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ZIP 24330 · Fries, VA · 2,870 residents · September 2026

Fries 24330: neither side has the edge.

Fair conditions for both sides. Typical home value $153K, +5.9% over 12 months; listings take 74 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Balanced+7

In Mar 2026: −11

Typical value$153K+5.9% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market74 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut56%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$910/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings19+36% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore58of 100

Higher than 83% of scored ZIPs

Affordability53
Growth57
Risk64
Momentum70
Livability42

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026−11
  2. Apr 2026+16
  3. May 2026+21
  4. Jun 2026+21
  5. Jul 2026+21
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+7

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 74 days on marketslower than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 56% of listings cut pricemore than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 19 active listings+36% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Accelerating: prices +5.9% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$152,743Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
The 90-day changes for this ZIP are part of Haven.
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Prices

Typical home value since 2012, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+5.9%
3 years+18.1%
5 years+29.4%
10 years+85.8%
From peak−0.7%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 24330 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $156,989 in April 2026; the latest value is −2.7% from that peak, 4 months on. Since January 2019 it is +84.2%. The sharpest 12-month move was −4.3%, ending March 2023.

Zillow's typical home value here, $153K in August 2026, is 47% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +5.9% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$88K
Middle tier$153K
Top tier$255K
Single-family$152K
2 bedrooms$127K
3 bedrooms$171K

Starter homes here rose 34% in five years while top-tier homes rose 18% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the bottom of the market outpaced the top.

3-bedroom homes here run 35% above 2-bedrooms (Zillow ZHVI by bedroom); the VA median premium is 40%.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankVirginia rank
1 year+5.9%+5.9%/yrTop 12% nationallyTop 6% in Virginia
3 years+18.1%+5.7%/yrTop 10% nationallyTop 5% in Virginia
5 years+29.4%+5.3%/yrHigher than 70% nationallyHigher than 71% in Virginia
10 years+85.8%+6.4%/yrHigher than 58% nationallyTop 19% in Virginia
Since 2012+115.4%+5.4%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$120K$130K$140K$150K$160K$148K202420252026$120K$130K$140K$160K$148K202420252026
3 months$148K−3.3% · $142K–$155KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$1,17534% of the median household income here ($41,517)
Principal and interest$902
Property tax$111
Insurance$77
Mortgage insurance$86

Between the 28% and 36% lines lenders use. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $923 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$910
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$1,175

Buying costs $265 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,260 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $171K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 8.8% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$41,517Census ACS
Price to income3.7×long-run average 2.4×
Property tax0.87%statutory, state
Insurance$923/yrtypical premium
Commute28 minmedian, one way
Walkability5 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively ModerateFEMA NRI · wildfire 79 · flood 50
Population change−1.6% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1959Census ACS
Owner-occupied87%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 3.7× the median household income here, against 4.4× in the median VA ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $41,517 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Moderatescore 57 of 100 · county median 61
Flood50 of 100county median 63
Wildfire79 of 100county median 79
Hurricane56 of 100county median 57

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 6 scored ZIPs in Grayson County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income2%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income40%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

53

Growth

57

Risk

64

Momentum

70
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Livability

42
Walkability5 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density10 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

7 scored Virginia ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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