County · Virginia

Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 97 out of 100 (very high), ranking #88 of 3,143 US counties. Within Virginia it ranks #7 of 133 counties. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), median household income (high) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), public libraries (low) and average commute time (high).

97Very high
Quality-of-life score
#88 of 3,143 counties
Virginia
#7 of 133 in VA
Population
449,749 (2025)
Land area
516 mi²
Density
872.0 /mi²
FIPS code
51107

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

Location of Loudoun County, Virginia

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

  • Safety97#80/3,096
  • Economy100#1/3,143
  • Housing47#1,653/3,140
  • Health100#6/3,144
  • Healthcare94#199/3,143
  • Environment53#1,471/3,108
  • Education99#39/3,144
  • Infrastructure96#112/3,144
  • Community77#723/3,144
  • Leisure & amenities64#1,119/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Loudoun County, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Counties like Loudoun County, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Loudoun County, 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area Loudoun County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cities and towns in Loudoun County

Places whose residents live mostly in Loudoun County, largest first.

  1. Leesburg49,171
  2. Ashburn46,026
  3. South Riding34,352
  4. Sterling32,411
  5. Brambleton24,537
  6. Stone Ridge16,603
  7. Broadlands14,353
  8. Sugarland Run12,629
  9. Cascades12,357
  10. Lansdowne12,328
  11. Lowes Island11,018
  12. Loudoun Valley Estates10,271
  13. Belmont9,729
  14. Countryside9,661
  15. Purcellville8,973
  16. Moorefield6,123
  17. Dulles Town Center5,464
  18. University Center3,923
  19. Arcola3,509
  20. One Loudoun3,309
  21. Lovettsville2,719
  22. Goose Creek Village2,461
  23. Oak Grove2,408
  24. Kincora1,008

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

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