Home values, rents and more in Roanoke city, VA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Roanoke city, VA compares
The typical home in Roanoke city, VA is worth about $220,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Roanoke city, VA are 26% below the typical value in the Roanoke metro area ($298,000) and 40% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Roanoke city, VA rose 0.6%, compared with +3.2% in the Roanoke metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,280 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below the Roanoke metro area ($1,400) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $55,378, against $68,761 in the Roanoke metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 99,111 people live in Roanoke city, VA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Roanoke city, VA has the lowest typical home value of the 6 counties in the Roanoke metro area and the 37th-lowest of 133 in Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Roanoke 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.