Rents are right about where Centreville's 10-year trend predicts.
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 $2,396 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
January. Asking rents in Centreville usually run 1.1% below trend in January and 1% above it in June, about $50 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Centreville is 0.1% below its high of $2,398 in January 2025, at $2,396 as of September 2026.
Rent in Centreville changed +0.3% 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 Centreville rose 33.7% while median household income rose 18.1% ($118,158 to $139,510). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Centreville is 35.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($139,510) is $3,488 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($3,110); a 4-bedroom is $3,665.
Manassas Park, 5 miles away, rents for 12% less ($2,115/mo), about $3,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Centreville. 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
Centreville, VA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 58.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Centreville, VA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Centreville, VA has climbed by $587 per month, settling near $2,396 after starting the period at $1,809. Census figures show median household income at $139,510 today, compared with $126,990 five years earlier. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 22.5 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 73,064 to 71,706 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.9% change. 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 Centreville is $2,396/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,160/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,485/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,205/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,110/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($139,510/yr), Centreville ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.3% over the past year.
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