What is the median rent in Lowes Island, VA?

The median gross rent in Lowes Island, VA is $2,840 (±$263) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 389 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Lowes Island, the median gross rent went from $2,351 in 2015–2019 to $2,840 in 2020–2024 (+20.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$2,840 (±$263)
Rented homes
389 (±152)
$2,000 or more
78.9%
Since 2015–2019
+20.8%

How much rent costs in Lowes Island

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentLowes IslandLoudoun CountyVirginiaUnited States
Less than $5000.0% (±9.8 points)0.9%5.0%6.3%
$500 to $9990.0% (±9.8 points)2.8%16.1%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,4990.0% (±9.8 points)6.0%25.0%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,99921.1% (±21.9 points)19.7%24.4%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4994.1% (±6.4 points)26.8%15.5%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,99936.5% (±20.4 points)21.4%6.9%5.5%
$3,000 or more38.3% (±19.8 points)22.4%7.0%6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 38.3% of renting households.

78.9% of rented homes in Lowes Island cost $2,000 or more a month.

Lowes Island against Loudoun County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Lowes IslandLoudoun CountyVirginiaUnited States
Median gross rent$2,840 (±$263)$2,386 (±$44)$1,579 (±$8)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent389 (±152)30,594 (±1,153)1,045,770 (±8,216)42,849,984

In Lowes Island, median gross rent is higher than in Loudoun County ($2,386).

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

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

In Loudoun County, Lowes Island ranks 5 of 27 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 21 of 428.

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

How rent in Lowes Island has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$2,351 (±$345)$2,840 (±$263)+20.8%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent6.8% (±2.6 points)10.7% (±3.9 points)+3.9 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate0.0% (±13.8 points)12.9% (±13.5 points)+12.9 percentage pointsNot 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 Lowes Island

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lowes Island
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Lowes Island—$2,840 (±$263)—
Sugarland Run1.3 mi$2,685 (±$110)Not measurably different
Cascades1.7 mi$2,657 (±$138)Not measurably different
Countryside3.1 mi$2,234 (±$124)Lower
Darnestown3.6 mi$3,500 or more—
Dulles Town Center3.6 mi$2,393 (±$316)Lower
Dranesville3.7 mi$3,187 (±$195)Higher
Great Falls3.8 mi$3,500 or more—
Sterling4.1 mi$2,138 (±$227)Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Countryside, VA ($2,234), Dulles Town Center, VA ($2,393), Sterling, VA ($2,138).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Dranesville, VA ($3,187).

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

Median gross rent across Loudoun County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
1Loudoun Valley Estates$3,242 (±$95)
2One Loudoun$3,053 (±$754)
3Goose Creek Village$2,921 (±$433)
4South Riding$2,905 (±$194)
5Lowes Island$2,840 (±$263)
6Belmont$2,825 (±$194)
7Moorefield$2,761 (±$358)
8Stone Ridge$2,746 (±$160)
9Broadlands$2,694 (±$262)
10Sugarland Run$2,685 (±$110)
11Cascades$2,657 (±$138)

Showing 11 of 27 places in Loudoun County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Lowes Island 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 Lowes Island

What is the average rent in Lowes Island, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Lowes Island is $2,840 (±$263) 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 Lowes Island?

In Lowes Island, the median gross rent went from $2,351 in 2015–2019 to $2,840 in 2020–2024 (+20.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

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

78.9% of rented homes in Lowes Island have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Lowes Island higher than in Loudoun County?

In Lowes Island, median gross rent is higher than in Loudoun County ($2,386).

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 Lowes Island CDP, Virginia (place:47296, 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.

Figures last updated on .

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