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Alexandria, Virginia
The most homes sold. One buyer in four on a VA loan.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Alexandria.
The median single-family home with an Alexandria address in Fairfax County sold for $885,000 in 2026 across 782 sales.
What a house costs on the Fairfax County side of Alexandria, from Huntington and Hybla Valley to Fort Hunt, Mount Vernon, Rose Hill, Lincolnia and Kingstowne. Who buys it and how they pay, what it rents for, which high school it feeds and how long the drive is. Every number below is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
"Alexandria" on this page means an Alexandria mailing address in Fairfax County: mainly zips 22303, 22306, 22307, 22308, 22309, 22310, 22312 and 22315. The independent City of Alexandria, including Old Town and Del Ray, is its own jurisdiction with its own tax rate and is not in these numbers. The city has its own page. Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; condos are not included. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Prices
What $885,000 buys, from a Route 1 rambler to the river.
Alexandria's cheapest single-family sale of 2026 was $455,000 and its dearest $5,235,000 on the river in 22308, and 496 of the 782 houses sold between $700,000 and $1.2 million.
Under $700,000 (135 sales) is the original 1950s and 1960s stock along Richmond Highway in Hybla Valley, Groveton and Mount Vernon, often a rambler or split-level that needs work. The middle, $700,000 to $1.2 million, is the bulk of the market: Rose Hill and Franconia in 22310, Bren Mar in 22312, and the updated colonials of Waynewood and Stratford Landing. Above $1.2 million (151 sales) is Fort Hunt, Belle Haven, the Hollin Hills moderns and the river lots off the GW Parkway.
Townhomes are a market of their own: 460 sold at a median of $650,000, from $332,325 to $1,350,000. Kingstowne in 22315 had 166 of them, more than a third of the total, and Rose Hill and Franconia in 22310 another 100. They took 9 days to go under contract and 39.1% sold above asking.
By zip: 177 houses sold in 22309, 148 in 22308, 140 in 22310, 95 in 22306, 70 in 22307, 64 in 22315, 57 in 22312 and 22 in 22303. At $468 a square foot, Alexandria houses cost more per foot than Fairfax ($451) but less per house, because the houses are smaller: more ramblers and split-levels, fewer big colonials.
Median single-family sale price, 20262
Bright MLS closed sales, 2026 year to date, except the Fairfax County row (September 2026 alone). The town rows are filtered to 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths and leave out condominium-regime homes; the Fairfax County row has no size filter. Fairfax, Alexandria and Falls Church mean the Fairfax County addresses, not the independent cities, and Chantilly means its Fairfax County side. Arlington County, the neighbor to the east, is one row for the whole county (pulled October 3, same filters). The Cities of Fairfax, Falls Church and Alexandria are independent cities next to the county, shown under their own names. Oak Hill (20 sales) and Dunn Loring (12) are too small to chart.
| Measure | Single-family | Townhouse |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 782 | 460 |
| Median sold price | $885,000 | $650,000 |
| Average sold price | $968,658 | $663,314 |
| Median price per square foot | $468 | $415 |
| Median days to contract | 8 | 9 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 295 (37.7%) | 180 (39.1%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 49.1% | 45.4% |
| Lowest sale | $455,000 | $332,325 |
| Highest sale | $5,235,000 | $1,350,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $757.5M | $305.1M |
What can you afford in Alexandria? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. The calculator adds Fairfax County tax, insurance and HOA for you. Kingstowne townhomes carry a master HOA of about $132 a month before any sub-association.
Follow the money
One house buyer in four used a VA loan. More VA buyers than cash, two to one.
In 2026, 213 of 782 single-family buyers used a VA loan and only 86 paid cash. That is more than one buyer in four on a VA loan, against one in nine paying cash.
Share of single-family sales paid in cash, by price range
Cash is at the two ends: investors buying the original houses under $700,000, and river buyers above $1.2 million. In zip 22308, Fort Hunt and the riverfront, 27 of 148 houses sold for cash (18%). Through the family middle it is fewer than one in ten.
How 782 single-family purchases were paid for
This side of the county sits next to Fort Belvoir, with more than 51,000 people working on post, and a short drive from the Pentagon. 27% of house buyers and 20% of townhouse buyers (92 of 460) used a VA loan, almost double Fairfax's 14.5% and far above McLean's 4%. Sellers here know VA offers, appraisals and timelines, and most listing agents expect them.
Cash buyers paid less: a median of $837,500 against $886,000 financed, and closed in 6 days against 8. Cash was only 10.8% of the dollars, $82.1 million of $757.5 million. What that means if you need a loan: you are competing with other financed buyers, often other VA buyers, so price, a clean inspection plan and a lender who closes on time win the house.
Townhomes: 41 of 460 sales were cash (8.9%), and those buyers spent $27.4 million of $305.1 million (9.0%). The cash median was $670,000 against $650,000 financed; conventional 290, VA 92, FHA 26. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed, so the true cash share is slightly higher.
The interesting facts
A big, busy market with strong rental math.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that are true of Alexandria and not of McLean, Great Falls, Vienna or Fairfax.
Size. 782 houses and 460 townhomes sold in nine months, more houses than McLean and Great Falls combined and 334 more than Fairfax. If you want choice inside the Beltway's southern edge, it is here.
Who is buying. Military and federal families on VA loans, first-time buyers in Kingstowne and Rose Hill townhomes, and a small group of cash buyers on the river in Fort Hunt and Belle Haven. That mix keeps prices steady: 37.7% sold above asking, not the 53% of Fairfax.
Rentals. Both home types sell for less than 20 years of rent. A house rents for $3,900 and a townhome for $3,300, and 498 townhomes leased this year, more than the 460 that sold.
Rent or buy
Buying beats renting for a house and a townhome.
A single-family home rents for a median of $3,900 a month and sells for $885,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 18.9; a townhome rents for $3,300 and sells for $650,000, a ratio of 16.4.1
| Measure | Single-family | Townhome |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 251 | 498 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,900 | $3,300 |
| Average monthly rent | $4,019 | $3,286 |
| Median rent per square foot | $2.43 | $2.14 |
| Median days to lease | 18 | 18 |
| Rent range | $2,650 to $7,300 | $1,850 to $5,578 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, insurance, HOA and upkeep. Under 20, a family that stays five years or more can usually expect buying to beat renting, and a townhome at 16.4 gets there sooner. That is also why investors and military families who rent out after a transfer like Kingstowne.
Own in Alexandria already? 782 houses sold here this year, so there are real comparable sales on your street. Ahmed runs a comparative analysis against them, not a website estimate, and can price it as a sale or a rental.
The houses
From Hollin Hills moderns to Kingstowne townhomes.
The Alexandria mailing address in Fairfax County runs from the Beltway down Richmond Highway to Mount Vernon and west to Kingstowne, and each zip is its own market.
22308 and 22307, Fort Hunt, Waynewood and Belle Haven. The river side. Waynewood opened in 1957 and Stratford Landing, about 700 homes on George Washington's River Farm land, in 1956; Belle Haven was laid out in the 1920s around its country club. Hollin Hills is 450-odd Charles Goodman moderns from 1949 to 1971, on the National Register since 2013. 148 houses sold in 22308, where the $5.2 million top sale was.
22306 and 22309, Hybla Valley, Groveton and Mount Vernon. The most affordable houses in the West Potomac and Mount Vernon pyramids: ramblers, split-levels and garden condos along Route 1, with newer townhome communities near Woodlawn and Fort Belvoir's North Area. 22309 had the most house sales of any zip, 177.
22310 and 22303, Rose Hill, Franconia and Huntington. Mid-century single-family streets mixed with newer infill, 140 house and 100 townhouse sales in 22310. Huntington, in 22303, has the Yellow Line station and 1940s to 1960s houses and condos, plus Burgundy Farm Country Day School.
22315 and 22312, Kingstowne and Lincolnia. Kingstowne was built from the mid-1980s on 1,200 acres: more than 5,000 homes, about 2,800 of them townhomes, with a master HOA (Kingstowne Residential Owners Corporation, about $132 a month in 2026). Lincolnia and Bren Mar in 22312 are 1950s raised ranches and split-levels on sloped cul-de-sacs, five minutes from Landmark and the Beltway.
What to check. That the address is in the county and not the City of Alexandria. On the river side, the flood zone and the age of the sewer lateral. In the originals, radon, 1950s and 1960s electrical panels and galvanized pipe. In Kingstowne, both HOA resale packets: under Virginia's Property Owners' Association Act you have three days after receiving them to cancel.
Schools
West Potomac, Mount Vernon, Edison or Hayfield, and the zip decides.
Most of these addresses feed West Potomac (22306 to 22308), Mount Vernon (22309), Edison (22303 and most of 22310) or Hayfield Secondary (22315), with Annandale and Justice in 22312. Four of them offer the IB Diploma.3
B+
Hayfield Secondary School
Grades 7 to 12. Niche #16 in Fairfax County, US News #57 in Virginia. Serves Kingstowne and Manchester Lakes in 22315 and part of Rose Hill.
B
West Potomac High School
Niche #18 in the county, US News #131 in Virginia, about 2,710 students, AP and the West Potomac Academy. Serves Fort Hunt, Belle Haven, Belle View and most of Hybla Valley.
B
Edison High School
Niche #20 in the county, US News #78 in Virginia, IB Diploma. Serves Huntington in 22303 and most of Franconia and Rose Hill in 22310.
B-
Mount Vernon High School
US News #207 in Virginia. IB Diploma and IB Career-related Programme, and a three-time Virginia Purple Star school for military families. Serves 22309 and the south of 22306.
B+
Annandale High School
Niche #17 in the county, US News #73, IB Diploma. Serves Bren Mar and parts of Lincolnia in 22312.
C+
Justice High School
US News #115 in Virginia, IB Diploma. Serves much of Lincolnia and Pinecrest in 22312 through Glasgow Middle.
Masjid
ICNA Virginia and Baitul Ma'mur
ICNA Virginia's new masjid is on Woodlawn Trail in 22306, and Baitul Ma'mur is on Richmond Highway in 22309. Mustafa Center, Madina, Darul Huda and the Imam Ali Center are 10 to 15 minutes away in Annandale and Springfield.
Belvoir
Fort Belvoir
More than 51,000 people work on post, and the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center is the hospital. Mount Vernon and several of its elementaries are Purple Star schools.
The January 2026 boundary changes touched this area. Fort Hunt Elementary's island moves to Mount Vernon Woods, sending about 54 high schoolers from West Potomac to Mount Vernon as the change phases in; Groveton students move to Hybla Valley Elementary; and Riverside's split feeder ends. A study of the Bren Mar Park feeders in 22312 is still open, with recommendations due by January 2027. The FCPS locator does not yet show every 2026 change, so a listing's school claim is not a guarantee. Check the exact address at the FCPS Boundary Locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it with FCPS before you offer.
Commute
The Yellow Line, the Blue Line, or the 395 express lanes.
Huntington station is the train for the river side, Franconia-Springfield for Kingstowne, and the Pentagon and Fort Belvoir are both under half an hour from most of these streets.
| From | Downtown DC | Pentagon | National Landing | Reagan National | Fort Belvoir | Tysons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hybla Valley, 22306 | 35 to 50 min | 20 to 30 | 20 to 30 | 20 to 30 | 15 to 20 | 35 to 50 |
| Kingstowne, 22315 | 35 to 55 min | 20 to 35 | 20 to 35 | 20 to 30 | 15 to 25 | 30 to 45 |
| Lincolnia, 22312 | 25 to 40 min | 15 to 25 | 15 to 25 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 20 to 35 |
Huntington station, in 22303, is the end of the Yellow Line, about 30 minutes to downtown and 15 to the Pentagon. Franconia-Springfield, next to Kingstowne, has the Blue Line and the VRE. Both charge $4.95 a day to park for Metro riders paying with SmarTrip; a tap-to-pay card gets the higher non-rider rate.5 On the 95 and 395 express lanes carpools of three ride free with an E-ZPass Flex, everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic, and the Springfield garage has three slug lines to downtown and the Pentagon. The Richmond Highway bus rapid transit, nine stations from Huntington to Fort Belvoir, is in utility work now and expected to open in late 2033. Ahmed will do the 7:45 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
The Mount Vernon Trail, Huntley Meadows, Kingstowne, and halal on Route 1.
Outdoors. The Mount Vernon Trail runs 18 paved miles along the Potomac from George Washington's estate to Theodore Roosevelt Island. Huntley Meadows Park in Hybla Valley is 1,452 acres of beaver wetland with a boardwalk. Fort Hunt Park, once part of Washington's farm, has picnic pavilions and old gun batteries.
Shopping. Kingstowne Towne Center has the Safeway and the restaurants, with a Wegmans at Hilltop in 22315. Springfield Town Center has Macy's, Target, Nordstrom Rack and the LEGO Discovery Center. Route 1 has two Walmart Supercenters, in Hybla Valley and Mount Vernon.
Halal and Middle Eastern. Al Jannat Halal Meat & Grocery and Ali Baba Groceries & Halal Meat are on Richmond Highway, and A-One Grocery & Halal Meat is just off it on Arlington Drive. The Mediterranean Bakery on Pickett Street, in the City five minutes from Lincolnia, bakes the pita. There is no Iraqi grocer in these zips yet; Halalco in Bailey's Crossroads is the big one.
Hospitals. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital has added robotic surgery and a 32-bed recovery hospital. Military families use the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center at Fort Belvoir.
Taxes.4 These addresses are unincorporated Fairfax County, so there is no town tax: the 2026 rate is $1.12 per $100 plus $0.0335 in county fees, about $1.15 all in, roughly $10,200 a year on an $885,000 house. Some streets add a leaf-collection fee or the $630 refuse charge, and none of these zips is in a special tax district. The City of Alexandria charges $1.135 and runs its own services, so check which side of the line a listing is on. The car tax is $4.57 per $100 of each vehicle's value.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Alexandria list.
The top five within about fifteen minutes of Hybla Valley, Kingstowne or Lincolnia in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked.7
Also worth knowing: for Indian and Pakistani, Aditi in Kingstowne (some halal meat), Namaste on Rose Hill Drive (all meat halal) and Dera in Springfield (halal Pakistani); for sushi, Kumo Asian Bistro in Kingstowne (Yelp 4.3, 1,288 reviews) and Matsui on Landsdowne; for knafeh, Jenin Pastry in Falls Church; for Korean, the Annandale strip ten to fifteen minutes from Lincolnia. Closed in 2025-26, so not listed: Shawarma Guys in Kingstowne, Kabul Kabob on Commerce Street, Iraqi House Bakery, Lebanese Butcher, Kismet Modern Indian. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count, critics' lists and whether the place is busy; Google ratings were not available for most; the halal note comes from Zabihah, HalalRun or the restaurant itself, and "halal listed" means Zabihah lists it without saying whether everything is halal, so ask. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Military families, first-time buyers, and the river people.
Military and federal families on VA loans near Fort Belvoir and the Pentagon; first-time buyers in Kingstowne and Rose Hill townhomes; investors at a 6.1% townhome yield; and a smaller group of cash buyers on the river in Fort Hunt and Belle Haven.
Buyers choose this side of Alexandria over Fairfax for about $100,000 less at the median and a shorter drive to the Pentagon and Fort Belvoir, and over the City of Alexandria for a bigger lot and county services at a similar tax rate. They choose Kingstowne for a townhome with Metro, a Wegmans and a Hayfield school assignment. The ones who leave are often on military orders, which is why so many keep the house and rent it out.
Questions
What people ask about Alexandria.
How much does a house cost in Alexandria, Virginia (Fairfax County) in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with an Alexandria address in Fairfax County sold for $885,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 782 sales in Bright MLS, at $468 per square foot. The median townhouse sold for $650,000 across 460 sales. Houses ran from $455,000 to $5,235,000 and townhomes from $332,325 to $1,350,000. These numbers exclude the independent City of Alexandria.
How competitive is the Alexandria housing market?
Competitive but steadier than the towns to the north. In 2026, 37.7% of single-family homes and 39.1% of townhomes sold above the asking price, about half of houses went under contract within a week, and the median house took 8 days at 100% of its list price.
How many Alexandria home buyers use a VA loan or pay cash?
About 27% of single-family buyers, 213 of 782, used a VA loan in 2026, and 20% of townhouse buyers, because Fort Belvoir and the Pentagon are close. Only 11% paid cash (86 of 782), and 444 used a conventional loan. Cash was highest in zip 22308, Fort Hunt and the riverfront, at 18%.
What is rent in Alexandria, Virginia (Fairfax County)?
In 2026 the median single-family rental (3+ bedrooms) leased for $3,900 a month across 251 closed leases in Bright MLS, and the median townhome for $3,300 across 498 leases. Houses ran from $2,650 to $7,300 a month and both took a median of 18 days to lease.
Is it better to rent or buy in Alexandria?
Buying wins for both home types for a family that stays five years or more. The price-to-rent ratio is 18.9 for a single-family home ($885,000 against $46,800 a year in rent) and 16.4 for a townhome, with gross rental yields of 5.3% and 6.1%.
Which high schools serve Alexandria addresses in Fairfax County?
West Potomac serves Fort Hunt, Belle Haven and most of Hybla Valley (22306 to 22308); Mount Vernon (IB) serves 22309; Edison (IB) serves Huntington in 22303 and most of Rose Hill and Franconia in 22310; Hayfield Secondary serves Kingstowne in 22315; and Annandale and Justice serve Lincolnia and Bren Mar in 22312. The January 2026 boundary changes moved some Fort Hunt students to Mount Vernon, so check any address at the FCPS Boundary Locator.
How long is the commute from Alexandria (Fairfax County) to the Pentagon and DC?
From Hybla Valley or Kingstowne the Pentagon is about 20 to 35 minutes by car at 8 am and downtown DC 35 to 55; from Lincolnia it is 15 to 25 and 25 to 40. Huntington station, the end of the Yellow Line, is about 30 minutes to downtown, and Franconia-Springfield has the Blue Line and VRE. Both charge $4.95 a day to park with SmarTrip. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Alexandria, Virginia (Fairfax County)?
Alexandria addresses outside the City of Alexandria are unincorporated Fairfax County, so there is no town tax. The 2026 rate is $1.12 per $100 plus about $0.0335 in county fees, about $1.15 all in, roughly $10,200 a year on an $885,000 house. The independent City of Alexandria charges $1.135 and runs its own services.
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Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Alexandria, how a VA offer wins here, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (county or city, and the flood zone by the river).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في ألكساندريا، فرجينيا.
بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 885,000 دولار في 2026، وبيع 782 بيتاً.
المقصود بألكساندريا هنا البيوت التي يحمل عنوانها اسم ألكساندريا لكنها تقع داخل مقاطعة فيرفاكس، وليس مدينة ألكساندريا المستقلة (أولد تاون). وتمتد من هنتنغتون وهايبلا فالي إلى ماونت فيرنون وفورت هنت على النهر، وإلى روز هل وكينغزتاون ولينكولنيا. وهي قريبة من فورت بلفوار والبنتاغون، ولهذا اشترى واحد من كل أربعة مشترين بقرض VA. والمدارس هي وست بوتوماك وماونت فيرنون وإديسون وهايفيلد. وفيها مسجد ICNA على وودلون تريل، ومسجد بيت المعمور على شارع ريتشموند، ومتاجر اللحم الحلال على الشارع رقم 1. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة من 1 يناير إلى 2 أكتوبر 2026.
حسابياً، الشراء هنا أفضل من الإيجار للبيت المستقل والتاون هاوس: نسبة السعر إلى الإيجار 18.9 للبيت المستقل و16.4 للتاون هاوس. انتبه: إذا كان البيت داخل مدينة ألكساندريا لا في المقاطعة، فإن الضريبة والخدمات تختلف، وإذا كان قريباً من النهر فاسأل عن منطقة الفيضان. هل تفكر في ألكساندريا، أو تحتار بين كينغزتاون وفيرفاكس؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Fairfax
Half sold over asking.
$985K
Median house, 2026
Vienna
The end of the Orange Line.
$1.453M
Median house, 2026
Buying power
Start from the payment.
Tax, insurance and HOA included
Home valuation
Priced on evidence.
A real comparative analysis, not a website estimate
Fairfax County
Fifty-one years of prices.
$950K
Median house, September 2026
بالعربية
Every step, in Arabic.
بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية، كما تفضّل