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Getting around Northern Virginia

Transit, drive-time reality, greenways, airports, rail, and daily mobility tradeoffs.

Area mobility

Arlington County

The urban county directly across the Potomac from Washington: the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, the Pentagon, and National Landing, served by Metro's Orange, Silver, Blue, and Yellow lines.

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Area mobility

Alexandria City

An independent city on the Potomac just south of DC. Old Town's King Street and waterfront, the Del Ray strip, and the redeveloping West End and Potomac Yard.

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Fairfax County

Virginia's most populous locality and the metro's suburban core: Tysons, Reston, and the Mosaic District, with the Silver Line running out the Dulles corridor.

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Fairfax City

A six-square-mile independent city surrounded by Fairfax County, with a walkable historic downtown at the crossroads of Routes 123 and 29-50, next door to George Mason University.

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Falls Church City

A two-square-mile independent city between Arlington and Fairfax County with its own school division and a walkable center along West Broad Street.

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Loudoun County

Dulles airport and the data-center corridor in the east, Leesburg's county seat in the middle, and wine-and-horse country toward the Blue Ridge in the west.

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Prince William County

The metro's second ring: Woodbridge and Potomac Shores along the river, Gainesville and Haymarket at the foot of Bull Run Mountain, and Manassas National Battlefield Park in between.

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Manassas City

An independent city built around a historic downtown and its train depot: VRE and Amtrak share the station, and Prince William's courts sit here.

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Manassas Park City

One of Virginia's smallest independent cities, tucked between Manassas and Prince William County, with its own VRE station on the Manassas line.

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Sources and freshnessLast rebuilt 2026-09-14 with public records and source notes for Getting around Northern Virginia.
  • Last rebuilt 2026-09-14 from the latest records synced into this guide.
  • Home-price medians use 27,014 recorded public sale rows across 2 areas.
  • 1 area uses assessed value because usable sale-price coverage is limited.
  • 6 areas show an explicit coming-soon state rather than a guessed price.
  • Property and tax figures come from county/city parcel, sales, and assessor records.
  • School metrics use Virginia Department of Education profiles when available.
  • Amenity and business counts use OpenStreetMap, so hours and listings can change.
  • Jobs, events, news, and business-directory layers are included only after their feeds or curated sources sync.
  • Use these figures as planning estimates, then verify taxes, listings, and school details before making an offer.

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