What is the median rent in Dranesville, VA?

Name: Median rent in Dranesville, VA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Dranesville, VA is $3,187 (±$195) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 236 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Dranesville, the median gross rent went from $2,901 in 2015–2019 to $3,187 in 2020–2024 (+9.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $3,187 (±$195)
Rented homes: 236 (±83)
$2,000 or more: 92.4%
Since 2015–2019: +9.9%

How much rent costs in Dranesville

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Dranesville	Fairfax County	Virginia	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±15.5 points)	2.2%	5.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±15.5 points)	2.4%	16.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±15.5 points)	6.3%	25.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	7.6% (±8.5 points)	21.9%	24.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	16.1% (±11.2 points)	31.2%	15.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	11.9% (±16.2 points)	17.7%	6.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	64.4% (±17.4 points)	18.3%	7.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 64.4% of renting households.

92.4% of rented homes in Dranesville cost $2,000 or more a month.

Dranesville against Fairfax County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Dranesville	Fairfax County	Virginia	United States
Median gross rent	$3,187 (±$195)	$2,276 (±$15)	$1,579 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	236 (±83)	126,406 (±2,242)	1,045,770 (±8,216)	42,849,984

In Dranesville, median gross rent is higher than in Fairfax County ($2,276).

It is also higher than in Virginia ($1,579).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Fairfax County, Dranesville ranks 13 of 66 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 14 of 428.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Dranesville has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$2,901 (±$243)	$3,187 (±$195)	+9.9%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	5.0% (±1.5 points)	6.9% (±2.3 points)	+1.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	14.7% (±19.2 points)	4.4% (±6.5 points)	−10.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Dranesville

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Dranesville
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Dranesville	—	$3,187 (±$195)	—
Sterling	2.0 mi	$2,138 (±$227)	Lower
Herndon	2.0 mi	$2,259 (±$80)	Lower
Sugarland Run	2.5 mi	$2,685 (±$110)	Lower
Oak Grove	2.6 mi	$2,519 (±$716)	Not measurably different
Dulles Town Center	3.0 mi	$2,393 (±$316)	Lower
Hutchison	3.2 mi	$2,388 (±$99)	Lower
Reston	3.5 mi	$2,231 (±$54)	Lower
Cascades	3.6 mi	$2,657 (±$138)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Sterling, VA ($2,138), Herndon, VA ($2,259), Sugarland Run, VA ($2,685).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Fairfax County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1 (tie)	Wolf Trap	$3,500 or more
8	McLean	$3,422 (±$246)
9	Bull Run (Fairfax County)	$3,293 (±$131)
10	Floris	$3,258 (±$145)
11	Kings Park	$3,239 (±$849)
12	Fort Belvoir	$3,236 (±$74)
13	Dranesville	$3,187 (±$195)
14	Hayfield	$3,114 (±$570)
15	Difficult Run	$3,066 (±$1,188)
16	Burke	$2,894 (±$119)
17	Newington	$2,805 (±$161)
18	Fairfax Station	$2,794 (±$126)
19	Springfield	$2,656 (±$189)

Showing 13 of 66 places in Fairfax County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Dranesville is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Dranesville

What is the average rent in Dranesville, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Dranesville is $3,187 (±$195) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Dranesville?

In Dranesville, the median gross rent went from $2,901 in 2015–2019 to $3,187 in 2020–2024 (+9.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

How many rentals in Dranesville cost more than $2,000 a month?

92.4% of rented homes in Dranesville have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Dranesville higher than in Fairfax County?

In Dranesville, median gross rent is higher than in Fairfax County ($2,276).

It is also higher than in Virginia ($1,579).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Dranesville CDP, Virginia (place:23392, in state:51).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.