Housing in Dahlgren

A typical Dahlgren home is worth roughly $511,000

Home prices around Dahlgren have risen about 52% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$511K

▲ 6.3% in a year · VA $415K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,400

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,253

VA $2,790

What kind of housing town is Dahlgren?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Prices climbing fastUp 6.3% in a year.Pricier than VA23% above the Virginia typical home.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 52% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Dahlgren rose 52% over the past 5 years, faster than across Virginia (49%). Last year prices rose 6.3%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Dahlgren home at roughly $511,000 today.

Dahlgren areaVirginia

+6.3%

past year

+52%

past 5 years

+76%

past 10 years

Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $511K.

How Dahlgren ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Dahlgren, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.6 years of income

About the same as across Virginia. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$451,000

Typical Dahlgren home $511K

That’s $60K short of a typical Dahlgren home.

The typical home, each month

$2,910

Loan $2,530Tax $230Insurance $150

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400 a month here, $1,510 less than owning.

How Dahlgren ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Dahlgren’s typical property tax (0.53% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400

Renters already here pay a median of $1,204, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,130

1 bedroom$1,150

2 bedrooms$1,400

3 bedrooms$1,950

4 bedrooms$2,350

40%

of households rent · VA 33%

518

renter households

33%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · VA 49%

15%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,204

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (King George County, VA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

60% of Dahlgren households own their home

Half of Dahlgren’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters

Own 60%Rent 40%

Virginia: 67% own.

1991

typical home built · VA 1984

$2,253

median property tax bill · VA $2,790

0.53%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · VA 0.73%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.