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Most affordable housing, Virginia counties · 2020

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, VAVA5,6801.7+3%

02Buchanan County, VAVA18,4922.0+5%

03Wise County, VAVA34,8242.1+3%

04Martinsville, VAVA13,8492.2−14%

05Giles County, VAVA16,5642.2+15%

06Russell County, VAVA25,3322.3+12%

07Sussex County, VAVA10,7552.4+9%

08Smyth County, VAVA28,8822.4+16%

09Greensville County, VAVA11,1812.4+22%

10Tazewell County, VAVA38,6352.4+19%

11Lee County, VAVA21,6422.4+5%

12Brunswick County, VAVA15,7272.5+16%

13Bland County, VAVA6,1512.5+15%

14Alleghany County, VAVA14,5462.5+30%

15Wythe County, VAVA27,9832.5+20%

16Carroll County, VAVA29,2992.5+21%

17Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4902.5+20%

18Henry County, VAVA49,2422.5+16%

19Craig County, VAVA4,8002.6+7%

20Danville, VAVA41,6472.6−1%

21Scott County, VAVA21,2002.6+13%

22Petersburg, VAVA33,7342.6+10%

23Norton, VAVA3,4772.6+10%

24Patrick County, VAVA17,4242.6+7%

25Grayson County, VAVA15,2302.6+22%

26Dickenson County, VAVA13,2362.7+40%

27Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0582.7+21%

28Halifax County, VAVA33,4472.7+17%

29Galax, VAVA6,6702.8+24%

30Amherst County, VAVA31,9622.8+19%

31Buckingham County, VAVA17,1372.8+17%

32Charles City County, VAVA6,6232.8+42%

33Southampton County, VAVA18,1102.8+20%

34King William County, VAVA19,6172.8+34%

35Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8962.8+35%

36Appomattox County, VAVA17,1722.9+31%

37Hopewell, VAVA23,2612.9+26%

38Pulaski County, VAVA33,5862.9+31%

39Prince George County, VAVA43,9362.9+28%

40Roanoke, VAVA99,1113.0+13%

41Charlotte County, VAVA11,4013.0+23%

42Roanoke County, VAVA97,1503.0+20%

43Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7383.0+35%

44Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7473.0+26%

45Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9753.0+22%

46Chesterfield County, VAVA397,1483.0+46%

47Nottoway County, VAVA15,7963.0+29%

48Bath County, VAVA4,0763.0+27%

49New Kent County, VAVA28,0223.0+24%

50Campbell County, VAVA55,6293.0+30%

51Franklin County, VAVA55,5263.1+23%

52Powhatan County, VAVA32,5913.1+20%

53Highland County, VAVA2,3183.1+5%

54Washington County, VAVA53,8983.1+24%

55Bedford County, VAVA83,0593.2+17%

56Salem, VAVA25,8163.2+24%

57Cumberland County, VAVA10,3523.2+31%

58Hanover County, VAVA116,4233.2+27%

59Botetourt County, VAVA34,1443.2+22%

60Stafford County, VAVA170,8033.2+37%

61King and Queen County, VAVA6,7433.2+39%

62Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3883.2+46%

63Caroline County, VAVA34,4133.2+43%

64Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973.2+37%

65Bristol, VAVA16,4183.2+27%

66Page County, VAVA23,7623.2+26%

67King George County, VAVA29,6463.3+32%

68Portsmouth, VAVA96,7773.3+36%

69Staunton, VAVA26,8013.3+23%

70Hampton, VAVA137,3153.3+45%

71Lynchburg, VAVA81,3473.3+26%

72Floyd County, VAVA15,7893.3+34%

73Frederick County, VAVA99,9553.3+36%

74Suffolk, VAVA104,6993.3+31%

75Amelia County, VAVA13,6323.4+47%

76Rockingham County, VAVA89,3163.4+33%

77Augusta County, VAVA78,9403.4+36%

78Poquoson, VAVA13,2923.4+39%

79Buena Vista, VAVA6,6723.4+56%

80Louisa County, VAVA42,9243.5+44%

81Orange County, VAVA40,0833.5+33%

82Henrico County, VAVA342,7753.5+44%

83Chesapeake, VAVA255,3323.5+49%

84Greene County, VAVA21,9583.6+51%

85Surry County, VAVA6,6033.6+61%

86Mathews County, VAVA8,5293.6+38%

87Newport News, VAVA183,2303.6+39%

88Warren County, VAVA42,7403.6+39%

89Franklin, VAVA8,4783.6+22%

90Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3213.6+42%

91York County, VAVA71,3743.6+41%

92Prince William County, VAVA502,9663.6+62%

93Loudoun County, VAVA449,7493.6+45%

94Richmond County, VAVA9,2943.6+40%

95Manassas Park, VAVA16,5603.7+93%

96Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7373.7+47%

97Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3913.7+31%

98Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7153.7+46%

99Nelson County, VAVA14,9203.8+47%

100Accomack County, VAVA33,8593.8+64%

101James City County, VAVA83,3263.8+34%

102Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6633.8+45%

103Northampton County, VAVA11,8793.8+44%

104Shenandoah County, VAVA45,8393.8+48%

105Essex County, VAVA10,6543.8+58%

106Culpeper County, VAVA57,6663.9+33%

107Montgomery County, VAVA98,4343.9+24%

108Goochland County, VAVA29,1873.9+46%

109Manassas, VAVA44,3323.9+59%

110Lancaster County, VAVA10,9954.0+11%

111Fauquier County, VAVA76,5034.0+41%

112Emporia, VAVA5,4474.0+82%

113Winchester, VAVA28,2724.1+27%

114Norfolk, VAVA231,0134.1+47%

115Madison County, VAVA14,2374.2+48%

116Waynesboro, VAVA23,9514.2+56%

117Clarke County, VAVA15,6094.2+40%

118Albemarle County, VAVA118,3564.4+40%

119Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8394.5+12%

120Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8734.5+64%

121Northumberland County, VAVA12,5574.6+48%

122Lexington, VAVA7,7694.6+4%

123Middlesex County, VAVA10,8414.7+55%

124Richmond, VAVA237,2574.7+69%

125Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4394.8+32%

126Radford, VAVA17,2434.9+31%

127Fairfax, VAVA26,7725.4+92%

128Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3935.4+39%

129Falls Church, VAVA15,1595.5+58%

130Charlottesville, VAVA44,3885.5+45%

131Alexandria, VAVA160,6625.6+55%

132Williamsburg, VAVA15,8615.6+15%

133Arlington County, VAVA243,9316.0+61%

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