Cost of living in Front Royal, Virginia
Front Royal, Virginia has about 15,296 people. Typical rent is $1,135 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $64,838 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.
Ranked #160 in Virginia on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,135 a month.
Front Royal is a town in Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $64,838 a year.
- People
- 15,296
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,135
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $64,838
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $314,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,449
- Warren County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
- Gas
- $4.035
- Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026
Front Royal, Virginia has about 15,296 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $314,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Warren County is $1,449 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Front Royal. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, prices sit at 108.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Virginia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.8% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Front Royal'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 Front Royal's bill.
EIA does not publish a Virginia gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Virginia shares this price.
Among 343 places we list in Virginia with a rent figure, 211 have higher typical rent than Front Royal.
Nearby places
- Apple Mountain Lake
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Typical rent $1,765
Compare with Front Royal - Middletown
Typical rent $798
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Typical rent $1,017
Compare with Front Royal - Stephens City
Typical rent $1,210
Compare with Front Royal - Winchester
Typical rent $1,315
Compare with Front Royal - Woodstock
Typical rent $1,005
- Berryville
Typical rent $1,443
EBT nearby
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.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Bigger places in Virginia
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.