Home values, rents and more in Alexandria, VA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Alexandria compares
The typical home in Alexandria, VA is worth about $663,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Alexandria are 16% above the typical value in the Washington metro area ($570,000) and 1.8 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Alexandria rose 1.0%, compared with +0.2% in the Washington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,275 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below the Washington metro area ($2,407) and 18% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents fell 0.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $119,681, against $126,684 in the Washington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 156,976 people live in Alexandria (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Alexandria has the 50th-highest typical home value of the 157 cities in the Washington metro area and the 37th-highest of 382 in Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Alexandria city, VA · Washington metro area · Virginia
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.