Narrows, Virginia.
Typical home $169,746 (+10.2% in a year). Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$495 (+125%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,737 +10%
- $154,009$169,746 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $30,879 +22%
- $138,867$169,746 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.
- Narrows$891
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Narrows, VA rose 10.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Narrows, Giles County, Virginia
Narrows is a town of 2,093 people in Giles County. Half its households earn more than $62,708 a year and half less, against $65,691 across Giles County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Giles County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 11.0% fewer 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Narrows is a small town in Giles County, Virginia, where most homes are lived in by their owners and a typical home costs less than in many parts of the country. Household incomes run a little below the county's, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in much of the country. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops also employing many people. Across Giles County, the largest workplaces include Celanese Acetate, Giles County Public Schools and Carilion Giles Community Hospital. Jobs across the county fell over the past year, and unemployment there is lower than it was a year earlier. The typical commute is a fairly long one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Mill Creek, a protected area, and Wolf Creek, a river, lie in or beside town. East River is a short drive away, and the Appalachian Trail is a longer drive for those who want to hike.
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- 684households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Giles County had 5,245 jobs in 2025, 11.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 23 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pearisburg Sse weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Giles County
- Celanese AcetateThermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing615
- Giles County Public SchoolsSchool district390FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters203
- Carilion Giles Community HospitalCritical access hospital190FTE
- American HealthCareNursing care facilities126
- Interstate Group Glyn Lyn PlantAutomobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing116
- Cogar ManufacturingAugers, mining-type, manufacturing67
- Food LionGrocery stores67
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,202 people in all across the county; Narrows has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Narrows’ 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 Giles County and the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA metro.
Narrows home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Narrows$169,746
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Narrows 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.
- Narrows33.76%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Narrows23
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Narrows6
Zip codes with a Narrows address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Narrows — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.