Southwest & Blue Ridge
Selling a Mobile Home in Franklin County, Virginia
Franklin County holds about 4,732 manufactured homes out of 28,408 total housing units, roughly 16.7% (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 five-year estimates). The county stretches from the edge of the Roanoke Valley at Boones Mill down through Rocky Mount and out to the Smith Mountain Lake shoreline, and the housing stock changes character sharply along the way.
- Manufactured homes
- 4,732
- Share of housing
- 16.7%
- County seat
- Rocky Mount
What the housing stock looks like here
Away from the lake, most manufactured homes sit on private acreage, sometimes well off a state road with a gravel drive and a septic system. Near Smith Mountain Lake, we also see homes used seasonally. Access, well and septic condition, and how far the home sits from a maintained road all affect what we can do, and we ask about them early rather than late.
Who contacts us from Franklin County
- Inherited homes on mountain or farm acreage that heirs cannot maintain from a distance
- Seasonal or second homes near Smith Mountain Lake that are no longer used
- Homes with well, septic or access issues
- Owners who want to sell the home and keep or separately sell the land
Towns and communities we cover
Rocky Mount, Boones Mill, Ferrum, Glade Hill, Union Hall, Wirtz, Penhook.
Franklin County properties are often rural and hard to reach. Clear photos of the exterior, the underside and the road in tell us more in five minutes than a description can.