housing costs · Virginia
Housing costs in Amherst County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $871 | ± $71 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $842 | ± $38 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $811 | ± $51 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $752 | ± $43 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $212,400 | ± $9,118 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $197,200 | ± $6,236 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $181,600 | ± $6,857 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $163,800 | ± $4,667 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.0 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.5 % | ± 4.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.0 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.3 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Amherst County is $871, below 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.