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Median Home Price in Hampton, VA

The median home value in Hampton, VA is $279,178, up 2.53% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$279,178

Year-over-Year

+2.53%

Population

138,100

Home value history

The typical home value was unchanged, from $279,195 in May 2026 to $279,178 in Sep 2026.

Hampton, VA typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

Hampton, VA monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$279,195+0.2%
Jun 2026$283,362+0.7%
Jul 2026$282,594+1.2%
Aug 2026$282,439+2.0%
Sep 2026$279,178+2.5%

Hampton ranks #40 of 61 Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 12.0% below the state's city median of $317,266. It sits in Hampton City, where the county-wide median is $279,270.

Housing affordability in Hampton

Median household income in Hampton is $69,621, so the typical home value is about 4.0× 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).

Crime in Hampton

Hampton police recorded a violent crime rate of 248 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,882 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Hampton

What is the average home price in Hampton, VA?

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 Hampton, that value is $279,178. That's up 2.53% from a year earlier. It is about 12.0% below the typical Virginia city tracked here.

Is Hampton expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Hampton are about the same as Hampton City as a whole, where the median is $279,270.

Is Hampton affordable?

Median household income here is $69,621, so the typical home value is about 4.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Hampton a safe place to live?

Hampton police reported 248 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 138,100. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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