Best PlacesManassas, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manassas, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Manassas ranks 560th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Manassas
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.
The best areas in Manassas
The parts of Manassas, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Baldwin District
Weems & Loch Lomond
Downtown Manassas & Georgetown South
Wellington
Manassas shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 7% of the country and others in the top 4%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Manassas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Manassas ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of cities
- Household income$141,043 median, better than 88% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of cities
Where Manassas ranks low
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,227 a month, better than only 39% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 41% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Manassas
A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manassas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $141,043, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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' effective rate of 0.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Manassas
Manassas 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.
Who works in Manassas, and how
Work in Manassas centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Manassas
Manassas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 20 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Manassas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manassas, month by month
Manassas 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
Washington Dulles International sits about 15 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
Schools across Manassas average a B, better than 63% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Ashland ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Coles ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gainesville MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- E.h. Marsteller MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- Louise A. Benton MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Battlefield HighA+ · 83% proficient
- Centreville HighA+ · 82% proficient
- Osbourn Park HighA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manassas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manassas 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Manassas suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of cities and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Manassas
Is Manassas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manassas ranks 560th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, high incomes, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manassas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $514,117. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $141,043 median income, cost of living beats 75% of cities.
Is Manassas safe?
Manassas is safer than 47% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $348 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Manassas?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 23. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Manassas?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Baldwin District, Weems & Loch Lomond, and Downtown Manassas & Georgetown South. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Manassas with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manassas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manassas 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manassas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manassas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manassas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manassas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manassas 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.
- 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.
Your priorities
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