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Home values, rents and more in Bedford County, VA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$352,000
Metro: $288,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.2%
Metro: +2.9% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,534/mo
Metro: $1,288 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+4.5%
Metro: +3.2% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
83,059
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$78,937
Metro: $68,996 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Bedford County, VA, shaded by typical home valueBedfordPittsylvaniaHalifaxFranklinRockbridgeBotetourtCampbellAmherstNelsonPatrickAlleghanyHenryMontgomeryFloyd
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Counties around Bedford County, VA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Bedford County, VA is outlined.

How Bedford County, VA compares

The typical home in Bedford County, VA is worth about $352,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bedford County, VA are 22% above the typical value in the Lynchburg metro area ($288,000) and 4% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Bedford County, VA rose 4.2%, compared with +2.9% in the Lynchburg metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,534 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 19% above the Lynchburg metro area ($1,288) and 21% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.5% over the past year.

The median household income is $78,937, against $68,996 in the Lynchburg metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 83,059 people live in Bedford County, VA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Bedford County, VA has the highest typical home value of the 5 counties in the Lynchburg metro area and the 55th-highest 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.

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