Zip lookup · VA

23847
Emporia, Virginia.

Emporia, Emporia City, VA · population 12,956

What it costs per month · 23847 $819/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$490 (+149%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,408 +4%
$149,596$156,003 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $39,436 +34%
$116,567$156,003 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 23847 $819 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 23847$819
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 23847 rose 4.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 5 counties: Greensville County, VA 79% · Brunswick County, VA 7% · Southampton County, VA 7% · Sussex County, VA 5% · Emporia City, VA 2%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Emporia, VA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,100 as of Jul 2026
Typical home value $156,003 as of Sep 2026
+4.3%year on year

Asking rent — 23847

Against the metro metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 23847

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 23847 $156,003 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 23847$156,003
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 23879 Skippers 386 — $160,180
10.5 27866 Pleasant Hill 577 — $92,569
11.1 23867 Jarratt 5,173 — $167,440
11.8 23856 Freeman 540 — $114,506
11.9 23844 Drewryville 522 — $227,734
14.4 27832 Gaston 2,783 — $102,956
14.4 23868 Lawrenceville 6,281 — $131,167
14.7 27831 Garysburg 2,362 — $78,294
15.4 27876 Seaboard 1,164 — $90,914
15.7 23828 Branchville 577 — $183,946
16.3 23887 Valentines 631 — $424,187
17.1 27853 Margarettsville 585 — $93,786
17.6 27890 Weldon 2,258 — $54,958
18.5 23829 Capron 2,731 — $234,961
18.7 23897 Yale 949 — $195,808
18.9 27870 Roanoke Rapids 24,958 $950 $130,729
19.1 23889 Warfield 565 — $159,727
19.2 23843 Dolphin 446 — $158,881
19.3 23882 Stony Creek 1,848 — $189,789
19.3 23827 Boykins 1,091 — $166,807
19.5 23857 Gasburg 352 — $311,483
19.7 27842 Henrico 1,538 — $555,909

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.