Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety88#1,887/15,637
Economy97#490/15,631
Housing42#8,643/14,977
Health98#251/15,609
Healthcare87#2,080/15,650
Environment72#4,257/15,453
Education98#252/15,649
Infrastructure96#568/15,650
Community88#1,812/15,651
Leisure & amenities60#6,183/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kingstowne, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fairfax County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Injury deaths · low37 /100k
100/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Life expectancy · high85.0 yrs
100/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Premature death · low3,682 /100k
100/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.7%
99/100Virginia 83.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Average weekly wage · high$2,212
99/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFairfax County value
Food environment index · high9.6
98/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
5/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFairfax County value
Drought exposure · high80%
11/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFairfax County value
Job growth · low-1.9%
14/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFairfax County value
Average commute time · high30.4 min
16/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mammography screening · low40.0%
19/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Pharmacies · low1.3 /10k
32/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFairfax County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
57.9% (2015-2019) → 67.5% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Public transit commutersWorsening
12.1% (2015-2019) → 4.2% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
45.6% (2015-2019) → 51.5% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.353 (2015-2019) → 0.427 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.9% (2015-2019) → 4.6% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
94.2% (2015-2019) → 97.5% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kingstowne, Virginia improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++9.6 points57.9% → 67.5%
Broadband+2.2 points95.3% → 97.6%

Declined2

Inequality+0.0740.353 → 0.427
Transit use−7.9 points12.1% → 4.2%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Kingstowne, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	34.5 min2015-2019	30.4 min2020-2024	−4.2 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%2015-2019	67.5%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	95.3%2015-2019	97.6%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	16%
Effective property tax rate	1.03%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
High school diploma or higher	94.2%2015-2019	97.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3532015-2019	0.4272020-2024	+0.074	Declined	9%
Median household income	$131,1852015-2019	$151,5352020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	3.0%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Public transit commuters	12.1%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Declined	3%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	45.6%2015-2019	51.5%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Unemployment rate	4.1%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.2%2015-2019	6.7%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	41%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Kingstowne, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kingstowne, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kingstowne, Virginia itself moved −4.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

18,360 residents (±1,488)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+2.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

18,360 residents (±1,488)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

White42%7,759
Black26%4,734
Hispanic or Latino10%1,869
Asian14%2,647
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†16
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races7.3%†1,335

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

12,948 residents (±934)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma2.5%†322
High school or GED12%†1,614
Some college13%1,643
Associate degree4.8%627
Bachelor's degree29%3,819
Graduate degree38%4,923

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+7.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,305 households (±493)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k5.8%†425
$25k–50k6.0%†437
$50k–75k9.9%†720
$75k–100k12%†880
$100k–150k16%1,142
$150k–200k13%957
$200k or more38%2,744

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+15.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

7,305 households (±493)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Own71%5,201
Rent29%2,104

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,075 households (±295)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7502.0%†41
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5002.7%†55

Home values

5,201 homes (±475)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k4.9%†257
$150k–250k0.7%†34
$250k–400k8.8%†458

Age of homes

7,549 homes (±472)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later6.0%†451
2000–200914%1,052
1980–199973%5,510

Size of homes

7,549 homes (±472)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.1%†9
1 bedroom5.9%†445
2 bedrooms31%2,326

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

9,742 workers (±675)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone54%5,272
Carpool4.6%†445
Public transit4.2%†406
Walk2.4%†231
Bike0.1%†6
Work from home34%3,280
Other1.0%†102

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+26.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

6,462 workers (±538)

Kingstowne, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min15%945
15–29 min34%2,213
30–44 min32%2,074

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fairfax County, the county holding most of Kingstowne's residents.

Fairfax County has 31,931 employer establishments, 279 for every 10,000 residents (1.12× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Virginia's), with 696,002 paid employees at an average annual pay of $100,312. The Census Bureau also counts 130,037 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,931; 130,037 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 279; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 696,002
Average annual pay: $100,312; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fairfax County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Computer systems design and related services	3,683	32.2	7.44×More than typical	117,517	$121,878	3,011
Ambulatory health care services	3,051	26.7	1.28×More than typical	38,495	$75,312	6,211
Restaurants and other eating places	2,207	19.3	1.05×About typical	38,288	$27,027	674
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,016	17.6	2.63×More than typical	46,554	$118,434	9,057
Lessors of real estate	1,696	14.8	1.20×About typical	9,931	$88,564	11,883
Specialty trade contractors	1,404	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	16,724	$81,199	6,665
Limited-service restaurants	1,026	9	1.12×About typical	16,219	$23,525	211
Construction of buildings	990	8.7	1.15×About typical	10,638	$109,712	3,635
Offices of physicians	926	8.1	1.25×More than typical	10,959	$106,612	1,087
Full-service restaurants	908	7.9	1.03×About typical	18,718	$30,849	337
Offices of dentists	812	7.1	1.76×More than typical	5,693	$67,036	472
Personal care services	761	6.7	1.39×More than typical	3,840	$36,818	4,655

Rank places for an industry Open Fairfax County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,143,456 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $108.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kingstowne, Virginia: $5,923 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $108.7M; −48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,923; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$39.3M36%
Defense Human Resources Activity$28.8M26%
Department of the Army$19.2M18%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$7.9M7.2%
Department of the Navy$4.4M4.1%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$1.1M1.0%
Defense Information Systems Agency$875.8K0.8%
Department of the Air Force$842K0.8%

Top recipients

BLUE TECH INC.$27.8M26%
MULLENLOWE US INC$25.8M24%
DCS CORPORATION$5.1M4.7%
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$5M4.6%
ONEOMEGA LLC$4.6M4.2%

Spending by fiscal year

130.3MFY2017
118.9MFY2018
168.7MFY2019
136.8MFY2020
132MFY2021
194.1MFY2022
115.3MFY2023
205.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$27.9M26%
Advertising, public relations, and related services · 5418$25.8M24%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$17.5M16%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$9.9M9.1%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$4.8M4.4%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Kingstowne, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Kingstowne, Virginia's figures are part of those of Fairfax County, VA ($35.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Kingstowne is mostly in Fairfax County.

See federal money in Fairfax County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Kingstowne, Virginia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fairfax County96100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Fairfax County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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