What is the population of Staunton city?

Staunton city has 25,765 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Staunton city?

Median household income in Staunton city is $62,586 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Staunton city?

Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $239,300, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.

Is Staunton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Staunton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Staunton, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Staunton, Virginia (Staunton, VA — Census place “Staunton city”) is 25,765 residents, ranking #43 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $62,586, the median home is worth $239,300 and median gross rent runs $993 a month. Looking for the Staunton Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Staunton, VA: 24401.

Population: 25,765Staunton city residents
Median household income: $62,586Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $239,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $993Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.5%Owner-occupied households

Staunton ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Staunton.

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

24401

What the numbers mean in Staunton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Staunton city median would spend about 19% 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 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.6% of residents and 59.5% of households own their home.

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

Staunton city, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Staunton city is a small city in Virginia, with 25,765 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #43 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Staunton city earn a median of $62,586 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 12.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Staunton city is valued at $239,300, 21.1% below the national figure and 18% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $993 a month, 29.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,916 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19% 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 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.5% 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 Staunton city?: Staunton city has 25,765 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Staunton city?: Median household income in Staunton city is $62,586 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Staunton city?: Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $239,300, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.
Is Staunton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Staunton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Staunton city 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.