Zip lookup · VA

24526
Big Island, Virginia.

Big Island, Bedford County, VA · Lynchburg, VA metro · population 1,494

What it costs per month · 24526 $1,028/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$398 (+63%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $857 +0%
$195,049$195,906 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $20,372 +12%
$175,533$195,906 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 24526 $1,028 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 24526$1,028
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.

Typical home values in zip 24526 rose 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Bedford County, VA 71% · Amherst County, VA 29%

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

Typical home value $195,906 as of Sep 2026
+0.4%year on year

Typical home value — 24526

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 24526 $195,906 Lynchburg $288,388 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 24526$195,906
  • Lynchburg$288,388
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.1 24579 Natural Bridge Station 1,107 — $195,513
6.3 24536 Coleman Falls 406 — $286,518
8.6 24574 Monroe 3,666 — $293,058
8.7 24555 Glasgow 2,123 — $215,157
11.2 24503 Lynchburg 20,419 $1,341 $373,311
11.3 24578 Natural Bridge 457 — $333,122
12.0 24556 Goode 2,584 — $421,341
12.3 24416 Buena Vista 9,082 — $201,161
13.6 24551 Forest 28,554 $1,504 $426,870
15.2 24066 Buchanan 4,963 — $224,914
16.5 24523 Bedford 20,349 — $287,417
17.0 24502 Lynchburg 41,979 $1,377 $275,970
17.2 24450 Lexington 17,714 $1,647 $365,656
17.7 24521 Amherst 10,599 — $295,817
17.8 24572 Madison Heights 15,744 $989 $245,009
18.5 24122 Montvale 1,492 — $251,402
19.2 24501 Lynchburg 25,006 $1,298 $193,744

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