A typical Brightwood home is worth about $417,000
Up 4.5% in a year, close to the Virginia typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Brightwood?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
95% of Brightwood households own their home
Half of Brightwood’s homes were built before 1975.
Virginia: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 25% in five years
About the same pace as Virginia (23.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Brightwood | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $233,000 | $253,000 |
| 2018 | $241,000 | $263,000 |
| 2019 | $249,000 | $271,000 |
| 2020 | $261,000 | $284,000 |
| 2021 | $298,000 | $311,000 |
| 2022 | $342,000 | $345,000 |
| 2023 | $357,000 | $367,000 |
| 2024 | $371,000 | $386,000 |
| 2025 | $398,000 | $405,000 |
| 2026 | $416,000 | $411,000 |
| August 2026 | $417,000 | $415,000 |
A typical Brightwood home worth $230K in September 2016 is worth about $417K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 5.9 years of income
More than across Virginia (4.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $123K short of a typical Brightwood home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $1,270 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brightwood’s typical property tax (0.46% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080
Renters already here pay a median of $958, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Madison County, VA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Brightwood buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.