What is the median rent in Ravensworth, VA?

The median gross rent in Ravensworth, VA is $2,414 (±$863) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 116 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$2,414 (±$863)
Rented homes
116 (±121)
$2,000 or more
99.9%

How much rent costs in Ravensworth

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentRavensworthFairfax CountyVirginiaUnited States
Less than $5000.0% (±28.4 points)2.2%5.0%6.3%
$500 to $9990.0% (±28.4 points)2.4%16.1%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,4990.0% (±28.4 points)6.3%25.0%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9990.0% (±28.4 points)21.9%24.4%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,49960.3% (±52.1 points)31.2%15.5%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,99912.9% (±31.6 points)17.7%6.9%5.5%
$3,000 or more26.7% (±43.4 points)18.3%7.0%6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 60.3% of renting households.

99.9% of rented homes in Ravensworth cost $2,000 or more a month.

Ravensworth against Fairfax County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
RavensworthFairfax CountyVirginiaUnited States
Median gross rent$2,414 (±$863)$2,276 (±$15)$1,579 (±$8)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent116 (±121)126,406 (±2,242)1,045,770 (±8,216)42,849,984

In Ravensworth, median gross rent is not measurably different from Fairfax County ($2,276).

It is not measurably different from Virginia ($1,579).

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

In Fairfax County, Ravensworth ranks 34 of 66 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 53 of 428.

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

How rent in Ravensworth has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Households that rent5.1% (±4.9 points)14.7% (±13.6 points)+9.6 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate0.0% (±49.3 points)0.0% (±28.4 points)0.0 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 Ravensworth

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Ravensworth
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Ravensworth—$2,414 (±$863)—
Kings Park0.9 mi$3,239 (±$849)Not measurably different
North Springfield1.2 mi$2,193 (±$837)Not measurably different
Wakefield (community)1.8 mi$3,500 or more—
West Springfield1.9 mi$2,455 (±$188)Not measurably different
Annandale2.5 mi$1,933 (±$82)Not measurably different
Springfield2.6 mi$2,656 (±$189)Not measurably different
Burke2.8 mi$2,894 (±$119)Not measurably different
Long Branch3.2 mi$1,229 (±$891)Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

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

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
28Rose Hill$2,475 (±$196)
29Pimmit Hills$2,474 (±$373)
30West Springfield$2,455 (±$188)
31George Mason$2,426 (±$370)
32 (tie)Braddock$2,419 (±$1,506)
32 (tie)Fair Lakes$2,419 (±$136)
34Ravensworth$2,414 (±$863)
35Laurel Hill$2,413 (±$366)
36Kingstowne$2,406 (±$105)
37Vienna$2,391 (±$129)
38Hutchison$2,388 (±$99)
39Merrifield$2,368 (±$71)
40Union Mill$2,365 (±$1,707)

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

Ravensworth 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 Ravensworth

What is the average rent in Ravensworth, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Ravensworth is $2,414 (±$863) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

99.9% of rented homes in Ravensworth have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Ravensworth higher than in Fairfax County?

In Ravensworth, median gross rent is not measurably different from Fairfax County ($2,276).

It is not measurably different from 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 Ravensworth CDP, Virginia (place:65776, 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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