Rents are 3% below what Annandale's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,482 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
October. Asking rents in Annandale usually run 0.8% below trend in October and 0.5% above it in July, about $32 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in Annandale is 1.3% below its high of $2,515 in October 2025, at $2,482 as of September 2026.
Rent in Annandale changed -0.4% over the year to September 2026. Across the 66 Virginia cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.5%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Annandale rose 29.4% while median household income rose 20.4% ($96,533 to $116,263). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Annandale is 33.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($116,263) is $2,907 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,880); a 4-bedroom is $3,390.
Lincolnia, 3 miles away, rents for 10% less ($2,231/mo), about $3,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Annandale. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Annandale, VA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 45.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Annandale, VA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Annandale, VA has climbed 36.6% since 2021, going from about $1,817 per month to roughly $2,482 today. Census figures show median household income at $116,263 today, compared with $106,620 five years earlier. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 27.6 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 34.6% of households rent today, against 36.1% in 2021. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Annandale is $2,482/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,000/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,300/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,040/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,880/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($116,263/yr), Annandale ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.4% over the past year.
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