Rents are 4% below what Glen Allen'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 $2,022 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
December. Asking rents in Glen Allen usually run 0.9% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in July, about $36 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Glen Allen is 0.8% below its high of $2,038 in May 2026, at $2,022 as of September 2026.
Rent in Glen Allen changed +1.9% 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 Glen Allen rose 35.1% while median household income rose 22.9% ($75,429 to $92,723). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Glen Allen is 42.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($92,723) is $2,318 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,105); a 3-bedroom is $2,665.
Henrico, 8 miles away, rents for 15% less ($1,722/mo), about $3,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Glen Allen. 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
Glen Allen, VA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 45.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Glen Allen, VA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Glen Allen, VA has shifted from $1,543 to $2,022, up 31.0% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $92,723 today, compared with $79,401 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Glen Allen, VA adding about 2,768 residents over the five-year window, up 18.7% on net. The renter share has eased from 26.3% to 24.1%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 43% to 45.8% across the same window. 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 Glen Allen is $2,022/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,830/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,105/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,905/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,665/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($92,723/yr), Glen Allen ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.9% over the past year.
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