What is the median rent in Virginia Beach, VA?

Name: Median rent in Virginia Beach, VA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Virginia Beach, VA is $1,714 (±$19) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 60,514 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Virginia Beach, the median gross rent went from $1,367 in 2015–2019 to $1,714 in 2020–2024 (+25.4%).

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

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,714 (±$19)
Rented homes: 60,514 (±1,717)
$2,000 or more: 27.1%
Since 2015–2019: +25.4%

How much rent costs in Virginia Beach

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach city	Virginia	United States
Less than $500	2.1% (±0.4 points)	2.1%	5.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	4.5% (±1.0 points)	4.5%	16.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	26.3% (±1.6 points)	26.3%	25.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	40.0% (±1.9 points)	40.0%	24.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	17.8% (±1.4 points)	17.8%	15.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	4.7% (±0.5 points)	4.7%	6.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	4.6% (±0.7 points)	4.6%	7.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 40.0% of renting households.

27.1% of rented homes in Virginia Beach cost $2,000 or more a month.

Virginia Beach against Virginia Beach city, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach city	Virginia	United States
Median gross rent	$1,714 (±$19)	$1,714 (±$19)	$1,579 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	60,514 (±1,717)	60,514 (±1,717)	1,045,770 (±8,216)	42,849,984

In Virginia Beach, median gross rent is not measurably different from Virginia Beach city ($1,714).

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

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

Statewide, it ranks 146 of 428.

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

How rent in Virginia Beach 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	$1,367 (±$16)	$1,714 (±$19)	+25.4%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	36.3% (±0.7 points)	34.9% (±0.9 points)	−1.4 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	4.3% (±0.6 points)	5.2% (±0.9 points)	+0.9 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 Virginia Beach

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Virginia Beach
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Virginia Beach	—	$1,714 (±$19)	—
Norfolk	16 mi	$1,321 (±$27)	Lower
Chesapeake	17 mi	$1,586 (±$39)	Lower
Portsmouth	19 mi	$1,300 (±$26)	Lower
Moyock	21 mi	$1,710 (±$123)	Not measurably different
Hampton	24 mi	$1,427 (±$35)	Lower
Poquoson	28 mi	$1,707 (±$129)	Not measurably different
Carrollton	29 mi	$1,789 (±$123)	Not measurably different
Bethel Manor	31 mi	$2,121 (±$60)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Norfolk, VA ($1,321), Chesapeake, VA ($1,586), Portsmouth, VA ($1,300).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Bethel Manor, VA ($2,121).

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

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 Virginia Beach

What is the average rent in Virginia Beach, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Virginia Beach is $1,714 (±$19) 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 Virginia Beach?

In Virginia Beach, the median gross rent went from $1,367 in 2015–2019 to $1,714 in 2020–2024 (+25.4%).

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

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

27.1% of rented homes in Virginia Beach have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.1% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Virginia Beach higher than in Virginia Beach city?

In Virginia Beach, median gross rent is not measurably different from Virginia Beach city ($1,714).

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 Virginia Beach city, Virginia (place:82000, 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.