Bland, Virginia.
Typical home $188,759 (+8.2% in a year). Bluefield, WV-VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$536 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,350 +8%
- $174,409$188,759 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $37,843 +25%
- $150,917$188,759 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.
- Bland$991
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Bland, VA rose 8.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bland, Bland County, Virginia
Bland, in Bland County, had 383 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Bland County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 8.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bland County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bland is a very small community in Bland County, Virginia, where people tend to know one another and the pace is quiet. The typical age of residents is in the middle range for a small town, not especially young or old. Homes here cost less than in much of the country, and a noticeable share of residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, government, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Bland County, the largest workplaces include Hitachi Energy USA, inc. Bland, the Virginia Department of Corrections, and Bland County Public Schools. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Big Walker Lookout, a tourist attraction, is a short drive away, as are Kimberling Creek Wilderness and Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness, both protected areas for walking and time outdoors. Hungry Mother State Park is a longer drive away for those who want a day trip. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are warm, so the outdoor season runs from spring through early fall.
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- 14%below the poverty line
What people in Bland County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bland County had 2,099 jobs in 2025, 8.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°. About 27 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bland weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bland County
- Hitachi Energy USA, inc. BlandDistribution transformers, electric, manufacturing435
- Virginia Department of CorrectionsCorrectional institutions279
- Bland County Public SchoolsSchool district113FTE
- Henry ScheinDiagnostic equipment, medical, merchant wholesalers54
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 768 people in all across the county; Bland has one of its own. 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
- Cold wavesVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively 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 Bland’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Bland County and the Bluefield, WV-VA metro.
Bland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bland$188,759
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bland13
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Bland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Bland
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24315 | Bland | 3,978 | — | $188,561 |
| 24318 | Ceres | 376 | — | $168,951 |