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Housing costs in Smyth 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 | $731 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $692 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $691 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $630 | ± $16 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $139,600 | ± $10,003 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $125,800 | ± $9,832 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $120,600 | ± $6,711 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $108,100 | ± $5,525 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.8 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.8 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.7 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.8 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Smyth County is $731, 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.