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Comparing Chesapeake vs Alexandria vs Manassas vs Fairfax

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Headline numbers

Chesapeake

VA

$2,031

YoY change
+7.0%
Vacancy
3.8%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
25.6%

Alexandria

VA

$2,241

YoY change
-0.3%
Vacancy
4.1%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
57.9%

Manassas

VA

$2,153

YoY change
+2.8%
Vacancy
2.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
28.5%

Fairfax

VA

$2,347

YoY change
-2.0%
Vacancy
0.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
30.1%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Chesapeake vs Alexandria vs Manassas vs Fairfax

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric ChesapeakeAlexandriaManassasFairfax
Median household income $95,373$119,681$113,590$132,348
Median age 37.937.734.836.6
Renter household share 25.6%57.9%28.5%30.1%
YoY rent change +7.0%-0.3%+2.8%-2.0%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.