The story of this market
The typical home in Clarke County, Virginia sells for about $557,250, or $335 per square foot.
Prices are up +2.08% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 69 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 200% since 2000. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $2,438 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $2,438 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+10.3%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2005 (+20.3%). Worst: 2009 (-11.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.6%
VA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$3,107
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+10.3%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 4 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
53
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,584,644.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
80.6%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 761 | 408 | 80.6% | 5.4% | $395,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Clarke County, Virginia
Clarke County's housing market shows steady appreciation with a median home value of $550,100 and a high homeownership rate of 81.5%. The area remains economically prosperous with income levels significantly above state averages, though inventory remains constrained at 54 active listings.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the published ten-year series (2025) (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 10.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 36 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 2.21% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.5% · poverty 7.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 5 researched ZIP reports of 6 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Clarke County, Virginia — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 2.1%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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researched Oct 1
| 20135 | Bluemont | $546,400 | $285 | +3.2% | 42 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.5 | 38 | $1,404 | researched Oct 1 |
| 22611 | Berryville | $537,700 | $225 | +4.2% | 45 | 98.5% | 5% | 3.8 | 20 | $1,425 | researched Sep 29 |
| 22620 | Boyce | $629,819 | $359 | +10.7% | 36 | — | — | — | — | $1,121 | researched Sep 29 |
| 22646 | Millwood | $394,950 | $285 | +3.5% | 42 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.5 | 18 | $2,100 | researched Oct 16 |
| 22655 | White Post | $434,000 | $209 | -5% | 35 | 98.5% | 25% | 3.2 | 101 | $2,100 | researched Oct 16 |
| 22663 | White Post | $424,995 | — | +3.2% | 32 | 98.2% | 12% | 4.5 | 18 | $1,520 | researched Oct 1 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county maintains a prosperous economic index with income growth outpacing state and national averages, supported by a stable employment base of approximately 7,320 people.
Clarke County is characterized as a prosperous area with a strong economic index, featuring a median household income significantly higher than the Virginia average.
Residents primarily rely on personal vehicles for commuting, with an average commute time of 32.2 minutes and an average of two cars per household.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and Data USA