Home appreciation in Lynchburg, VA

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Lynchburg, VA grew an average of 9.5% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+4.5%

2025 over 2024. Virginia: +4.7%.

5-year, per year

+9.5%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Virginia: +8.7%.

10-year, per year

+6.3%

+84.5% in total since 2015. Virginia: +6.1%.

How does your home compare?

Lynchburg, VA home prices rose 84.5% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +56.5% to +104.3%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Lynchburg, VA compares with Virginia

Virginia averaged +8.7% a year, so Lynchburg, VA grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Lynchburg, VA ranks 161st out of 409 metros nationwide and 4th out of 10 in Virginia.

Index, 2005 = 100

Lynchburg, VA and Virginia, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearLynchburg, VAVirginia
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2102106
2005 Q3105111
2005 Q4109114
2006 Q1110116
2006 Q2113119
2006 Q3117119
2006 Q4119121
2007 Q1121122
2007 Q2123122
2007 Q3122120
2007 Q4125120
2008 Q1125119
2008 Q2124116
2008 Q3123113
2008 Q4124112
2009 Q1124112
2009 Q2124109
2009 Q3121107
2009 Q4122106
2010 Q1119105
2010 Q2118104
2010 Q3119105
2010 Q4119105
2011 Q1117102
2011 Q2115101
2011 Q3115102
2011 Q4116102
2012 Q1115101
2012 Q2113101
2012 Q3116102
2012 Q4115102
2013 Q1114102
2013 Q2116103
2013 Q3115103
2013 Q4116103
2014 Q1115104
2014 Q2115105
2014 Q3115106
2014 Q4116107
2015 Q1117107
2015 Q2117108
2015 Q3119109
2015 Q4120109
2016 Q1119109
2016 Q2120111
2016 Q3120112
2016 Q4121112
2017 Q1122112
2017 Q2122114
2017 Q3123115
2017 Q4124116
2018 Q1126117
2018 Q2127118
2018 Q3128119
2018 Q4127119
2019 Q1130120
2019 Q2132123
2019 Q3132124
2019 Q4135125
2020 Q1136126
2020 Q2138128
2020 Q3139130
2020 Q4141132
2021 Q1145135
2021 Q2151141
2021 Q3160148
2021 Q4166151
2022 Q1170156
2022 Q2183166
2022 Q3185168
2022 Q4189167
2023 Q1193170
2023 Q2199175
2023 Q3196178
2023 Q4197178
2024 Q1202182
2024 Q2209188
2024 Q3210189
2024 Q4214190
2025 Q1214192
2025 Q2218196
2025 Q3222197
2025 Q4218199
2026 Q1224200
2026 Q2229203

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.3% a year over ten years, +84.5% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2008, fell 7.2% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2008 level in 2018.

The strongest year was 2022 at +17.0%, and the weakest was 2010 at -3.0%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +4.5%, against +4.7% for the state.

ZIP codes in Lynchburg, VA

Over the ten years to 2025, the 19 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +56.5% in 24521 to +104.3% in 24501, while the metro as a whole rose 84.5%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 24501+104.3%
  2. 24574+91.7%
  3. 24502+89.2%
  4. 24523+87.9%
  5. 24104+87.4%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 24521+56.5%
  2. 24538+59.2%
  3. 24095+61.4%
  4. 24174+62.0%
  5. 24572+65.7%
ZIP codes in Lynchburg, VA ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
24501+4.5%+10.4%+7.4%+104.3%
24574+12.9%+9.9%+6.7%+91.7%
24502+3.1%+9.5%+6.6%+89.2%
24523+6.5%+10.3%+6.5%+87.9%
24104+13.1%+9.3%+6.5%+87.4%
24522+0.4%+8.9%+6.3%+83.7%
24550+9.3%+9.8%+6.2%+83.2%
24588+7.6%+9.7%+6.2%+82.7%
24517+6.0%+9.7%+6.2%+81.8%
24504-7.6%+7.0%+6.0%+79.2%
24556+4.7%+9.2%+5.9%+76.6%
24121+1.2%+9.5%+5.5%+71.1%
24503+1.4%+8.0%+5.4%+69.3%
24551+2.2%+8.1%+5.3%+66.8%
24572-2.7%+7.8%+5.2%+65.7%
24174-9.3%+7.3%+4.9%+62.0%
24095-7.4%+7.8%+4.9%+61.4%
24538+3.5%+7.8%+4.8%+59.2%
24521-5.6%+6.6%+4.6%+56.5%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

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Year by year

Annual house price index for Lynchburg, VA and Virginia, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006110.3+10.3%110.5
2007118.0+7.0%112.4
2008119.1+1.0%106.9
2009118.0-1.0%101.1
2010114.4-3.0%97.3
2011111.0-3.0%94.6
2012110.5-0.5%94.4
2013111.1+0.5%95.7
2014111.0-0.1%98.1
2015113.7+2.4%100.9
2016115.3+1.4%103.3
2017118.2+2.5%106.3
2018122.2+3.4%109.8
2019127.1+4.0%114.2
2020133.3+4.9%119.9
2021149.4+12.0%133.6
2022174.8+17.0%152.6
2023188.8+8.0%162.9
2024200.7+6.3%174.0
2025209.7+4.5%182.2

The 10 measured metros in Virginia

Measured metros in Virginia ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Roanoke, VA+5.4%+10.1%+6.7%
2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA+6.7%+9.8%+6.8%
3Richmond, VA+4.2%+9.6%+7.2%
4Lynchburg, VA+4.5%+9.5%+6.3%
5Winchester, VA-WV+4.8%+8.9%+6.3%
6Charlottesville, VA+4.6%+8.8%+6.3%
7Harrisonburg, VA+6.1%+8.8%+5.9%
8Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA+4.5%+8.7%+6.2%
9Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC+5.4%+8.7%+5.8%
10Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV (metropolitan division)+3.8%+7.3%+5.2%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Virginia row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2