Stuart, Virginia.
Typical home $188,670 (+2.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$473 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,378 +3%
- $183,292$188,670 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $16,490 +10%
- $172,179$188,670 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.
- Stuart$990
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 38 years.
Typical home values in Stuart, VA rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Stuart, Patrick County, Virginia
Stuart is a town of 1,431 people in Patrick County. Unemployment in Patrick County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Patrick County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Stuart is a small Virginia town and the seat of Patrick County. Incomes across the county run below the state's typical level, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Homes here are modestly priced, and the winters are cool without being severe, with only a little snow, while summers are warm and the year is fairly wet.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and professional and business services close behind. Across Patrick County, the biggest workplaces include Patrick County Public Schools, the wood flooring maker Ten Oaks, and Walmart. Fewer people held jobs in the county last year than the year before, and unemployment has stayed about where it was a year earlier. Commutes are fairly short, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. The rivers closest to town, Browns Dan River and Little Dan River, are a short drive away and suit a quiet afternoon by the water. Farther afield, Hanging Rock State Park is a protected area with a longer drive, and Martinsville Speedway is a race track a longer drive away. Waterfalls such as Lower Cascades are also within a longer drive.
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- 683households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Patrick County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Patrick County had 4,043 jobs in 2025, 1.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 64°. About 6 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Stuart weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Patrick County
- Patrick County Public SchoolsSchool district469FTE
- Ten OaksWood flooring manufacturing194
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters178
- Hill Valley HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities146
- Aerial Machine & Tool123
- Hill Valley HealthcareAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities41
- Panel Processing of VirginiaFixtures, store display, manufacturing20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 702 people in all across the county; Stuart has two 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 wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively 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 Stuart’s census tracts, 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 Patrick County.
Stuart home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Stuart$188,670
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 8 Stuart 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.
- Stuart12.31%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Stuart38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Stuart8
Zip codes with a Stuart address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Stuart — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.