Virginia Beach city, VA

At June 2026, selected ZIP records with direct Zillow ZORI evidence span $1,817 to $2,710, with a $2,045.50 median and an $893 spread. The lower reading is in 23452 and the upper reading in 23456, so the selected set presents a meaningful current-price choice rather than a narrow county band. The county Zillow figure is $2,065, up 4.5% year over year, but it should not be used to erase that within-set range. The practical question is whether a renter's property search and budget can accommodate the current ZORI level in a given ZIP while separately testing its longer-run survey rent, burden, and vacancy signals.

Zillow, ACS, and HUD provide adjacent but noninterchangeable benchmarks. ZORI is a typical observed asking-rent index; it is not the ACS 2024 five-year ZCTA median gross-rent estimate. The ACS estimates run from $1,651 to $2,057, versus $1,714 countywide, and they summarize a different time frame and survey universe. Separately, the FY2026 HUD two-bedroom standards range from $1,970 to $2,400. Current ZORI equals 90.0% to 112.9% of those standards across the set. That comparison can frame bedroom-specific program or budget screening, but the administrative HUD standard is neither an asking rent nor a substitute for an observed lease quote.

Affordability pressure and vacancy also vary, without providing a simple ranking. The ACS share of renter households spending 30% or more of income on rent ranges from 38.2% to 59.6%. A separate 30%-of-income screen based on current ZORI requires $72,680 to $108,400 annually; this arithmetic screen is not an ACS burden rate and does not establish what any household can afford. ACS vacancy rates range from 2.9% to 12.9%; the associated direct ZORI readings at those two extremes are $1,991 and $2,100, respectively. Because these are five-year survey estimates and ZORI is a current index, the contrast should prompt verification of current listings and terms, not an inference about negotiating leverage or unit availability.

Coverage and geography limit any ZIP-level conclusion. The eligible direct-evidence records cover 62,463 renter households but are a selected set, not a countywide inventory. Census ZCTAs are statistical areas rather than identical USPS delivery ZIPs. The HUD-USPS crosswalk assigned each displayed ZIP to Virginia Beach city based on its largest residential-address share, which ranges from 99.85% to 100.00%; ZIPs can nevertheless cross county lines. For any property, confirm the advertised asking rent and bedroom count, lease duration, fees and concessions, utility responsibility, income rules, occupancy status, and the date and geographic scope of each comparison.