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Housing costs in Nelson 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 | $946 | ± $40 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $950 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $921 | ± $85 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $858 | ± $75 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $321,700 | ± $32,228 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $283,000 | ± $27,091 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $275,100 | ± $26,469 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $243,900 | ± $21,514 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.6 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.9 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.6 % | ± 4.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.0 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Nelson County is $946, 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.