Alexandria housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Alexandria home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index put the value of a typical home in Alexandria, Virginia at $662,843 in September 2026, up 1.0% from a year earlier and at a record monthly high.
- Typical value of a home
- $662,843September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +1.0% since September 2025.
Alexandria home prices since 2000
Alexandria is shown by the steel line, while the United States is shown by the grey line. The typical Alexandria home was worth $189,426 in January 2000 and later reached $662,843, giving a ×3.50 increase against ×2.99 for the US during the same months. The boom high was $495,882 in April 2006, while the low reached $378,292 in April 2009, −23.7%.
Alexandria median home price by year
A yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 displays the latest month.
| Year | Alexandria | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $196,912 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $225,490 | +14.5% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $262,668 | +16.5% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $303,760 | +15.6% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $363,835 | +19.8% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $450,815 | +23.9% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $484,786 | +7.5% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $453,114 | −6.5% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $406,032 | −10.4% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $380,734 | −6.2% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $387,464 | +1.8% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $383,847 | −0.9% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $396,072 | +3.2% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $422,685 | +6.7% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $443,403 | +4.9% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $449,011 | +1.3% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $457,191 | +1.8% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $470,696 | +3.0% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $486,724 | +3.4% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $507,032 | +4.2% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $544,126 | +7.3% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $584,264 | +7.4% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $608,266 | +4.1% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $612,297 | +0.7% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $644,920 | +5.3% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $659,050 | +2.2% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $662,843 | +1.0% | $366,157 |
Current value of an Alexandria home bought in any year
This index-based estimate for a typical home is not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. Other choices include the home appreciation calculator.
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Alexandria housing market forecast
Over 12 months beginning September 2026, Zillow's forecast is +0.6% for the Washington, DC metro; the next three months have a −0.3% forecast. Taking Alexandria's typical value of $662,843, the forecast would place it near $666,800 a year on.
Here, Zillow's central estimate for the metro is repeated without the site publishing any forecast of its own. Such 12-month forecasts have typically been off from the realised change by several percentage points, whether above or below it. This is not investment advice.
Every metro forecast appears together in this table: housing market forecast.
Alexandria housing market crash risk score
High, 62 of 100
Alexandria is ranked against the 292 cities based on five conditions that were high before earlier price falls. Each input is scored from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities, then the five scores are averaged with equal weight. This score reflects current conditions and does not forecast a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +11.7% | 61 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | +7.5% | 57 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 24.3 | 81 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.3 | 62 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +1.0% | 49 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Input scoring method: methodology. See all 292 ranked cities: crash risk by city.
Alexandria inventory and days on market
For September 2026 the Washington, DC metro recorded 16,579 homes for sale, a change of +16.2% from one year earlier and +11.7% from 2019's matching month. The median sale time for a listing was 43 days, +7.5% compared with 2019, and 20.1% of listings received a price cut.
| Washington, DC metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 16,579 | +16.2% |
| New listings | 7,648 | |
| Median days on market | 43 | +13.3% |
| Median list price | $572,150 | −4.6% |
| Share with a price cut | 20.1% |
Metro inventory comes from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. For every metro: days on market by city.
Living costs in Alexandria
The Zillow Observed Rent Index shows Alexandria's typical monthly asking rent at $2,275, 0.7% lower than one year before. At that rent, a typical home equals 24.3 years of payments. With a median household income of $124,593 (Census ACS 2024), the typical home comes to 5.3 times the yearly amount. BEA gives the metro a price index of 108.9 compared with a US average of 100, plus a housing cost index of 151.1.
The rent, the prices, and what salary you need to move there: Alexandria cost of living.
Additional housing markets across Virginia
- Virginia Beach $424,785
- Arlington, Virginia $801,809
- $361,844 for Richmond.
- $310,673 for Norfolk.
- $277,549 for Roanoke.
- Charlottesville housing $511,398.
Statewide figures: Virginia housing market.
How to read the chart
Every point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Alexandria, representing the smoothed, seasonally adjusted monthly dollar value of a typical home in the market's middle third. The hollow point shows the selected month on the slider, while the terracotta point shows the latest month. These figures do not account for inflation, and the index tracks a typical home rather than one particular property. Use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to estimate a single home's value from its sale price.