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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 (2023 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

01Covington, VAVA5,6802.0+19%

02Martinsville, VAVA13,8492.1−17%

03Dickenson County, VAVA13,2362.2+13%

04Buchanan County, VAVA18,4922.2+15%

05Alleghany County, VAVA14,5462.2+17%

06Wise County, VAVA34,8242.2+9%

07Giles County, VAVA16,5642.3+19%

08Lee County, VAVA21,6422.4+2%

09Russell County, VAVA25,3322.4+17%

10Charlotte County, VAVA11,4012.5+3%

11Bland County, VAVA6,1512.5+15%

12Tazewell County, VAVA38,6352.5+23%

13Nottoway County, VAVA15,7962.6+13%

14Norton, VAVA3,4772.7+12%

15Henry County, VAVA49,2422.7+22%

16Danville, VAVA41,6472.7+3%

17Brunswick County, VAVA15,7272.7+27%

18Buena Vista, VAVA6,6722.7+23%

19Craig County, VAVA4,8002.7+14%

20Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0582.7+22%

21Smyth County, VAVA28,8822.8+34%

22Buckingham County, VAVA17,1372.9+20%

23Emporia, VAVA5,4472.9+29%

24Carroll County, VAVA29,2992.9+37%

25Patrick County, VAVA17,4242.9+18%

26Sussex County, VAVA10,7552.9+32%

27Greensville County, VAVA11,1812.9+47%

28Wythe County, VAVA27,9833.0+42%

29Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4903.0+41%

30Halifax County, VAVA33,4473.0+29%

31Highland County, VAVA2,3183.0+3%

32Southampton County, VAVA18,1103.1+31%

33Surry County, VAVA6,6033.1+39%

34Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8963.1+48%

35Scott County, VAVA21,2003.1+35%

36Pulaski County, VAVA33,5863.1+39%

37Amherst County, VAVA31,9623.1+32%

38Grayson County, VAVA15,2303.1+45%

39New Kent County, VAVA28,0223.2+31%

40Campbell County, VAVA55,6293.2+36%

41Charles City County, VAVA6,6233.2+63%

42Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7383.2+47%

43Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9753.2+33%

44Lexington, VAVA7,7693.3−27%

45King and Queen County, VAVA6,7433.3+44%

46Appomattox County, VAVA17,1723.3+50%

47Poquoson, VAVA13,2923.3+35%

48Washington County, VAVA53,8983.3+32%

49Hopewell, VAVA23,2613.3+43%

50Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7473.4+44%

51Roanoke County, VAVA97,1503.4+39%

52Roanoke, VAVA99,1113.4+32%

53Prince George County, VAVA43,9363.5+51%

54Accomack County, VAVA33,8593.5+51%

55Richmond County, VAVA9,2943.5+35%

56Franklin County, VAVA55,5263.5+39%

57Stafford County, VAVA170,8033.5+52%

58Caroline County, VAVA34,4133.5+57%

59Hampton, VAVA137,3153.5+55%

60Hanover County, VAVA116,4233.5+43%

61Botetourt County, VAVA34,1443.6+37%

62Chesterfield County, VAVA397,1483.6+76%

63Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3883.6+64%

64Floyd County, VAVA15,7893.6+46%

65Louisa County, VAVA42,9243.6+49%

66Bristol, VAVA16,4183.7+44%

67Galax, VAVA6,6703.7+64%

68King George County, VAVA29,6463.7+49%

69King William County, VAVA19,6173.7+75%

70Bath County, VAVA4,0763.7+54%

71Amelia County, VAVA13,6323.7+61%

72Petersburg, VAVA33,7343.7+58%

73Augusta County, VAVA78,9403.7+50%

74Newport News, VAVA183,2303.7+45%

75Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3213.7+47%

76Suffolk, VAVA104,6993.7+48%

77Powhatan County, VAVA32,5913.8+45%

78Bedford County, VAVA83,0593.8+40%

79Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6633.8+45%

80Greene County, VAVA21,9583.8+62%

81Manassas Park, VAVA16,5603.8+101%

82Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3913.8+37%

83Radford, VAVA17,2433.8+2%

84Orange County, VAVA40,0833.9+47%

85Salem, VAVA25,8163.9+52%

86Rockingham County, VAVA89,3163.9+53%

87Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973.9+68%

88York County, VAVA71,3743.9+53%

89Staunton, VAVA26,8014.0+48%

90Frederick County, VAVA99,9554.0+62%

91Manassas, VAVA44,3324.0+61%

92Lynchburg, VAVA81,3474.0+51%

93Chesapeake, VAVA255,3324.0+68%

94Prince William County, VAVA502,9664.0+80%

95Henrico County, VAVA342,7754.0+66%

96Franklin, VAVA8,4784.1+37%

97James City County, VAVA83,3264.1+44%

98Portsmouth, VAVA96,7774.1+70%

99Page County, VAVA23,7624.1+59%

100Culpeper County, VAVA57,6664.1+41%

101Waynesboro, VAVA23,9514.1+51%

102Loudoun County, VAVA449,7494.1+63%

103Warren County, VAVA42,7404.1+59%

104Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7374.1+65%

105Montgomery County, VAVA98,4344.2+34%

106Goochland County, VAVA29,1874.2+57%

107Essex County, VAVA10,6544.2+73%

108Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7154.3+66%

109Cumberland County, VAVA10,3524.3+80%

110Norfolk, VAVA231,0134.4+58%

111Shenandoah County, VAVA45,8394.4+70%

112Madison County, VAVA14,2374.4+57%

113Fauquier County, VAVA76,5034.4+56%

114Nelson County, VAVA14,9204.4+73%

115Lancaster County, VAVA10,9954.7+31%

116Middlesex County, VAVA10,8414.7+57%

117Clarke County, VAVA15,6094.7+55%

118Albemarle County, VAVA118,3564.7+50%

119Mathews County, VAVA8,5294.8+85%

120Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8734.8+74%

121Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8394.8+21%

122Northampton County, VAVA11,8795.1+93%

123Northumberland County, VAVA12,5575.2+70%

124Winchester, VAVA28,2725.4+68%

125Fairfax, VAVA26,7725.5+96%

126Richmond, VAVA237,2575.5+95%

127Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3935.6+45%

128Williamsburg, VAVA15,8615.7+15%

129Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4396.1+68%

130Alexandria, VAVA160,6626.1+70%

131Arlington County, VAVA243,9316.3+70%

132Charlottesville, VAVA44,3886.5+71%

133Falls Church, VAVA15,1597.4+110%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES