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Manassas, Virginia

Manassas is a city in Manassas city, Virginia, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 42,976 residents. Manassas, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 75 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,927 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #164 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and access to exercise opportunities (high). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), average commute time (high) and mammography screening (low).

75High

Quality-of-life score: #3,927 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #164 of 375 in VA
Population: 42,976 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 4,366.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 5148952

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety69#4,775/15,637
Economy85#2,382/15,631
Housing40#8,980/14,977
Health62#6,001/15,609
Healthcare56#6,914/15,650
Environment69#4,827/15,453
Education26#11,572/15,649
Infrastructure75#3,991/15,650
Community80#3,151/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,846/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Manassas, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Manassas city 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

Distance to an Amtrak station · low1 mi
100/100Virginia 14 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauManassas city value
Distance to an emergency room · low1.2 mi
100/100Virginia 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesManassas city value
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.9%
100/100Virginia 83.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteManassas city value
Traffic deaths · low4.2 /100k
98/100Virginia 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataManassas city value
Dentists · high119 /100k
97/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteManassas city value
Grocery stores · high3.4 /10k
96/100Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsManassas city value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.4%
5/100Virginia 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Average commute time · high32.1 min
6/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mammography screening · low35.0%
8/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteManassas city value
Drought exposure · high85%
8/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAManassas city value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
12/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesManassas city value
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationManassas city value

Trends

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

Median household incomeImproving
$81,493 (2015-2019) → $113,590 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.0% (2015-2019) → 95.1% (2020-2024)
+6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
16.4% (2015-2019) → 21.4% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.2% (2015-2019) → 52.2% (2020-2024)
−4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
2.3 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−20%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
34.2% (2015-2019) → 30.9% (2020-2024)
−3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Manassas, Virginia improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 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.

Improved4

Commute−4.4 min36.5 min → 32.1 min
Household income+39%$81,493 → $113,590
Bachelor's++3.1 points29.6% → 32.7%
Broadband+6 points89.0% → 95.1%

Declined2

Uninsured+5.1 points16.4% → 21.4%
Transit use−1.2 points3.4% → 2.2%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Manassas, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	36.5 min2015-2019	32.1 min2020-2024	−4.4 min	Improved	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	89.0%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	38%
Child poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	1.06%2015-2019	0.99%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	82.7%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4022015-2019	0.4062020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$81,4932015-2019	$113,5902020-2024	+39%	Improved	73%
Poverty rate	8.0%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	3.4%2015-2019	2.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Declined	17%
Rent as share of income	34.2%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	57.2%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	3.8%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Declined	10%

“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 Manassas, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Manassas, 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, Manassas, Virginia itself moved +5 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

42,976 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

14,203 households (±165)

Manassas, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k7.7%1,099
$25k–50k10%1,444
$50k–75k14%2,010

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,203 households (±165)

Manassas, Virginia
Virginia share

Own71%10,151
Rent29%4,052

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.3 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

22,181 workers (±579)

Manassas, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone69%15,254
Carpool13%2,938
Public transit2.2%†484

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 Manassas city, the county holding most of Manassas's residents.

Manassas city has 1,506 employer establishments, 349 for every 10,000 residents (1.40× the US rate of 248; 1.44× Virginia's), with 17,903 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,880. The Census Bureau also counts 4,614 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,506; 4,614 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 349; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 17,903
Average annual pay: $63,880; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	190	44	2.84×More than typical	1,501	$73,503	626
Ambulatory health care services	137	31.7	1.52×More than typical	2,067	$67,013	105
Restaurants and other eating places	118	27.3	1.49×More than typical	1,855	$23,542	38
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	64	14.8	4.70×More than typical	623	$75,767	142
Legal services	61	14.1	2.63×More than typical	271	$93,745	23
Construction of buildings	57	13.2	1.75×More than typical	231	$66,455	329
Services to buildings and dwellings	56	13	1.92×More than typical	447	$30,837	422
Automotive repair and maintenance	55	12.7	2.53×More than typical	306	$43,337	72
Building finishing contractors	55	12.7	3.35×More than typical	303	$64,228	246
Limited-service restaurants	55	12.7	1.59×More than typical	886	$21,150	9
Full-service restaurants	50	11.6	1.51×More than typical	789	$26,868	23
Offices of physicians	47	10.9	1.68×More than typical	932	$96,760	12

Rank places for an industry Open Manassas city

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,184 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 $104.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Manassas, Virginia: $2,428 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $104.4M; −55% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,428; US $1,994
Sole-source: 26%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$33.2M32%
Drug Enforcement Administration$22M21%
Department of the Navy$19.9M19%
Department of Energy$6.2M5.9%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$5.8M5.6%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$4.9M4.7%
Public Buildings Service$3.7M3.6%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2.6M2.5%

Top recipients

LEIDOS, INC.$32.2M31%
EAGLE HARBOR, LLC$27.7M27%
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$10.3M9.8%
DIDLAKE INC$6.3M6.0%
REED & ASSOCIATES, CPAS, INC.$4.8M4.6%

Spending by fiscal year

99.2MFY2017
86.5MFY2018
104.1MFY2019
106.8MFY2020
136.4MFY2021
162.8MFY2022
389.3MFY2023
326M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$61M58%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$7.7M7.4%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$6.5M6.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$5.8M5.6%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$5.1M4.9%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Manassas, Virginia

PROVIDES AIRCRAFT INTEGRATION, TEST AND EVALUATION, AND SUPPORT FOR THE OVERALL HR3D BUCKEYE PROGRAM. FOR THE INDO-PACOM AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, THE CONTRACTOR PROVIDES 1 BE II ENHANCED ADDITIONAL JET TO INTEGRATE AND TEST SENSOR SYSTEMS.$94.7M
LEIDOS, INC.· Manassas city, VA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Jun 10, 2026· W5J9CQ23F0041
NAVY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SERVICES$91.8M
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.· Manassas city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 19, 2019 – Apr 29, 2026· N0002419C6118
BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FOR MCM EVALUATION$88.9M
AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION· Manassas city, VA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2021 – May 21, 2026· 75A50121F33005

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 Manassas, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Manassas, Virginia's figures are part of those of Manassas city, VA ($104.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 100.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Manassas city

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.

Manassas, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Suhas SubramanyamD-VA-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Manassas city75100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

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

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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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