Painter, VA housing market
The typical Painter home is worth about $198,000, up 5.7% in a year, 52% below the Virginia typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Painter compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Painter at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Painter | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $124,000 | $253,000 |
| 2018 | $129,000 | $263,000 |
| 2019 | $133,000 | $271,000 |
| 2020 | $133,000 | $284,000 |
| 2021 | $151,000 | $311,000 |
| 2022 | $173,000 | $345,000 |
| 2023 | $177,000 | $367,000 |
| 2024 | $184,000 | $386,000 |
| 2025 | $191,000 | $405,000 |
| 2026 | $189,000 | $411,000 |
| August 2026 | $198,000 | $415,000 |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Painter is $920 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Painter pay a median of $1,114.
Studio $650 · 4 bedrooms $1,370
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (23420; Accomack County, VA), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. 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.