Zip lookup · VA

24221
Blackwater, Virginia.

Blackwater, Lee County, VA · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro · population 633

What it costs per month · 24221 $744/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$457 (+160%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,259 +6%
$133,415$141,674 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $42,987 +44%
$98,687$141,674 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 24221 $744 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 24221$744
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 24221 rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Lee County, VA 61% · Scott County, VA 39%

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

Typical home value $141,674 as of Sep 2026
+6.2%year on year

Typical home value — 24221

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 24221 $141,674 Kingsport $242,853 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 24221$141,674
  • Kingsport$242,853
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 37765 Kyles Ford 370 — $156,603
6.3 37731 Eidson 564 — $184,583
8.2 24277 Pennington Gap 5,839 — $95,452
9.1 24263 Jonesville 5,830 — $129,267
11.0 24243 Dryden 1,452 — $136,561
11.1 37873 Surgoinsville 3,960 — $233,151
12.1 24244 Duffield 5,600 — $147,042
13.6 40820 Cranks 121 — $92,181
15.0 37857 Rogersville 21,657 — $232,138
16.2 37869 Sneedville 5,271 — $177,444
16.4 37642 Church Hill 15,011 $1,500 $260,276
16.8 40815 Cawood 811 — $69,505
17.9 40927 Closplint 584 — $65,588
18.5 40828 Evarts 4,280 — $62,940
18.6 24281 Rose Hill 1,890 — $121,598
19.1 37645 Mount Carmel 5,472 — $266,931

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