Scores by category

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

Safety64#5,667/15,637
Economy75#3,969/15,631
Housing—
Health79#3,344/15,609
Healthcare51#7,701/15,650
Environment89#1,623/15,453
Education90#1,600/15,649
Infrastructure99#104/15,650
Community72#4,319/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,358/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Quantico Base, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Prince William 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

Average commute time · low11.5 min
99/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Broadband subscriptions · high99.3%
98/100Virginia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Injury deaths · low46 /100k
97/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
96/100Virginia 14 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPrince William County value
Food environment index · high9.4
96/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.359
92/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high84%
9/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPrince William County value
Mammography screening · low37.0%
11/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value
Rent as share of income · high37.2%
12/100Virginia 29.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · high68.3%
12/100Virginia 48.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
14/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPrince William County value
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPrince William County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,109 (2015-2019) → 5,840 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
61.1% (2015-2019) → 68.3% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
92.2% (2015-2019) → 99.3% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.3% (2015-2019) → 9.1% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeImproving
14.8 min (2015-2019) → 11.5 min (2020-2024)
−22%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateWorsening
2.9% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Quantico Base, Virginia improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Quantico Base, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.8 min2015-2019	11.5 min2020-2024	−3.3 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	92.2%2015-2019	99.3%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	98.6%2015-2019	98.8%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3782015-2019	0.3592020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$69,3152015-2019	$72,8212020-2024	+5.1%	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent as share of income	33.2%2015-2019	37.2%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent-burdened households	61.1%2015-2019	68.3%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%

“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 Quantico Base, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Quantico Base, 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, Quantico Base, Virginia itself moved −2.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

5,840 residents (±478)

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: 20–29 women (+4.5 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,840 residents (±478)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

White60%3,477
Black6.7%†392
Hispanic or Latino21%1,251
Asian6.1%†354
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†7
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.4%†24
Other or two or more races5.7%†335

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (−10.5 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

2,011 residents (±222)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma1.2%†24
High school or GED18%†360
Some college25%†504
Associate degree11%†221
Bachelor's degree30%608
Graduate degree15%†294

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

† 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

1,159 households (±160)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k5.6%†65
$25k–50k25%†287
$50k–75k22%†258
$75k–100k21%†241
$100k–150k12%†138
$150k–200k5.9%†68
$200k or more8.8%†102

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

† 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

1,159 households (±160)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Own0.0%0
Rent100%1,159

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

999 households (±158)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.8%†8
$1,000–1,5006.3%†63

Home values

7 homes (±11)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k100%†7
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,247 homes (±156)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later15%†186
2000–200943%536
1980–199925%†306

Size of homes

1,247 homes (±156)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio1.3%†16
1 bedroom3.3%†41
2 bedrooms5.8%†72

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

3,568 workers (±336)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone55%1,947
Carpool10%†364
Public transit0.6%†22
Walk20%†696
Bike0.2%†7
Work from home13%†446
Other2.4%†86

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+11.5 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,122 workers (±281)

Quantico Base, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min73%2,265
15–29 min19%592
30–44 min6.0%†187

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 Prince William County, the county holding most of Quantico Base's residents.

Prince William County has 9,286 employer establishments, 189 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Virginia's), with 120,091 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,828. The Census Bureau also counts 53,892 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,286; 53,892 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 189; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 120,091
Average annual pay: $55,828; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	1,011	20.6	1.33×More than typical	13,872	$67,668	4,871
Ambulatory health care services	772	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	8,361	$64,890	2,221
Restaurants and other eating places	720	14.7	0.80×Fewer than typical	14,193	$22,223	358
Lessors of real estate	425	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,230	$64,323	3,310
Computer systems design and related services	413	8.4	1.94×More than typical	3,474	$111,947	748
Services to buildings and dwellings	397	8.1	1.20×About typical	2,894	$42,448	3,285
Construction of buildings	384	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,929	$67,389	2,182
Management, scientific and technical consulting	372	7.6	1.13×About typical	4,262	$85,605	2,006
Limited-service restaurants	369	7.5	0.94×About typical	7,096	$20,007	111
Building equipment contractors	297	6	1.00×About typical	4,254	$72,609	994
Building finishing contractors	292	5.9	1.56×More than typical	2,892	$46,066	2,041
Full-service restaurants	279	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	5,960	$25,427	177

Rank places for an industry Open Prince William County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 491,396 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 $601.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Quantico Base, Virginia: $103,009 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $601.6M; −33% vs FY2025
Per resident: $103,009; US $1,994
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.9%; 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 Navy$240.9M40%
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency$229.6M38%
Federal Acquisition Service$43.8M7.3%
Defense Information Systems Agency$29.3M4.9%
Department of the Air Force$21.9M3.6%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$13.3M2.2%
Department of the Army$13M2.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$8.1M1.3%

Top recipients

CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$87.3M15%
PERATON RISK DECISION INC.$75.5M13%
BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC$46.4M7.7%
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$26.4M4.4%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION$19.3M3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

381MFY2017
443.2MFY2018
417.6MFY2019
484.8MFY2020
539.2MFY2021
582.4MFY2022
677.5MFY2023
824.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$167M28%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$122.2M20%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$65.6M11%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$58M9.6%
Software publishers · 5112$35M5.8%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Quantico Base, Virginia

TASK ORDER FOR BACKGROUND FIELDWORK INVESTIGATIVE PRODUCTS$874.4M
PERATON RISK DECISION INC.· Prince William County, VA· Professional services· Mar 27, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· HS002123F0019
TASK ORDER FOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION FIELDWORK SERVICES.$861.5M
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL· Prince William County, VA· Professional services· Feb 28, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· HS002123F0020
DCSA ONE IT TASK ORDER$388.7M
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 2, 2023 – May 13, 2026· 47QFCA23F0017
MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES (MCS) AND MICROSOFT PREMIER SUPPORT (MPS) FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC.

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 Quantico Base, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Quantico Base, Virginia's figures are part of those of Prince William County, VA and Stafford County, VA ($2.8B in FY2026), never added to them: 22% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Quantico Base is mostly in Prince William County.

See federal money in Prince William 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.

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

House

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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

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

Other cities and towns in Prince William 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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