Culpeper, Virginia

Population

Growing. Up 9.5% since 2020.

22,074

people, the 28th-largest of Virginia's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Virginia's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

83.3%

of 11,218 jobs located in Culpeper are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 60% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,416

a month. Virginia's median is $1,579.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $966 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Culpeper County.

• $856 Tract 9301.03
• $1,822 Tract 9301.04

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$957–$1,436

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,416 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

54% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 54% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 1–2% to the 7,137 homes here.

37–112

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 2% more than Virginia's.

$390,000

median home value in Culpeper.

• $390,000 Culpeper
• $383,700 Virginia
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year