State or territory · Census 2020–2024

Median rent and rent burden in Virginia

Median monthly gross rent: $1,579
Rent burden · 30% or more: 48.5%
Severe burden · 50% or more: 24.1%

Burden figures cover an estimated 1,025,785 renter households with a computed rent-to-income ratio.

How much income would keep this rent at 30%?

The area’s median gross rent would equal 30% of an annual household income of $63,160. The calculation multiplies monthly rent by 12 and divides by 0.30.

Compare with broader areas

Same-period Census estimates
Area	Median gross rent ± margin	Rent burden	Severe burden
Virginia	$1,579 ± $8	48.5%	24.1%
United States	$1,413 ± $2	51.1%	25.9%

Browse counties in Virginia

Accomack County$977 median gross rent · 40.8% rent burden
Albemarle County$1,692 median gross rent · 49.9% rent burden
Alexandria city$2,089 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Alleghany County$765 median gross rent · 43.2% rent burden
Amelia County$1,164 median gross rent · 43.4% rent burden
Amherst County$871 median gross rent · 41.9% rent burden
Appomattox County$855 median gross rent · 32.6% rent burden
Arlington County$2,322 median gross rent · 40.1% rent burden
Augusta County$1,136 median gross rent · 44.1% rent burden
Bath County$736 median gross rent · 25.5% rent burden
Bedford County$952 median gross rent · 44.9% rent burden
Botetourt County$1,035 median gross rent · 32.9% rent burden
Bristol city$801 median gross rent · 41.2% rent burden
Brunswick County$834 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Buchanan County$743 median gross rent · 66.5% rent burden
Buckingham County$927 median gross rent · 47.2% rent burden
Buena Vista city$1,112 median gross rent · 49.2% rent burden
Campbell County$891 median gross rent · 33.8% rent burden
Caroline County$1,293 median gross rent · 47.5% rent burden
Carroll County$738 median gross rent · 35.1% rent burden
Charles City County$1,099 median gross rent · 44% rent burden
Charlotte County$732 median gross rent · 51.3% rent burden
Charlottesville city$1,540 median gross rent · 55.5% rent burden
Chesapeake city$1,586 median gross rent · 57% rent burden
Chesterfield County$1,629 median gross rent · 52.2% rent burden
Clarke County$1,371 median gross rent · 67.5% rent burden
Colonial Heights city$1,234 median gross rent · 55.5% rent burden
Covington city$794 median gross rent · 46.8% rent burden
Culpeper County$1,423 median gross rent · 45.8% rent burden
Cumberland County$877 median gross rent · 26.9% rent burden
Danville city$836 median gross rent · 44.6% rent burden
Dickenson County$738 median gross rent · 48.2% rent burden
Dinwiddie County$1,224 median gross rent · 43.1% rent burden
Emporia city$1,037 median gross rent · 47.3% rent burden
Essex County$972 median gross rent · 52.9% rent burden
Fairfax city$2,245 median gross rent · 51.1% rent burden
Fairfax County$2,276 median gross rent · 45.5% rent burden
Falls Church city$2,190 median gross rent · 43.2% rent burden
Fauquier County$1,613 median gross rent · 40.2% rent burden
Floyd County$878 median gross rent · 37.6% rent burden
Fluvanna County$1,204 median gross rent · 39.7% rent burden
Franklin city$988 median gross rent · 53.8% rent burden
Franklin County$829 median gross rent · 31.3% rent burden
Frederick County$1,507 median gross rent · 44.2% rent burden
Fredericksburg city$1,619 median gross rent · 48.8% rent burden
Galax city$743 median gross rent · 51.1% rent burden
Giles County$789 median gross rent · 32.2% rent burden
Gloucester County$1,096 median gross rent · 37.7% rent burden
Goochland County$1,614 median gross rent · 33.7% rent burden
Grayson County$765 median gross rent · 52.4% rent burden
Greene County$1,309 median gross rent · 32.9% rent burden
Greensville County$969 median gross rent · 48.1% rent burden
Halifax County$790 median gross rent · 50.4% rent burden
Hampton city$1,427 median gross rent · 57.3% rent burden
Hanover County$1,591 median gross rent · 44.5% rent burden
Harrisonburg city$1,184 median gross rent · 46.4% rent burden
Henrico County$1,541 median gross rent · 51.6% rent burden
Henry County$728 median gross rent · 47.6% rent burden
Hopewell city$1,106 median gross rent · 53.4% rent burden
Isle of Wight County$1,359 median gross rent · 43.1% rent burden
James City County$1,552 median gross rent · 55.3% rent burden
King and Queen County$1,004 median gross rent · 46.3% rent burden
King George County$1,428 median gross rent · 47.1% rent burden
King William County$1,166 median gross rent · 72.4% rent burden
Lancaster County$1,033 median gross rent · 37.8% rent burden
Lee County$738 median gross rent · 56.2% rent burden
Lexington city$1,081 median gross rent · 47.3% rent burden
Loudoun County$2,386 median gross rent · 44.1% rent burden
Louisa County$1,220 median gross rent · 56.6% rent burden
Lunenburg County$742 median gross rent · 33.2% rent burden
Lynchburg city$1,073 median gross rent · 51.6% rent burden
Madison County$1,166 median gross rent · 39.2% rent burden
Manassas city$1,850 median gross rent · 52.2% rent burden
Manassas Park city$2,146 median gross rent · 50.2% rent burden
Martinsville city$808 median gross rent · 39.7% rent burden
Mathews County$1,032 median gross rent · 42% rent burden
Mecklenburg County$823 median gross rent · 43.2% rent burden
Montgomery County$1,240 median gross rent · 52.2% rent burden
Nelson County$946 median gross rent · 40.1% rent burden
New Kent County$1,721 median gross rent · 38.9% rent burden
Newport News city$1,339 median gross rent · 51.1% rent burden
Norfolk city$1,321 median gross rent · 54.9% rent burden
Northampton County$829 median gross rent · 39% rent burden
Norton city$692 median gross rent · 41.4% rent burden
Nottoway County$972 median gross rent · 47% rent burden
Orange County$1,205 median gross rent · 39.4% rent burden
Page County$879 median gross rent · 39.5% rent burden
Patrick County$716 median gross rent · 43.3% rent burden
Petersburg city$1,174 median gross rent · 51.1% rent burden
Pittsylvania County$861 median gross rent · 48% rent burden
Poquoson city$1,707 median gross rent · 66.4% rent burden
Portsmouth city$1,300 median gross rent · 59.7% rent burden
Powhatan County$1,168 median gross rent · 44.3% rent burden
Prince Edward County$931 median gross rent · 52.8% rent burden
Prince George County$1,594 median gross rent · 44.8% rent burden
Prince William County$2,067 median gross rent · 50.9% rent burden
Pulaski County$813 median gross rent · 42.5% rent burden
Radford city$1,033 median gross rent · 54.6% rent burden
Rappahannock County$1,290 median gross rent · 37.2% rent burden
Richmond city$1,372 median gross rent · 52% rent burden
Richmond County$1,067 median gross rent · 29.3% rent burden
Roanoke city$996 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Roanoke County$1,224 median gross rent · 42.3% rent burden
Rockbridge County$925 median gross rent · 42.6% rent burden
Rockingham County$1,160 median gross rent · 43.2% rent burden
Russell County$653 median gross rent · 36.7% rent burden
Salem city$1,133 median gross rent · 50.8% rent burden
Scott County$699 median gross rent · 50.6% rent burden
Shenandoah County$984 median gross rent · 35.9% rent burden
Smyth County$731 median gross rent · 44.5% rent burden
Southampton County$930 median gross rent · 46.1% rent burden
Spotsylvania County$1,779 median gross rent · 52.4% rent burden
Stafford County$2,020 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Staunton city$1,024 median gross rent · 45.6% rent burden
Suffolk city$1,563 median gross rent · 57% rent burden
Surry County$983 median gross rent · 43.5% rent burden
Sussex County$907 median gross rent · 56.3% rent burden
Tazewell County$795 median gross rent · 43.1% rent burden
Virginia Beach city$1,714 median gross rent · 54.6% rent burden
Warren County$1,199 median gross rent · 42.2% rent burden
Washington County$854 median gross rent · 30.4% rent burden
Waynesboro city$1,020 median gross rent · 46.4% rent burden
Westmoreland County$1,018 median gross rent · 43.7% rent burden
Williamsburg city$1,407 median gross rent · 63.3% rent burden
Winchester city$1,315 median gross rent · 55.4% rent burden
Wise County$790 median gross rent · 35.3% rent burden
Wythe County$764 median gross rent · 49.8% rent burden
York County$1,827 median gross rent · 49.5% rent burden

Data and definitions

How to read the estimates

The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey five-year release provides these survey estimates. America.co matched Census rent tables by geography ID and used the Gazetteer’s representative points to calculate straight-line distance.

Gross rent includes contract rent and utilities or fuels paid separately. The median describes cash-rent homes surveyed during this period.
Rent burden means gross rent was at least 30% of household income. Severe rent burden means at least 50%. Both shares use only cash-rent households for which Census could compute the ratio.
Margins use the Census 90% confidence level. The rent margin is published by Census. The burden margins are approximate and combine the published category margins using the Census sum and proportion formulas. County and ZIP-area pages require at least 100 estimated households with a computed ratio, a rent margin at most 35% of the estimate, and a rent-burden margin of 20 percentage points or less.
ZIP areas are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. A mailing ZIP can differ or have no corresponding Census area. Distances are straight-line distances between representative points.

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