What is the median rent in Rio, VA?

Name: Median rent in Rio, VA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Rio, VA is $1,688 (±$114) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 743 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,688 (±$114)
Rented homes: 743 (±219)
$2,000 or more: 18.5%

How much rent costs in Rio

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Rio	Albemarle County	Virginia	United States
Less than $500	10.6% (±7.6 points)	2.1%	5.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±5.2 points)	7.1%	16.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	20.3% (±14.4 points)	26.7%	25.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	50.6% (±16.3 points)	36.7%	24.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	11.6% (±7.0 points)	17.2%	15.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	5.7% (±5.9 points)	5.2%	6.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	1.2% (±2.1 points)	5.0%	7.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 50.6% of renting households.

18.5% of rented homes in Rio cost $2,000 or more a month.

Rio against Albemarle County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Rio	Albemarle County	Virginia	United States
Median gross rent	$1,688 (±$114)	$1,692 (±$33)	$1,579 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	743 (±219)	14,887 (±768)	1,045,770 (±8,216)	42,849,984

In Rio, median gross rent is not measurably different from Albemarle County ($1,692).

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

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

In Albemarle County, Rio ranks 4 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 148 of 428.

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

Median gross rent in places near Rio

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Rio
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Rio	—	$1,688 (±$114)	—
Charlottesville	3.0 mi	$1,540 (±$63)	Lower
Hollymead	3.5 mi	$2,140 (±$179)	Higher
Pantops	3.7 mi	$1,881 (±$191)	Not measurably different
University of Virginia	4.1 mi	$1,421 (±$46)	Lower
Piney Mountain	6.6 mi	$1,685 (±$829)	Not measurably different
Crozet	12 mi	$1,851 (±$193)	Not measurably different
Lake Monticello	14 mi	$1,981 (±$538)	Not measurably different
Stanardsville	15 mi	$1,049 (±$232)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Charlottesville, VA ($1,540), University of Virginia, VA ($1,421), Stanardsville, VA ($1,049).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Hollymead, VA ($2,140).

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

Median gross rent across Albemarle County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Hollymead	$2,140 (±$179)
2	Pantops	$1,881 (±$191)
3	Crozet	$1,851 (±$193)
4	Rio	$1,688 (±$114)
5	Piney Mountain	$1,685 (±$829)
6	University of Virginia	$1,421 (±$46)
7	Scottsville	$900 (±$298)

Rio 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 Rio

What is the average rent in Rio, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Rio is $1,688 (±$114) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

18.5% of rented homes in Rio have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 10.6% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Rio higher than in Albemarle County?

In Rio, median gross rent is not measurably different from Albemarle County ($1,692).

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 Rio CDP, Virginia (place:67288, 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.