Metro area · CBSA 31340
Lynchburg
The Lynchburg, VA metro area has 263,798 people. Median rent is $991, 17.2% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Lynchburg city at $1,117. Of the 12 places we track here, Stewartsville has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$68,996
Median home value
$239,700
Unemployment
4.2%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,117
HUD, Lynchburg city
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg | 79,497 | $1,073 | 22.2% |
| Forest | 13,430 | $1,315 | 19.3% |
| Timberlake | 12,725 | $1,083 | 17.2% |
| Madison Heights | 10,266 | $871 | 17.4% |
| Bedford | 7,724 | $828 | 14.1% |
| Altavista | 3,342 | $910 | 21.3% |
| Appomattox | 2,084 | $905 | 20.9% |
| Amherst | 1,865 | $718 | 12.2% |
| Concord | 1,462 | $771 | 14.7% |
| Rustburg | 1,417 | $910 | 15.0% |
| Brookneal | 1,300 | $843 | 22.6% |
| Stewartsville | 737 | $952 | 12.1% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.