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Housing costs in Roanoke County

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

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Median gross rent

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$1,224± $52evidence →
2019–2023$1,148± $42evidence →
2018–2022$1,116± $40evidence →
2017–2021$1,029± $40evidence →

Median home value

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$286,000± $5,167evidence →
2019–2023$267,300± $4,966evidence →
2018–2022$245,800± $4,561evidence →
2017–2021$215,800± $4,866evidence →

Rent as share of income

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–202427.1 %± 1.7 %evidence →
2019–202326.4 %± 1.9 %evidence →
2018–202227.3 %± 1.7 %evidence →
2017–202127.5 %± 2.0 %evidence →

In context

Median rent in Roanoke County is $1,224, 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.