What is the population of Culpeper town?

Culpeper town has 20,437 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Culpeper town?

Median household income in Culpeper town is $91,429 a year, 16.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Culpeper town?

Median gross rent is $1,408 a month and the median home value is $366,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Culpeper town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Culpeper town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Culpeper, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper, VA — Census place “Culpeper town”) is 20,437 residents, ranking #64 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $91,429, the median home is worth $366,300 and median gross rent runs $1,408 a month. Looking for the Culpeper Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Culpeper, VA: 22701.

Population: 20,437Culpeper town residents
Median household income: $91,429Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $366,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,408Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60%Owner-occupied households

Culpeper ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Culpeper.

The Culpeper VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

22701

What the numbers mean in Culpeper town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Culpeper town median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.6% of residents and 60% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Culpeper town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Culpeper town is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 20,437 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #64 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 32.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Culpeper town earn a median of $91,429 a year, 16.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Culpeper town is valued at $366,300, 20.7% above the national figure and 26% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,408 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,896 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Culpeper town?: Culpeper town has 20,437 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Culpeper town?: Median household income in Culpeper town is $91,429 a year, 16.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Culpeper town?: Median gross rent is $1,408 a month and the median home value is $366,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Culpeper town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Culpeper town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Culpeper town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.