West Augusta, Virginia.
Typical home $273,313 (+5.2% in a year). Staunton, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$767 (+115%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,578 +5%
- $259,735$273,313 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $55,260 +25%
- $218,052$273,313 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.
- West Augusta$1,435
- 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 West Augusta, VA rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in West Augusta, Augusta County, Virginia
The Census does not count West Augusta on its own, so the figures here are Augusta County's. Half the county's households earn more than $82,049 a year and half less; 7% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 80% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Augusta County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 4.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Augusta County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. West Augusta sits in Augusta County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, and across the county most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain falls through much of the year. Residents of the county are spread across a mix of ages, and many have lived in the area for a long time.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in manufacturing, retail shops, and professional and business services. Jobs in the county grew over the past year, and unemployment has held steady compared with a year earlier. Most people drive to work rather than working from home, and the typical commute is a fairly short drive.
Things to do. Fort Edward Johnson is a fort a short drive away, and Little River is a river close by for an outing. For a longer day trip, the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is a museum a longer drive away.
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- 31,083households
- 45.1median age
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What people in Augusta County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Augusta County had 31,235 jobs in 2025, 4.6% 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 84° and lows near 64°. About 22 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Staunton Wtp weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Augusta County
- Augusta County Public SchoolsSchool district1,642FTE
- Augusta Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,566FTE
- The Hershey CompanyConfectionery chocolate made from cacao beans1,550
- TargetDiscount department stores1,245
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,217
- McKee Foods Corporation Stuarts Draft FacilityCommercial bakeries970
- Daikin AppliedAir-conditioning equipment manufacturing739
- HollisterColostomy appliances manufacturing529
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 64 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,491 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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Augusta 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 Augusta County and the Staunton, VA metro.
West Augusta home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Augusta$273,313
- 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.
- West Augusta7
Zip codes with a West Augusta address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Augusta — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in West Augusta
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24485 | West Augusta | 346 | — | $250,019 |
| 24442 | Head Waters | 68 | — | $351,605 |