Typical Cost of a House in Nelson County, Virginia
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The median home value in Nelson County is $321,700, measured over 2020–2024. That is 16.2% below the Virginia median of $383,700. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$321,700
2020–2024, give or take $32,228
Against Virginia
−16.2%
BelowVirginia $383,700
Against the U.S.
−3.3%
BelowU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in Nelson County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with Virginia as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$1,701a month
−20.0%Virginia $2,127
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$946a month
−40.1%Virginia $1,579
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Nelson County sits among Virginia's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. Nelson County is the 46th highest of 133.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Nelson County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $32,228 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Nelson County, Virginia?
- The median home value in Nelson County, Virginia is $321,700, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Nelson County, Virginia?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $321,700 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Nelson County, Virginia?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Nelson County, Virginia pay a median of $1,701 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in Nelson County, Virginia?
- Median gross rent in Nelson County, Virginia is $946 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in Nelson County, Virginia expensive compared with other places?
- Nelson County has the 46th highest median home value of the 133 counties in Virginia with a published figure, 16.2% below the Virginia median of $383,700.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in Virginia
The percentage compares each county with the Virginia median.
- Accomack County−46.8%$204,300
- Albemarle County+29.1%$495,400
- Alexandria city+91.6%$735,100
- Alleghany County−67.2%$125,800
- Amelia County−26.4%$282,400
- Amherst County−44.6%$212,400
- Appomattox County−45.9%$207,600
- Arlington County+133.3%$895,000
- Augusta County−20.2%$306,100
- Bath County−46.1%$206,700
- Bedford County−22.5%$297,400
- Bland County−60.4%$152,100
- Botetourt County−24.6%$289,200
- Bristol city−52.0%$184,100
- Brunswick County−62.8%$142,700
- Buchanan County−75.3%$94,900
- Buckingham County−54.8%$173,400
- Buena Vista city−59.3%$156,200
- Campbell County−44.9%$211,600
- Caroline County−19.8%$307,700
- Carroll County−59.2%$156,500
- Charles City County−37.1%$241,400
- Charlotte County−62.4%$144,100
- Charlottesville city+26.8%$486,700
- Chesapeake city−1.4%$378,400
- Chesterfield County−4.6%$366,000
- Clarke County+43.4%$550,100
- Colonial Heights city−35.7%$246,600
- Covington city−78.2%$83,500
- Craig County−50.7%$189,000
- Culpeper County+6.6%$409,200
- Cumberland County−37.6%$239,300
- Danville city−69.0%$119,100
- Dickenson County−73.2%$102,700
- Dinwiddie County−32.8%$257,800
- Emporia city−61.3%$148,500
- Essex County−37.9%$238,100
- Fairfax city+88.3%$722,600
- Fairfax County+91.0%$732,800
- Falls Church city+175.1%$1,055,600
- Fauquier County+49.5%$573,700
- Floyd County−41.3%$225,400
- Fluvanna County−18.1%$314,100
- Franklin city−33.1%$256,600
- Franklin County−37.3%$240,400
- Frederick County+0.6%$386,000
- Fredericksburg city+26.1%$483,700
- Galax city−63.2%$141,300
- Giles County−60.6%$151,100
- Gloucester County−13.7%$331,000
- Goochland County+30.5%$500,600
- Grayson County−60.9%$150,100
- Greene County−10.5%$343,300
- Greensville County−58.5%$159,400
- Halifax County−59.4%$155,700
- Hampton city−36.0%$245,700
- Hanover County+4.4%$400,400
- Harrisonburg city−22.0%$299,100
- Henrico County−6.4%$359,200
- Henry County−64.9%$134,800
- Highland County−47.9%$200,000
- Hopewell city−52.7%$181,600
- Isle of Wight County−7.1%$356,500
- James City County+16.5%$447,200
- King and Queen County−39.6%$231,600
- King George County+11.6%$428,300
- King William County−17.7%$315,700
- Lancaster County−14.8%$327,000
- Lee County−74.2%$98,900
- Lexington city−28.3%$275,200
- Loudoun County+93.8%$743,800
- Louisa County−17.8%$315,300
- Lunenburg County−60.9%$150,100
- Lynchburg city−40.1%$229,800
- Madison County−3.5%$370,300
- Manassas city+17.3%$449,900
- Manassas Park city+3.2%$395,900
- Martinsville city−74.4%$98,400
- Mathews County−5.9%$360,900
- Mecklenburg County−49.8%$192,600
- Middlesex County−8.2%$352,200
- Montgomery County−20.6%$304,600
- New Kent County+2.6%$393,600
- Newport News city−32.1%$260,600
- Norfolk city−24.4%$289,900
- Northampton County−17.6%$316,200
- Northumberland County−9.6%$346,800
- Norton city−71.3%$110,000
- Nottoway County−56.3%$167,500
- Orange County−5.1%$364,200
- Page County−39.2%$233,200
- Patrick County−60.0%$153,400
- Petersburg city−50.7%$189,000
- Pittsylvania County−57.9%$161,400
- Poquoson city+4.3%$400,300
- Portsmouth city−35.7%$246,900
- Powhatan County+8.4%$416,000
- Prince Edward County−43.5%$216,600
- Prince George County−23.5%$293,400
- Prince William County+38.2%$530,100
- Pulaski County−50.0%$191,700
- Radford city−42.5%$220,700
- Rappahannock County+32.0%$506,400
- Richmond city−8.0%$353,000
- Richmond County−39.7%$231,500
- Roanoke city−50.4%$190,500
- Roanoke County−25.5%$286,000
- Rockbridge County−35.2%$248,800
- Rockingham County−18.4%$313,000
- Russell County−68.6%$120,600
- Salem city−32.6%$258,600
- Scott County−62.7%$143,000
- Shenandoah County−23.1%$294,900
- Smyth County−63.6%$139,600
- Southampton County−43.7%$216,200
- Spotsylvania County+5.5%$404,900
- Stafford County+26.4%$485,100
- Staunton city−32.4%$259,200
- Suffolk city−9.5%$347,400
- Surry County−37.8%$238,800
- Sussex County−52.1%$183,800
- Tazewell County−69.2%$118,300
- Virginia Beach city−0.3%$382,500
- Warren County−9.2%$348,400
- Washington County−44.2%$214,000
- Waynesboro city−36.0%$245,500
- Westmoreland County−29.7%$269,600
- Williamsburg city+11.6%$428,100
- Winchester city−10.6%$343,000
- Wise County−69.1%$118,600
- Wythe County−55.4%$171,200
- York County+12.9%$433,200