Linden, Virginia.
Typical home $404,361 (+3.7% in a year). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,208 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,503 +4%
- $389,858$404,361 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $95,544 +31%
- $308,817$404,361 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.
- Linden$2,122
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Linden, VA rose 3.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Linden, Fauquier County, Virginia
The Census does not count Linden on its own, so the figures here are Fauquier County's. Half the county's households earn more than $130,189 a year and half less; 7% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 79% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Fauquier County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Fauquier County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Linden is a small town in Fauquier County, Virginia, where most homes are lived in by their owners, more than in many parts of the country. Household incomes across the county sit well above the national norm, and fewer households live below the poverty line than in most of the country. Typical home values are also high by national standards, so the county suits those who can afford its prices.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, government, and the building trades. Unemployment across Fauquier County has stayed steady over the past year, and the number of jobs has edged up slightly. Many adults hold a college degree, and a fair number of workers do their jobs from home, though typical commutes are longer than the average American's.
Things to do. The Shenandoah River is a short drive away, and Sky Meadows State Park, a protected area, is also nearby. Skyline Caverns, a tourist attraction, is a short drive away as well. Winters are colder and snowier than in much of the country, while summers are warm, so it helps to plan outdoor visits for spring or autumn.
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- 26,720households
- 41.2median age
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 17%work from home
What people in Fauquier County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fauquier County had 23,920 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 64°. About 21 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Front Royal weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fauquier County
- Fauquier County Public SchoolsSchool district1,826FTE
- Fauquier County GovernmentCounty supervisors' and executives' offices979
- Fauquier HospitalGeneral hospital488FTE
- Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal government · Department of Transportation388
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters312
- Greentree HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities215
- Smith-Midland Corporation (Virginia)Concrete products, precast, manufacturing150
- Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal government · Department of Transportation144
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 43 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,747 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Fauquier County, 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 Fauquier County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Linden home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Linden$404,361
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Linden 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.
- Linden35.87%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Linden36
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Linden11
Zip codes with a Linden address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Linden — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.