Warrenton, Virginia.
Typical home $679,903 (+2.3% in a year), asking rent $2,237 . Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,921 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,219 +2%
- $664,683$679,903 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $133,859 +25%
- $546,043$679,903 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.
- Warrenton$3,569
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Warrenton, VA rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia
Warrenton is a town of 10,057 people in Fauquier County. Half its households earn more than $83,331 a year and half less, against $130,189 across Fauquier County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Warrenton is a small town in Fauquier County, with a population in the middle range for a Virginia town. Incomes in town run well below the county's, while homes carry a high typical value and rents are steep for a place this size. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and many adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, peaking in July.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in restaurants and hotels, and in government. The largest workplaces in Warrenton include Fauquier County Public Schools, Fauquier County Government and Walmart. A fair number of people work from home, and the typical commute is a long one.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Cold War Museum and Whitney State Forest offer a museum visit or a walk among trees, and Lake Manassas is a reservoir close by. Farther afield, Sky Meadows State Park is a protected area suited to a longer day out, and the Shenandoah River is a longer drive away for time by the water.
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- 3,985households
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents 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 42° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 66°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Warrenton Southeast weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Warrenton
- Fauquier County Public SchoolsSchool district1,826FTE
- Fauquier County GovernmentCounty supervisors' and executives' offices979
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters312
- Greentree HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities215
- Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal government · Department of Transportation144
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.Supermarkets and other grocery stores143
- Lone Wolf - WarrentonEngineering services102
- Resicum InternationalFlight training schools95
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,411 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) 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 high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Warrenton’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 Fauquier County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Warrenton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Warrenton$679,903
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Warrenton listings, and the typical home goes pending in 15 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Warrenton28.35%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Warrenton15
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Warrenton132
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Warrenton54
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Warrenton$664,644
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Warrenton99.54%
Zip codes with a Warrenton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Warrenton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Warrenton
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20187 | Warrenton | 18,980 | — | $735,417 |
| 20186 | Warrenton | 15,703 | $2,204 | $604,561 |