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State data • Updated March 2026

Virginia rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Virginia cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Virginia at a glance

$1,765Median city rent (ZORI)
3.7%Unemployment
3,735Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Virginia cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Round Hill $3,200
Vienna $3,074 +2.0%
Dumfries $2,639 +3.4%
Falls Church $2,421 -1.3%
Poquoson $2,375
Herndon $2,353 +0.0%
Fairfax $2,347 -2.0%
Leesburg $2,273 +0.4%
Alexandria $2,241 -0.3%
Belle Haven $2,225 -3.5%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Lynchburg $1,289 +3.6%
Roanoke $1,353 +4.3%
Hampton $1,593 +5.1%
Portsmouth $1,604 +4.7%
Newport News $1,607 +8.4%
Richmond $1,622 +3.8%
Norfolk $1,736 +6.2%
Harrisonburg $1,739 +4.9%
Suffolk $1,915 +7.2%
Virginia Beach $1,973 +5.7%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Virginia cities

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

Compare cities in Virginia

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