Abingdon, Virginia.
Typical home $284,991 (+2.6% in a year). Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$867 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,129 +3%
- $277,862$284,991 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $78,819 +38%
- $206,172$284,991 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.
- Abingdon$1,496
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Abingdon, VA rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia
Abingdon is a town of 8,376 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $54,544 a year and half less, against $64,552 across Washington County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 3.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Abingdon is a small town in Washington County, in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Residents are older than in most of the country, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes are below the county's, and the shorter-than-usual drive to work suits a town where daily errands stay close to home.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment close behind. Among the largest workplaces in town are Virginia Highlands Community College, Maxim Healthcare Services and Food Lion. Unemployment in Washington County is low and has barely moved over the past year, and the county has gained jobs.
Things to do. The Barter Theatre and the William King Museum are both in or beside town, one for live performance and the other for art and local history. A longer drive away, Mount Rogers National Recreation Area offers protected highland country for walking and getting outdoors. Winters are cold here and summers warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year, so most outings suit spring through fall.
Report a mistake
- 3,999households
- 36%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 21,147 jobs in 2025, 3.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Abingdon 3S weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Abingdon
- Virginia Highlands Community CollegeTwo-year college221
- Maxim Healthcare ServicesHome health care agencies134
- Commonwealth Senior Living at AbingdonAssisted living community62
- Food LionGrocery stores55
- WallbergCommercial construction49
- AbingdonMail and parcel delivery41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 341 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Abingdon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro.
Abingdon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Abingdon$284,991
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Abingdon listings, and the typical home goes pending in 36 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Abingdon30.20%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Abingdon143
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Abingdon35
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Abingdon$291,863
- United States$371,407
Zip codes with a Abingdon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Abingdon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Abingdon
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24210 | Abingdon | 16,814 | — | $259,368 |
| 24211 | Abingdon | 10,298 | — | $341,000 |