Ceres Homes for Sale

Ceres is a small rural community at the edge of Bland County, bordered by the Jefferson National Forest and the rising Blue Ridge Mountains. It offers countryside living as many would picture it, with homes on several acres, farm animals and the hush that comes with being at the mountain foothills. “Most folks have been around the area for years and years. But every so often, new people will come in, want to buy some land, make their own little home,” says Randy Johnson, the Bland County Board of Supervisors chairperson. “Living in the countryside, you can do what you want with your land and get that peace and quiet.” One main two-lane road weaves through the community, revealing rolling hills, grazing cattle and power lines that cross the dips and rises of the valley. Homes in Ceres tend to be midcentury ranch styles, early 1900s farmhouses and manufactured houses, most separated by several acres. Occasionally, a new resident will buy a plot of land to build a custom home. Many living here have built additional structures around their properties, from tool sheds to barns to run-ins for their cattle and horses. Small homes needing renovation can sell for as low as $50,000 to