Richmond's median home price sits at $350,000, 17% below the $420,000 national median. On a $67,000 median household income, that puts the price-to-income ratio at 5.2x, or 5.2 years of gross pay for the purchase price alone.
Property taxes in Richmond run 1.2% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $4,200 a year, or $350 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Virginia taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $2,311/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Richmond track at 101 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Richmond's median home price runs 4% lower than nearby Virginia Beach: $365,000 there versus $350,000 here.