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The median home value in Amherst County, VA is $266,770 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.56% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$266,770
Year-over-Year
+1.56%
National Rank
#1214 of 3071
Amherst County ranks 86th out of 133 counties in VA by median home price, and is +13.8% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within VA, the typical county has a median home value of $312,612, making Amherst County -14.7% below the VA state median.
Households here earn a median of $68,724 a year against a typical home value of $266,770 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.9×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 59% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Amherst County is $266,770. That's up 1.56% from a year earlier. That is about 13.8% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Amherst County the 86th most expensive of 133 counties in Virginia.
Median household income here is $68,724, so a typical home costs about 3.9× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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