Loudoun County · Prince William County · Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia Communities & Neighborhood Guides
In-depth, locally written guides to the communities Leigh Anne knows best: schools, amenities, commutes, HOA details and live listings for each neighborhood, so you can compare them the way a local would.
Browse by lifestyle
Not sure which community fits? Start with a lifestyle guide: each one compares several communities side by side around the way you actually want to live.
55+ Communities in Northern Virginia
Six active-adult neighborhoods compared side by side: home types, clubhouses, golf and what each one does best.
Read the guide →Commuter & Metro Communities
Ashburn, Reston, Herndon, Braemar and more: communities near the Silver Line, the VRE and Dulles, compared by commute.
Read the guide →Gated & Golf Communities
Dominion Valley, Piedmont, Heritage Hunt, River Creek and more: country-club living compared, with a plain-English guide to how club membership works.
Read the guide →Trail, Lake & Open-Space Communities
Reston's lakes, Broadlands's nature center, Willowsford's agrihood and more: communities built around the outdoors.
Read the guide →Walkable & Town-Center Communities
Reston, Brambleton, One Loudoun, downtown Leesburg and Old Town Fairfax: the region's most walkable town-center neighborhoods.
Read the guide →Five lifestyle guides now cover 55+, gated & golf, walkable town-center, trails & lakes, and commuter living across Northern Virginia.
Browse by town
Prefer to start with a whole town? Town guides cover the bigger picture: commute, schools, lifestyle and every community within, then link down to each neighborhood.
Fairfax County · 17 towns
Alexandria
22303, 22306–22310, 22312, 22315
Annandale
22003
Burke
22015
Centreville
20120, 20121
Chantilly
20151, 20152
Clifton
20124
Fairfax
22030–22033
Fairfax Station
22039
Falls Church
22041–22046
Great Falls
22066
Herndon
20170, 20171
Lorton
22079
McLean
22101, 22102
Oakton
22124
Reston
20190, 20191, 20194
Springfield
22150, 22151, 22152, 22153
Vienna
22180, 22181, 22182
Loudoun County · 13 towns
Prince William County · 7 towns
37 town and city guides across Fairfax, Loudoun and western Prince William. See the full Search by Town index.
Loudoun County
Featured communities in Loudoun County, each with a full neighborhood guide and live listings.
Ashburn · 20148
Brambleton
Master-planned around a walkable town center, with 18+ miles of trails, four pools and Fios internet bundled into the HOA.
Read the guide →Ashburn · 20148
Broadlands
A nature-centered community built along the Stream Valley green spine, with its own staffed Nature Center and the Silver Line at its corner.
Read the guide →Western Loudoun · 20132
Purcellville
A historic Main Street town at the edge of Loudoun wine country and the western end of the W&OD Trail: from in-town homes to acreage.
Read the guide →South Riding (Chantilly) · 20152
South Riding
A self-contained planned town of about 30,000 residents with an 18-hole golf club, town center and its own high school.
Read the guide →Aldie · 20105
Stone Ridge
One of southern Loudoun’s newest master-planned communities: still building, with a village center, three pools and a county library inside.
Read the guide →Prince William County
Featured communities in Prince William County, each with a full neighborhood guide and live listings.
Bristow · 20136
Braemar
Bristow’s largest community, with parks, pools, trails and the VRE’s Broad Run station at the community’s edge. More home for the money.
Read the guide →Haymarket · 20169
Dominion Valley
A gated country-club community built around an Arnold Palmer Signature golf course, with pools, a sports pavilion and the Regency 55+ section.
Read the guide →Haymarket · 20169
Piedmont
Gated golf living on a Tom Fazio course, plus the adjacent, non-gated Villages of Piedmont for a more attainable way in.
Read the guide →Don't see your community?
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