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The median home value in Buena Vista, VA is $202,828 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.58% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$202,828
Year-over-Year
+4.58%
Population
6,598
Buena Vista ranks #52 of 62 Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 38.8% below the state's city median of $331,461. It sits in Rockbridge County, where the county-wide median is $342,756.
Median household income in Buena Vista is $57,833, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Buena Vista police recorded a violent crime rate of 46 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 333 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Buena Vista, that value is $202,828. That's up 4.58% from a year earlier. It is about 38.8% below the typical Virginia city tracked here.
Homes in Buena Vista are cheaper than Rockbridge County as a whole, where the median is $342,756 — a difference of about 40.8%.
Median household income here is $57,833, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Buena Vista police reported 46 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,598. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.