Rapidan, Virginia.
Typical home $411,916 (+2.9% in a year). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,193 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,610 +3%
- $400,305$411,916 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,839 +26%
- $328,076$411,916 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.
- Rapidan$2,162
- 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 Rapidan, VA rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia
The Census does not count Rapidan on its own, so the figures here are Culpeper County's. Half the county's households earn more than $100,049 a year and half less; 8% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 75% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Culpeper County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Culpeper 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Rapidan is a small town in Culpeper County, in north-central Virginia. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and more people own their homes than rent them. Winters are cold, with snow most seasons, and summers are warm, with rain spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Shops and the building trades also employ many people here. Unemployment has stayed steady over the past year, and jobs have edged up slightly. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and most people travel to a workplace each day, since few work from home.
Things to do. Robinson River is a short drive away, and it is a good place for a quiet afternoon by the water. Lake Anna State Park, a protected area a longer drive away, offers time outdoors around the reservoir. Shenandoah National Park is also a longer drive away and is one of the best known parks in the region.
Report a mistake
- 18,924households
- 39.1median age
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What people in Culpeper County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Culpeper County had 16,412 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 67°. About 16 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Piedmont Rsch Station weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Culpeper County
- Culpeper County Public SchoolsSchool district1,269FTE
- County of CulpeperHead start programs, separate from schools674
- Culpeper Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital589FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters404
- Builders FirstSourceOther building material dealers252
- Virginia IndustriesFoundries, iron211
- Cabinetworks GroupKitchen cabinets and counters, constructed on site189
- Virginia State PoliceLaw enforcement185
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 39 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,449 people in all. 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- 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 Culpeper 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 Culpeper County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Rapidan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rapidan$411,916
- 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.
- Rapidan7
Zip codes with a Rapidan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rapidan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.