Home values, rents and more in Portsmouth, VA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Portsmouth compares
The typical home in Portsmouth, VA is worth about $267,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Portsmouth are 28% below the typical value in the Virginia Beach metro area ($371,000) and 27% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Portsmouth rose 2.5%, compared with +2.9% in the Virginia Beach metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,642 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 13% below the Virginia Beach metro area ($1,886) and 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,491, against $82,330 in the Virginia Beach metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 97,190 people live in Portsmouth (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Portsmouth has the 4th-lowest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Virginia Beach metro area and the 155th-lowest of 382 in Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Portsmouth city, VA · Virginia Beach 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.