Glasgow, Virginia.
Typical home $205,574 (+4.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$573 (+113%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,828 +4%
- $197,746$205,574 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $32,721 +19%
- $172,854$205,574 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.
- Glasgow$1,079
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Glasgow, VA rose 4.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Glasgow, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Glasgow is a town of 1,052 people in Rockbridge County. Unemployment in Rockbridge County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Glasgow is a small town in Rockbridge County, Virginia, where the Maury River runs in or beside town. Winters are cold, with a fair amount of snow, and summers are warm. Homes here cost less than in much of the country, and the share of adults with a four-year degree is low compared with most places.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and manufacturing. Very few work from home. Across Rockbridge County, some of the largest workplaces are Virginia Military Institute, Rockbridge County Public Schools and Mohawk Industries, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Maury River runs in or beside town, so water is close at hand. A short drive away are Thunder Ridge Wilderness and James River Face Wilderness, both protected areas with room to walk and spend time outdoors. Crabtree Falls, a waterfall, is a longer drive away.
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- 497households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rockbridge County had 6,230 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 64°. About 14 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lexington weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rockbridge County
- Virginia Military InstituteUniversity or college630
- Rockbridge County Public SchoolsSchool district521FTE
- Mohawk IndustriesCarpet436
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters283
- Kendal at LexingtonRetirement homes with nursing care164
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter110
- Rockbridge Area Community Services BoardCommunity action service agencies109
- UTS SystemsTents made from purchased fabrics109
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,718 people in all across the county; Glasgow has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts 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
- LightningVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Glasgow’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Rockbridge County.
Glasgow home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Glasgow$205,574
- 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.
- Glasgow6
Zip codes with a Glasgow address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Glasgow — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.