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The median home value in Portsmouth, VA is $269,555 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.29% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$269,555
Year-over-Year
+1.29%
Population
97,156
Portsmouth ranks #43 of 62 Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 18.7% below the state's city median of $331,461. It sits in Portsmouth City, where the county-wide median is $269,515.
Median household income in Portsmouth is $60,491, so the typical home value is about 4.5× 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).
Portsmouth police recorded a violent crime rate of 752 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,861 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 Portsmouth, that value is $269,555. That's up 1.29% from a year earlier. It is about 18.7% below the typical Virginia city tracked here.
Homes in Portsmouth are about the same as Portsmouth City as a whole, where the median is $269,515.
Median household income here is $60,491, so the typical home value is about 4.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Portsmouth police reported 752 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 97,156. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.