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The median home value in Newport News, VA is $296,438 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.58% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$296,438
Year-over-Year
+2.58%
Population
183,563
Newport News ranks #37 of 62 Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 10.6% below the state's city median of $331,461. It sits in Newport News City, where the county-wide median is $295,885.
Median household income in Newport News is $69,634, so the typical home value is about 4.3× 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).
Newport News police recorded a violent crime rate of 736 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,416 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 Newport News, that value is $296,438. That's up 2.58% from a year earlier. It is about 10.6% below the typical Virginia city tracked here.
Homes in Newport News are more expensive than Newport News City as a whole, where the median is $295,885 — a difference of about 0.2%.
Median household income here is $69,634, so the typical home value is about 4.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Newport News police reported 736 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 183,563. 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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