Blackstone, Virginia.
Typical home $194,041 (+4.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$596 (+141%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,457 +5%
- $185,584$194,041 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $56,234 +41%
- $137,807$194,041 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.
- Blackstone$1,018
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Blackstone, VA rose 4.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia
Blackstone is a town of 3,352 people in Nottoway County. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Nottoway County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Nottoway County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Blackstone is a small town in Nottoway County, Virginia, where most households own their homes and the typical home value is moderate. The population is a little older than the typical American community, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold but short on snow, summers are hot, and rain falls through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, professional and business services, and shops. Among the largest workplaces in town are Walmart, American HealthCare and Food Lion. Very few people work from home, and the typical commute is fairly short.
Things to do. Cumberland State Forest, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Whetstone Creek runs in or beside town. For a longer outing, Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park is an archaeological site a longer drive away, and Twin Lakes State Park is another protected area at a similar distance.
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- 1,407households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 27%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Nottoway County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Nottoway County had 5,422 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 68°. About 3 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fort Pickett weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Blackstone
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters191
- American HealthCareNursing care facilities174
- Food LionGrocery stores58
- Department of StateFederal government35
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 423 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- Droughtrelatively high in parts of BlackstoneRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of BlackstoneRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Blackstone’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 Nottoway County.
Blackstone home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Blackstone$194,041
- 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 5 Blackstone listings — 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.
- Blackstone19.03%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Blackstone28
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Blackstone6
Zip codes with a Blackstone address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Blackstone — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.