Pay and cost of living in Warren County, VA
Warren County, VA is part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV labor market, and this page summarizes 88 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $64,785 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $195,190, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $34,600.
A one-bedroom apartment in Warren County, VA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,108 a month and a two-bedroom $1,449. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $20,280 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $60,176 a year, and every one of the 88 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Warren County, VA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Warren County, VA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Warren County, VA, set beside the Virginia and national medians.
Median household income in Warren County, VA is $84,682, 9% below the Virginia median of $93,170 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($13,296) equals 15.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $64,785, is 23% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Warren County, VA pay a median of $1,819 a year in real estate taxes, 35% below the Virginia median of $2,790. With a median home value of $348,400, 9% below the Virginia median of $383,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.52% a year.
Renters in Warren County, VA pay a median gross rent of $1,199 a month in the Census survey, 24% below the Virginia median of $1,579. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,108; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Warren County, VA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 37.8 minutes each way, 38% above the Virginia average of 27.3. 12.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.