017+90%

86Colonial Heights, VAVA18,738$1,034+67%

87Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,896$1,042+84%

88Gloucester County, VAVA40,097$1,045+98%

89Warren County, VAVA42,740$1,051+98%

90New Kent County, VAVA28,022$1,066+68%

91Richmond, VAVA237,257$1,070+98%

92Newport News, VAVA183,230$1,075+92%

93King William County, VAVA19,617$1,076+96%

94Norfolk, VAVA231,013$1,077+100%

95Portsmouth, VAVA96,777$1,083+101%

96Winchester, VAVA28,272$1,096+100%

97Rappahannock County, VAVA7,439$1,107+85%

98Hampton, VAVA137,315$1,115+85%

99Frederick County, VAVA99,955$1,119+80%

100Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321$1,120+123%

101Powhatan County, VAVA32,591$1,125+81%

102Goochland County, VAVA29,187$1,129+92%

103Williamsburg, VAVA15,861$1,153+87%

104Greene County, VAVA21,958$1,154+86%

105Charlottesville, VAVA44,388$1,188+99%

106Henrico County, VAVA342,775$1,192+76%

107Culpeper County, VAVA57,666$1,201+99%

108Hanover County, VAVA116,423$1,215+77%

109Suffolk, VAVA104,699$1,231+143%

110Fluvanna County, VAVA28,975$1,235+85%

111King George County, VAVA29,646$1,241+100%

112James City County, VAVA83,326$1,243+77%

113Clarke County, VAVA15,609$1,258+101%

114Chesterfield County, VAVA397,148$1,266+77%

115Fredericksburg, VAVA30,393$1,287+98%

116Chesapeake, VAVA255,332$1,300+102%

117Albemarle County, VAVA118,356$1,349+89%

118Fauquier County, VAVA76,503$1,353+92%

119Prince George County, VAVA43,936$1,377+126%

120Virginia Beach, VAVA453,737$1,380+88%

121Poquoson, VAVA13,292$1,383+98%

122Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,388$1,462+82%

123York County, VAVA71,374$1,503+112%

124Manassas, VAVA44,332$1,549+93%

125Stafford County, VAVA170,803$1,559+85%

126Manassas Park, VAVA16,560$1,709+84%

127Prince William County, VAVA502,966$1,738+102%

128Alexandria, VAVA160,662$1,774+106%

129Fairfax, VAVA26,772$1,822+93%

130Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,873$1,898+90%

131Loudoun County, VAVA449,749$1,913+101%

132Arlington County, VAVA243,931$2,005+124%

133Falls Church, VAVA15,159$2,044+112%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS