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The median home value in Essex County, VA is $300,728 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.98% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$300,728
Year-over-Year
+1.98%
National Rank
#943 of 3071
Essex County ranks 70th out of 133 counties in VA by median home price, and is +28.3% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within VA, the typical county has a median home value of $312,612, making Essex County -3.8% below the VA state median.
Households here earn a median of $56,520 a year against a typical home value of $300,728 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.3×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 88% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Essex County is $300,728. That's up 1.98% from a year earlier. That is about 28.3% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Essex County the 70th most expensive of 133 counties in Virginia.
Median household income here is $56,520, so a typical home costs about 5.3× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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