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Cost of living in Brightwood, Virginia

Brightwood, Virginia has about 1,325 people. Typical rent is $958 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $70,625 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $958 a month.

Brightwood is a Census community, not a separate city government in Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $70,625 a year.

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People
1,325
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$958
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$70,625
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$328,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,133
Madison County, VA

Brightwood, Virginia has about 1,325 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $328,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Madison County is $1,133 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Brightwood. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Virginia's prices sit at 101.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Virginia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.8% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Brightwood's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Virginia home paid 17.55¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Brightwood's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Virginia in the table we use.

Among 343 places we list in Virginia with a rent figure, 255 have higher typical rent than Brightwood.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.