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Housing costs in Arlington 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 | $2,322 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,275 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,227 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $2,094 | ± $26 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $895,000 | ± $16,854 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $864,800 | ± $16,089 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $833,300 | ± $13,595 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $755,800 | ± $13,149 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.5 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.1 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.6 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.3 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Arlington County is $2,322, 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.