housing costs · Virginia
Housing costs in Petersburg city
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 | $1,174 | ± $44 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,132 | ± $38 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,082 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,023 | ± $35 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $189,000 | ± $18,119 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $157,900 | ± $14,966 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $147,200 | ± $10,217 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $119,200 | ± $6,733 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.7 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.0 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.1 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.9 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Petersburg city is $1,174, 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.
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