Home values, rents and more in the Charlottesville metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Charlottesville metro compares
The typical home in the Charlottesville metro area is worth about $464,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Charlottesville metro are 13% above the typical value in Virginia ($412,000) and 27% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Charlottesville metro rose 1.3%, compared with +2.1% in Virginia and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,040 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Virginia ($2,041) and 6% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $93,598, against $93,170 in Virginia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 228,597 people live in the Charlottesville metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Charlottesville metro has the 98th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 12 in Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Virginia
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Charlottesville metro
Cities in the Charlottesville metro
- Charlottesville, VA $511,000
- Crozet, VA $586,000
- Nellysford, VA $599,000
- Ruckersville, VA $397,000
- Earlysville, VA $650,000
- Arrington, VA $241,000
- Esmont, VA $278,000
- Stanardsville, VA $338,000
- Wintergreen, VA $444,000
- Scottsville, VA $339,000
- North Garden, VA $505,000
- Shipman, VA $249,000
- Lovingston, VA $319,000
- Keswick, VA $862,000
- Afton, VA $479,000
- Schuyler, VA $290,000
- Palmyra, VA $375,000
- Free Union, VA $580,000
- Columbia, VA $333,000
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.