Home values, rents and more in Amherst County, VA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Amherst County, VA compares
The typical home in Amherst County, VA is worth about $262,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Amherst County, VA are 9% below the typical value in the Lynchburg metro area ($288,000) and 28% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Amherst County, VA rose 1.9%, compared with +2.9% in the Lynchburg metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $996 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 23% below the Lynchburg metro area ($1,288) and 48% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $68,724, against $68,996 in the Lynchburg metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 31,962 people live in Amherst County, VA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Amherst County, VA has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 5 counties in the Lynchburg metro area and the 47th-lowest of 133 in Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lynchburg 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.