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Housing costs in Alexandria city

What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.

FIPS 51510SOURCE: Census ACSEvery figure source-linked

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Median gross rent

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$2,089± $32evidence →
2019–2023$2,031± $33evidence →
2018–2022$1,983± $29evidence →
2017–2021$1,848± $23evidence →

Median home value

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$735,100± $22,247evidence →
2019–2023$696,800± $19,332evidence →
2018–2022$655,700± $21,059evidence →
2017–2021$579,100± $17,328evidence →

Rent as share of income

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–202428.3 %± 0.8 %evidence →
2019–202328.3 %± 0.6 %evidence →
2018–202228.0 %± 0.8 %evidence →
2017–202127.8 %± 0.6 %evidence →

In context

Median rent in Alexandria city is $2,089, above the Virginia median of $1,059 across 133 counties (2020–2024).

American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.

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