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Most affordable housing, Virginia counties

Virginia counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 133 is 3.7. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Emporia, VA, up 89 places to #23.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Covington, VAVA5,6802.0+8%

02▲2Martinsville, VAVA13,8492.1−8%

03▲23Dickenson County, VAVA13,2362.2−11%

04▼2Buchanan County, VAVA18,4922.2+4%

05▲9Alleghany County, VAVA14,5462.2+18%

06▼3Wise County, VAVA34,8242.2+1%

07▼2Giles County, VAVA16,5642.3+23%

08▲3Lee County, VAVA21,6422.4+1%

09▼3Russell County, VAVA25,3322.4−6%

10▲31Charlotte County, VAVA11,4012.5+14%

11▲2Bland County, VAVA6,1512.5+32%

12▼2Tazewell County, VAVA38,6352.5+2%

13▲34Nottoway County, VAVA15,7962.6+34%

14▲9Norton, VAVA3,4772.7−14%

15▲3Henry County, VAVA49,2422.7+33%

16▲4Danville, VAVA41,6472.7+17%

17▼5Brunswick County, VAVA15,7272.7+21%

18▲61Buena Vista, VAVA6,6722.7+51%

19Craig County, VAVA4,8002.7+35%

20▲7Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0582.7+44%

21▼13Smyth County, VAVA28,8822.8+35%

22▲9Buckingham County, VAVA17,1372.9+46%

23▲89Emporia, VAVA5,4472.9+16%

24▼8Carroll County, VAVA29,2992.9+44%

25▼1Patrick County, VAVA17,4242.9+30%

26▼19Sussex County, VAVA10,7552.9+28%

27▼18Greensville County, VAVA11,1812.9+42%

28▼13Wythe County, VAVA27,9833.0+27%

29▼12Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4903.0+58%

30▼2Halifax County, VAVA33,4473.0+47%

31▲22Highland County, VAVA2,3183.0+22%

32▲1Southampton County, VAVA18,1103.1+43%

33▲52Surry County, VAVA6,6033.1+30%

34▲1Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8963.1+57%

35▼14Scott County, VAVA21,2003.1+36%

36▲2Pulaski County, VAVA33,5863.1+38%

37▼7Amherst County, VAVA31,9623.1+51%

38▼13Grayson County, VAVA15,2303.1+52%

39▲10New Kent County, VAVA28,0223.2+42%

40▲10Campbell County, VAVA55,6293.2+41%

41▼9Charles City County, VAVA6,6233.2+90%

42▲1Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7383.2+59%

43▲2Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9753.2+39%

44▲78Lexington, VAVA7,7693.3−5%

45▲16King and Queen County, VAVA6,7433.3+60%

46▼10Appomattox County, VAVA17,1723.3+69%

47▲31Poquoson, VAVA13,2923.3+26%

48▲6Washington County, VAVA53,8983.3+40%

49▼12Hopewell, VAVA23,2613.3+64%

50▼6Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7473.4+42%

51▼9Roanoke County, VAVA97,1503.4+57%

52▼12Roanoke, VAVA99,1113.4+45%

53▼14Prince George County, VAVA43,9363.5+59%

54▲46Accomack County, VAVA33,8593.5+36%

55▲39Richmond County, VAVA9,2943.5+32%

56▼5Franklin County, VAVA55,5263.5+46%

57▲3Stafford County, VAVA170,8033.5+25%

58▲5Caroline County, VAVA34,4133.5+59%

59▲11Hampton, VAVA137,3153.5+37%

60▼2Hanover County, VAVA116,4233.5+59%

61▼2Botetourt County, VAVA34,1443.6+62%

62▼16Chesterfield County, VAVA397,1483.6+80%

63▼1Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3883.6+44%

64▲8Floyd County, VAVA15,7893.6+61%

65▲15Louisa County, VAVA42,9243.6+48%

66▼1Bristol, VAVA16,4183.7+50%

67▼38Galax, VAVA6,6703.7+64%

68▼1King George County, VAVA29,6463.7+44%

69▼35King William County, VAVA19,6173.7+80%

70▼22Bath County, VAVA4,0763.7+95%

71▲4Amelia County, VAVA13,6323.7+89%

72▼50Petersburg, VAVA33,7343.7+57%

73▲4Augusta County, VAVA78,9403.7+57%

74▲13Newport News, VAVA183,2303.7+22%

75▲15Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3213.7+30%

76▼2Suffolk, VAVA104,6993.7+39%

77▼25Powhatan County, VAVA32,5913.8+84%

78▼23Bedford County, VAVA83,0593.8+51%

79▲23Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6633.8+72%

80▲4Greene County, VAVA21,9583.8+56%

81▲14Manassas Park, VAVA16,5603.8+47%

82▲15Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3913.8+57%

83▲43Radford, VAVA17,2433.8+16%

84▼3Orange County, VAVA40,0833.9+49%

85▼29Salem, VAVA25,8163.9+63%

86▼10Rockingham County, VAVA89,3163.9+61%

87▼23Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973.9+46%

88▲3York County, VAVA71,3743.9+31%

89▼20Staunton, VAVA26,8014.0+64%

90▼17Frederick County, VAVA99,9554.0+45%

91▲18Manassas, VAVA44,3324.0+23%

92▼21Lynchburg, VAVA81,3474.0+67%

93▼10Chesapeake, VAVA255,3324.0+61%

94▼2Prince William County, VAVA502,9664.0+45%

95▼13Henrico County, VAVA342,7754.0+74%

96▼7Franklin, VAVA8,4784.1+26%

97▲4James City County, VAVA83,3264.1+36%

98▼30Portsmouth, VAVA96,7774.1+51%

99▼33Page County, VAVA23,7624.1+63%

100▲6Culpeper County, VAVA57,6664.1+45%

101▲15Waynesboro, VAVA23,9514.1+60%

102▼9Loudoun County, VAVA449,7494.1+24%

103▼15Warren County, VAVA42,7404.1+50%

104▼8Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7374.1+55%

105▲2Montgomery County, VAVA98,4344.2+35%

106▲2Goochland County, VAVA29,1874.2+71%

107▼2Essex County, VAVA10,6544.2+62%

108▼10Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7154.3+51%

109▼52Cumberland County, VAVA10,3524.3+98%

110▲4Norfolk, VAVA231,0134.4+41%

111▼7Shenandoah County, VAVA45,8394.4+57%

112▲3Madison County, VAVA14,2374.4+68%

113▼2Fauquier County, VAVA76,5034.4+37%

114▼15Nelson County, VAVA14,9204.4+108%

115▼5Lancaster County, VAVA10,9954.7+43%

116▲7Middlesex County, VAVA10,8414.7+56%

117Clarke County, VAVA15,6094.7+56%

118Albemarle County, VAVA118,3564.7+58%

119▼33Mathews County, VAVA8,5294.8+57%

120Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8734.8+33%

121▼2Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8394.8+38%

122▼19Northampton County, VAVA11,8795.1+96%

123▼2Northumberland County, VAVA12,5575.2+52%

124▼11Winchester, VAVA28,2725.4+59%

125▲2Fairfax, VAVA26,7725.5+52%

126▼2Richmond, VAVA237,2575.5+96%

127▲1Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3935.6+47%

128▲4Williamsburg, VAVA15,8615.7+22%

129▼4Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4396.1+120%

130▲1Alexandria, VAVA160,6626.1+12%

131▲2Arlington County, VAVA243,9316.3+22%

132▼2Charlottesville, VAVA44,3886.5+85%

133▼4Falls Church, VAVA15,1597.4+68%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES