Bristol, VA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Bristol: a median closing price of $193,000 across 176 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Bristol, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Bristol sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 176
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $193,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $129
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $125,000 and $265,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 176 closed sales in Bristol over the last six months, with a median closing price of $193,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $125,000 and $265,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 86% of the Bristol closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 175 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $104 and $160 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Bristol, VA (August 2026)
The median home price in Bristol is $193,000, measured across the 176 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $125,000 and $265,000.
Where Bristol sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Bristol over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $125,000 and $265,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 31 days, across 110 Bristol closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 31 days, across 109 Bristol closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Bristol angle
In Bristol, Virginia the middle half of closings spans a range wider than most markets we track. That is the fact that should govern how the citywide figures get used. $193,000 splits 176 into halves, but with the quartiles far apart, membership in the same half tells you little about how two properties compare. Anchoring is the failure mode. Starting at the midpoint and nudging produces numbers that feel calibrated and are not, because the range being nudged within is long. Filter on property type, then on size, and let the surviving closings set the estimate; treat $125,000 and $265,000 as a plausibility check afterwards.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,508+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Bristol address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Bristol, VA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 176
Median sold price: $193,000
Median sold $/sqft: $129 (175 qualifying)
Property mix: 86% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/bristol-va-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Bristol over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 22% of the 176 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $219,500.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Bristol?
The median sold price in Bristol over the last 6 months is $193,000, measured across 176 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Bristol last month?
Resideline tracked 31 closed sales in Bristol in July 2026, out of 176 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Bristol?
The middle half of Bristol sales over the last six months closed between $125,000 and $265,000, with a median of $193,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Bristol?
Among qualifying Bristol closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $129, measured across 175 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Does a wide quartile band mean Bristol, Virginia prices are unpredictable?
It means a single citywide figure describes an individual property poorly, which is not the same thing. A wide band tells you the properties selling here differ from one another in ways the headline number cannot capture: type, size, condition and finish all vary across that range. Individual sales remain readable if you match on those attributes. The practical response is to narrow the comparison set until the properties in it resemble yours, and to expect the citywide midpoint to sit some distance from your result.
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