Appomattox, Virginia.
Typical home $283,616 (+7.7% in a year). Lynchburg, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$865 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $20,301 +8%
- $263,316$283,616 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $70,623 +33%
- $212,993$283,616 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.
- Appomattox$1,489
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Appomattox, VA rose 7.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia
Appomattox is a town of 1,919 people in Appomattox County. Half its households earn more than $51,875 a year and half less, against $62,853 across Appomattox County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Appomattox County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Appomattox is a small town in central Virginia, best known as the place where the Civil War effectively ended in the spring of 1865. The people who live here are younger than in many small towns, and household incomes run below the county's overall. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and homes cost more than that might suggest. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers are warm, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and professional and business services also employing a good share. The biggest workplaces in town include Appomattox County Public Schools, Walmart and Kroger. Unemployment across the county is low and unchanged from a year ago, and the county has added a few more jobs over the past year. A typical commute is moderate, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is a protected historic site in or beside town. Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest is a short drive away, as is the Little Falling River. For a longer outing, Holliday Lake State Park is a drive farther out.
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- 793households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Appomattox County had 3,660 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 67°. About 11 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Appomattox weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Appomattox
- Appomattox County Public SchoolsSchool district404FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters226
- Kroger Mid-Atlantic KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores84
- Appomattox Care CenterNursing homes70
- StallWorks50
- Jamerson Building SupplyHome centers, building materials35
- Virginia Department of TransportationHighway repair maintenance23
- Appomattox Family PracticeMedical doctors', mental health, offices20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 508 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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 moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Appomattox’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Appomattox County and the Lynchburg, VA metro.
Appomattox home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Appomattox$283,616
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Appomattox listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Appomattox27.82%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Appomattox36
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Appomattox10
Zip codes with a Appomattox address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Appomattox — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.