The story of this market
The typical home in Alleghany County, Virginia sells for about $173,000, or $115 per square foot.
Prices are up +15.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 59 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 72% since 2000. Last year 5 of 5 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $943 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $943 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2006 (+12.2%). Worst: 2018 (-3.6%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.6%
VA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,246
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 5 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
72
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $10,796,529.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
76.4%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 468 | 238 | 76.4% | 4.4% | $145,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Alleghany County, Virginia
Alleghany County is experiencing significant price appreciation with a 15.7% year-over-year increase in median home prices. The market remains relatively small with limited inventory, driving competitive conditions for available properties.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 6.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.08% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 11.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 5 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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researched Sep 16
researched Sep 17
researched Sep 20
researched Sep 20
| 24422 | Clifton Forge | $149,000 | $85 | 0% | 52 | — | — | — | 35 | $678 | researched Sep 16 |
| 24426 | Covington | $161,750 | $120 | -8.9% | 59 | — | — | — | 114 | $793 | researched Sep 16 |
| 24448 | Iron Gate | $117,975 | $85 | +4.4% | 50 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.2 | 12 | $715 | researched Sep 17 |
| 24457 | Low Moor | $179,900 | $115 | -53.3% | 50 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.5 | 55 | $950 | researched Sep 20 |
| 24474 | Selma | $325,000 | $206 | +12% | 41 | — | — | — | 223 | $943 | researched Sep 20 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county faces a major flood risk factor according to recent environmental assessments.
The Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Corporation actively markets the region to businesses for relocation and expansion.
The local economy is supported by the Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Corporation which focuses on regional business growth.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter and QuickFacts