Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County has a population of 432,998 and has grown 6.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $743,800, about 4.1 times the county's median household income of $181,765.

Home price
$743,800
Income
$181,765
Population
432,998
Unemployment
3.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$743,800county
Median gross rent$2,386county
Median year homes here were built2002county
Share of homes built before 198012.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant2.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$2,917county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,246county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$2,015county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,835county
Home insurance / yr$2,074(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living100.8(statewide)
Median household income$181,765county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate4.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home31.2%county
Unemployment rate3.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force74.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.5%county
Share of workers employed by government17.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.6%county
Economic output per resident$103,592county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.85%county
Top state income tax5.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.77%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time30.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.8 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport13003234county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station20 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.9%county
Traffic deaths9.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.1(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher64.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.9%county
Public schools in the county98county
Public school enrollment81486county
Students per full-time teacher12.6county
Free lunch eligible28.0%county
Elementary schools62county
Middle schools18county
High schools13county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians76county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter6.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year5.3%county
Frequent mental distress13.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity16.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population432,998county
Land area in square miles516county
People per square mile of land840.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores61county
Convenience stores27county
Share living far from a food store33.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+6.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents8county
Median age38.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1826.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over10.8%county
Share of households that are one person17.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States27.4%county
Second languages34.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls28.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents49county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Households that moved in13,588county
Households that moved away14,539county
Average income of arriving households$118,595county
Average income of departing households$119,636county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,561county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings58.9%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.3 incounty
Annual snowfall17.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.16 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F23 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing88 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days194 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 15county
Average first fall frostOct 27county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.8¢county
Household electricity use1,074 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas58.8%county
Homes heated by propane7.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.5%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband97.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk83.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk74.1county
Landslide risk51.2county
Hail risk76.5county
Earthquake risk77.9county
Tornado risk74.7county
Tropical cyclone risk80.1county
Extreme heat risk91.1county
Winter weather risk90.4county
Strong wind risk87.4county
Wildfire risk37.4county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Loudoun County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Virginia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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