housing costs · Virginia
Housing costs in Lancaster 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 | $1,033 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $978 | ± $160 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $959 | ± $196 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $890 | ± $86 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $327,000 | ± $24,655 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $307,600 | ± $28,991 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $292,300 | ± $27,603 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $241,400 | ± $23,006 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.5 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.3 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.0 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.2 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lancaster County is $1,033, 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.