Best PlacesManassas Park City, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Manassas Park City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Manassas Park City ranks 806th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Manassas Park City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Manassas Park City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manassas Park City ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of counties
- BikingBetter than 93% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of counties
- Household income$98,097 median, better than 91% of counties
Where Manassas Park City ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,659 a month, better than only 1% of counties
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 2% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 6% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 15% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Manassas Park City
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manassas Park City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,097, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Manassas Park City's effective rate of 1.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Manassas Park City
Manassas Park City runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Manassas Park City.
Who works in Manassas Park City, and how
Work in Manassas Park City centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Manassas Park City
Manassas Park City has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 89% of counties. The coast is about 21 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Manassas Park City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Manassas Park City growing, and who is moving in?
Manassas Park City has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Washington, DC metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Manassas Park City go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Manassas Park City, month by month
Manassas Park City sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Manassas Park City
Washington Dulles International sits about 12 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Manassas Park City
Schools across Manassas Park City average a B−, better than 71% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Signal Hill ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Loch Lomond ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Manassas Park ElementaryC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Parkside MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Manassas Park MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Osbourn Park HighA · 78% proficient
- Manassas Park HighA− · 63% proficient
- Unity Reed HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manassas Park City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manassas Park City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Manassas Park City against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Manassas Park City
Is Manassas Park City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manassas Park City ranks 806th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manassas Park City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,498. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $98,097 median income, cost of living beats 60% of counties.
Is Manassas Park City safe?
Manassas Park City is safer than 55% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Manassas Park City with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manassas Park City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manassas Park City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Manassas Park City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manassas Park City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manassas Park City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manassas Park City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manassas Park City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manassas Park City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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