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Orange County, VA vacation rental rules and taxes

Orange County’s rental market runs from Lake of the Woods and the Lake Anna shore to the towns of Orange and Gordonsville. The county zoning code lists “short-term lodging facility” as a permitted use in its agricultural and residential districts. Stays pay 5.3% sales tax plus a 2% county lodging tax; the towns charge more.

Checked against official sources November 7, 2026
Market
About 200 Airbnb listings
Orange 79, Gordonsville 73, Locust Grove 28, Barboursville 18 (AirROI).Source
Sales tax
5.3%
Lodging tax
2% county
The Town of Orange charges 5% and Gordonsville 4%.Source

What to do

  1. Then your town or area

    Zoning rules are set by the county outside town limits and by each town inside them, and towns can add their own lodging tax. Pick your area.

Towns

Full guide

Gordonsville

Gordonsville levies its own lodging tax; stays owe 5.3% sales tax + 4% town lodging tax. We could not search the town’s zoning code, so ask the town whether a short-term rental needs a permit.

Full guide

Orange

Orange levies its own lodging tax; stays owe 5.3% sales tax + 5% town lodging tax. We could not search the town’s zoning code, so ask the town whether a short-term rental needs a permit.

Full guide

Unincorporated Orange County

Orange County’s zoning lists “short-term lodging facility” as a permitted use in the agricultural, limited residential (R-1), general residential (R-2), and planned residential districts, and we found no county rental permit. Stays pay 5.3% sales tax plus the county’s 2% lodging tax.

Sources

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