housing costs · Virginia
Housing costs in Staunton 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 | $1,024 | ± $69 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $993 | ± $62 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $984 | ± $48 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $897 | ± $47 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $259,200 | ± $11,843 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $239,300 | ± $12,445 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $219,500 | ± $9,810 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $179,900 | ± $13,856 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.0 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.5 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.6 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.1 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Staunton city is $1,024, 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.
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