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Cost of living in Buena Vista, Virginia

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,112 a month.

Buena Vista is a city in Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $57,833 a year.

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People
6,593
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,112
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$57,833
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$156,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,057
Rockbridge County-Buena Vista city-Lexington city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area

Buena Vista, Virginia has about 6,593 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $156,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Buena Vista city is $1,057 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Buena Vista. 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 Buena Vista'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 Buena Vista'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, 216 have higher typical rent than Buena Vista.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.