Home values, rents and more in the Blacksburg metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Blacksburg metro compares
The typical home in the Blacksburg metro area is worth about $287,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Blacksburg metro are 30% below the typical value in Virginia ($412,000) and 22% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Blacksburg metro rose 3.3%, compared with +2.1% in Virginia and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,659 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 19% below Virginia ($2,041) and 14% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,839, against $93,170 in Virginia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 181,616 people live in the Blacksburg metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Blacksburg metro has the 370th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-lowest of 12 in Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Virginia
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Blacksburg metro
Cities in the Blacksburg metro
- Blacksburg, VA $413,000
- Christiansburg, VA $304,000
- Radford, VA $272,000
- Pulaski, VA $177,000
- Pearisburg, VA $220,000
- Dublin, VA $252,000
- Narrows, VA $170,000
- Shawsville, VA $236,000
- Riner, VA $343,000
- Pembroke, VA $222,000
- Elliston, VA $244,000
- Rich Creek, VA $163,000
- Floyd, VA $303,000
- Draper, VA $248,000
- Ripplemead, VA $194,000
- Hiwassee, VA $223,000
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.