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Housing costs in Emporia city

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

FIPS 51595SOURCE: Census ACSEvery figure source-linked

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Median gross rent

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$1,037± $98evidence →
2019–2023$1,060± $74evidence →
2018–2022$960± $112evidence →
2017–2021$841± $147evidence →

Median home value

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$148,500± $21,557evidence →
2019–2023$131,100± $15,007evidence →
2018–2022$129,400± $23,148evidence →
2017–2021$104,500± $38,851evidence →

Rent as share of income

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–202428.8 %± 6.3 %evidence →
2019–202328.4 %± 7.1 %evidence →
2018–202229.3 %± 11.2 %evidence →
2017–202128.4 %± 7.5 %evidence →

In context

Median rent in Emporia city is $1,037, 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.

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