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Ashburn, Virginia
The end of the Silver Line, where more townhouses sell than houses.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Ashburn.
The median single-family home in Ashburn sold for $1,186,700 in 2026 and went under contract in six days, and nearly half sold above the asking price.
An "Ashburn, VA" address covers zips 20147 and 20148 in eastern Loudoun County, but not all of 20148. Bright MLS files Brambleton and Broadlands as their own postal cities, so their sales are not in the Ashburn numbers on this page; each has its own page. This page shows what a house or townhouse costs in Ashburn itself, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which high schools serve it, and the commute. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled in October 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
Ashburn is an unincorporated community. 175 of the 255 house sales were in zip 20147 and 80 in 20148. Brambleton and Broadlands are separate postal cities in Bright MLS and are not counted here, even though they share zip 20148. Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; condominium-regime homes are left out of both. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, Postal City = Ashburn, County = Loudoun, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah in October 2026.
Prices
Ashburn houses sold for a median $1,186,700 in 2026, townhouses for $740,000.
Ashburn sits in the middle of eastern Loudoun's prices: less than Aldie ($1,348,862) or Brambleton ($1,204,938), more than Leesburg and South Riding ($1,140,000), and $406,700 more than Sterling ($780,000).
Houses. 255 sold, from $620,000 to $2,950,000, at a median of $1,186,700 and $385 a square foot. Nearly half sold above asking and 62% went under contract within a week, against 29% and 44% in Brambleton, which shares zip 20148.
Townhouses. 408 sold at a median of $740,000 and $320 a square foot, more than Aldie ($729,000) or Leesburg ($700,000) and less than Brambleton ($840,000). A third sold above asking. Townhouse buyers spent $313.8 million in 2026, almost as much as house buyers' $321.3 million.
Two zips. 20147, home to Ashburn Farm and Belmont, had 175 house sales and 250 townhouse sales; 20148, minus Brambleton and Broadlands, had 80 and 158.
Median single-family sale price, Loudoun County, 20262
Bright MLS closed sales, 2026 year to date, County = Loudoun, filtered to detached houses with 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths, condominium-regime homes left out. Brambleton and Broadlands are their own postal cities, so Ashburn here leaves them out. South Riding (20152) is the Loudoun side of the Chantilly mailing address, nearly all of it South Riding. Hamilton, Purcellville, Round Hill, Lovettsville, Waterford and Middleburg are western Loudoun; Middleburg means the Loudoun County side of its address only. Lansdowne and Cascades are communities selected by zip code and subdivision name inside the Leesburg (20176) and Sterling (20165) addresses, so their sales overlap those rows. Upperville, Bluemont, Hillsboro and the other small places have too few sales to chart.
| Measure | Houses | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 255 | 408 |
| Median sold price | $1,186,700 | $740,000 |
| Average sold price | $1,259,831 | $769,080 |
| Median price per square foot | $385 | $320 |
| Median days to contract | 6 | 7 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 123 (48.2%) | 139 (34.1%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 62.4% | 52.5% |
| Lowest sale | $620,000 | $499,900 |
| Highest sale | $2,950,000 | $2,030,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $321,256,905 | $313,784,709 |
| Cash sales | 43 (16.9%) | 63 (15.4%) |
About 32 house sales and 38 townhouse sales closed in a day or less, the pattern of builder sales. One new house closed at $2,589,188 on a $2,014,995 list (128%), with upgrades, and a $1,120,000 sale on a $965,000 list (116%) was a bidding war. They lift the average sold-to-list for houses to 101.0%; the median, 100.0%, is the better number. The dearest townhouse, $2,030,000, sits far above the rest of the townhouse range.
What can you afford in Ashburn? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Loudoun's tax rate is lower than Fairfax County's, but most Ashburn homes pay an HOA; the calculator adds the tax and the HOA for you.
Follow the money
One Ashburn buyer in six paid cash, for a house or a townhouse.
In 2026, 43 of 255 Ashburn house buyers paid cash, $57.3 million of $321.3 million, or 17.8% of the dollars, and 63 of 408 townhouse buyers did.
Share of house sales paid in cash, by price range
Cash shows up at both ends: nearly one buyer in four under $965,000 and above $1.395 million, one in thirteen in between. Cash buyers' median house was $1,245,000 against $1,167,500 financed. Ashburn's 16.9% is above Leesburg's or Sterling's 13.2% and far above Brambleton's 4.8% or Broadlands' 2.2%.
How 255 Ashburn house purchases were paid for
One house buyer in eleven used a VA loan, 23 of 255, and 26 of the 408 townhouse buyers did. Seven in ten houses were bought with a conventional loan.
What that means if you need a loan: one competing buyer in six may be paying cash, and 62% of houses went under contract within a week. The offer that wins is a full pre-approval, a short inspection window and an appraisal-gap plan you decided before the open house. Townhouses give you a little more room: 53% went under contract within a week and a third sold over asking.
Townhouses: 300 conventional, 63 cash, 26 VA, 12 FHA, 3 other, 2 cash plus conventional, 1 VHDA and 1 assumable of 408. Townhouse cash buyers spent $50.2 million of $313.8 million (16.0%), and the cash share rises with price, from 10.8% under $654,000 to 19.6% at $849,000 and up. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
408 townhouses sold and 655 rented, against 255 houses sold.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Ashburn apart.
Check the postal city, not the zip. A search by zip 20148 mixes three markets. Brambleton's median house sold for $1,204,938 and its median townhouse for $840,000; Broadlands' for $1,127,180 and $720,000. Bright MLS keeps them apart, and so does this page.
Townhouse country. Ashburn sold 408 townhouses in 2026, against 210 in Sterling and 83 in Brambleton, and buyers spent almost as much on them as on houses. For a first purchase in eastern Loudoun, that is a lot of choice.
Renting a townhome? 655 were leased in Ashburn in 2026, at a median of $3,300, against 272 in Sterling at $3,025 and 115 in Brambleton at $3,600. Even Alexandria's Fairfax County part, at 498, leased fewer.
Rent or buy
An Ashburn townhouse sells for 18.7 years of rent, a house for 22.
An Ashburn house rents for a median of $4,500 a month and sells for $1,186,700, a price-to-rent ratio of 22.0; a townhome rents for $3,300 and sells for $740,000, a ratio of 18.7.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 72 | 655 |
| Median monthly rent | $4,500 | $3,300 |
| Average monthly rent | $4,681 | $3,370 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.6% | 5.4% |
| Rent range | $2,700 to $6,500 | $2,095 to $6,500 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. A ratio above 20 means a house rents cheaply for what it costs, so renting a house in Ashburn is fair value for a family that may move within a few years; a townhouse at 18.7 pays off sooner. Sterling's ratios are lower, 17.6 for a house and 16.3 for a townhouse, and Brambleton's are 20.1 and 19.4.
Own in Ashburn already? Nearly half the houses sold above asking this year. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 663 sales on this page, not a website estimate.
The houses
Ashburn Farm's 3,844 homes, Ashburn Village and gated Belmont.
Much of Ashburn is planned communities with an HOA, ponds and trails, and builders are still selling new homes.
Ashburn Farm (20147). 3,844 homes: 1,806 single-family houses, 1,416 townhomes, 460 condominiums and 162 apartments, around five ponds, winding roads and wooded lots. The HOA is strict, which keeps the look of the neighborhood consistent.
Ashburn Village. A large planned community with several sub-associations, among them the Lakeshore and Four Seasons condominiums and The Regency at Ashburn. Condominium-regime homes are not counted in the numbers on this page.
Belmont Country Club (20147). A gated golf community around an 18-hole Arnold Palmer Signature course, 2,157 Toll Brothers homes in villages named for famous golf courses, with townhomes, carriage homes and single-family houses.
New construction. About 32 house sales and 38 townhouse sales closed in a day or less in 2026, the pattern of builder sales, and one new house closed 28% over its list price with upgrades. Ask for the builder's base price, what is included, and the warranty.
What to check. The postal city and the high school on the tax record, not the zip on the listing; the HOA resale package with dues and any special assessment; and what is planned on the empty land nearby, because eastern Loudoun is the heart of Data Center Alley and new data centers and power lines keep going up.
Schools
Independence, Rock Ridge and Briar Woods: three A+ high schools with Ashburn addresses.
Every Ashburn address is in Loudoun County Public Schools, and several high schools carry Ashburn addresses, three of them graded A+ by Niche.3
A+
Independence High School
Opened in 2019 on Learning Circle in 20148 and serves Ashburn and Brambleton. Niche #1 in Loudoun County and #2 in Virginia; US News #19 in Virginia.
A+
Rock Ridge High School
Niche #3 in Loudoun County and #4 in Virginia; US News #20 in Virginia.
A+
Briar Woods High School
Niche #13 among Virginia public high schools, about 1,860 students; US News #16 in Virginia.
A
Broad Run High School
Niche grade A, about 1,560 students. Stone Bridge High, also in Ashburn, is Niche #8 in Loudoun County and US News #39 in Virginia.
STEM
Academies of Loudoun
The LCPS STEM magnet high school, on Loudoun Academy Drive in Leesburg, open to Loudoun residents by competitive admission. The Academy of Science admitted 7.2% of applicants in 2020, the latest figure LCPS published.
Masjid
ADAMS Ashburn
The ADAMS Center's Ashburn branch on Beaumeade Circle in 20147, open for all five daily prayers.
Masjid
Next door in Sterling
The ADAMS Center's main campus on Sugarland Road, and the Aqsa Center on Acacia Lane.
Halal
Mahi Bazar and More
Mahi Bazar on Beaumeade Circle has a halal meat counter and cuts to order; More Ind-Pak Groceries on Yukon Drive sells halal meat, including baby goat, and cooked food.
Brambleton, Broadlands and part of Ashburn share zip 20148, and high school lines do not follow the postal city: Independence alone serves both Ashburn and Brambleton. Two houses a mile apart can feed different high schools, so check any address at the LCPS school locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.
Commute
Two Silver Line stations, and 50 to 85 minutes to downtown DC by car.
The Silver Line ends at Ashburn station, with Loudoun Gateway one stop east, and the Dulles Greenway, Route 7 and Route 28 carry the drivers.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 50 to 85 min | Dulles Greenway and Toll Road to I-66 |
| Pentagon | 45 to 75 min | Toll Road to I-66, or the Beltway and I-395 |
| Tysons | 30 to 45 min | Dulles Greenway and Dulles Toll Road |
| Reston Town Center | 15 to 25 min | Dulles Greenway and Toll Road |
| Dulles Airport | 10 to 20 min | Route 28 or the Greenway |
Ashburn and Loudoun Gateway opened on November 15, 2022. Parking at the Ashburn South garage is $4.95 a day, and a weekday ride downtown costs up to $6.75, Metro's fare cap. Loudoun County Transit has moved its commuter buses from the Dulles Transit Center to the Ashburn South Metrorail garage and began commuter service at Loudoun Gateway on April 1, 2026.5 The Dulles Greenway is the fast road east but costs a car $5.80 at peak; its operator has asked the State Corporation Commission to raise that to $6.75, and the county is opposing it. Route 7 and Route 28 are the free alternatives. Ahmed will do the 7:45 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
A reservoir loop, the W&OD Trail and a tax of $0.805 per $100.
Outdoors and sights. Reservoir Park on Water Vista Drive, run by NOVA Parks, sits on Beaverdam Reservoir, with a walking-only trail that loops the water. The 45-mile W&OD Trail runs through Ashburn near Smith Switch. Ashburn Farm has its ponds and Belmont its golf course, and the data center campuses around Ashburn are the reason people call this Data Center Alley, the densest cluster of data centers in the world.
Food and groceries. Afghan kabob houses on Truro Parish Drive and in the Ashburn Shopping Plaza, Indian restaurants on Beaumeade Circle and Southern Walk Plaza, and halal butchers at Mahi Bazar, More Ind-Pak Groceries and Super Halal Market.
Taxes.4 Ashburn is unincorporated, so there is no town tax. Loudoun County's 2026 rate is $0.805 per $100, unchanged in the budget adopted April 7, 2026: roughly $9,550 a year on a $1,186,700 house and $5,960 on a $740,000 townhouse, before HOA dues. The same house in Fairfax County, at about $1.15 all in, would pay about $13,700.
Car tax. Loudoun's vehicle rate is $3.09 per $100 for 2026 and is set to fall to $2.94 in 2027, against $4.57 in Fairfax County.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Ashburn list.
Up to five picks within about fifteen minutes of Ashburn in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Ashburn's own strengths are Afghan kabob and Indian; for Lebanese and shawarma, Sterling is next door.7
Closed, so not listed: Old Ox Brewery on Guilford Drive shows as closed on Yelp in 2026. For halal meat to cook at home, see Mahi Bazar and More Ind-Pak Groceries under Schools. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count and whether the place is busy; the halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Tech workers, move-up families and VA buyers, in 663 sales.
Tech and data center workers along the Dulles corridor; families moving up from a townhouse, in a market where 408 townhouses sold; military and veteran families, 23 of the 255 house buyers used a VA loan; and South Asian, Afghan and Arab families near the Indian restaurants, the kabob houses and ADAMS Ashburn.
Buyers choose Ashburn over Brambleton for about $18,000 less at the median and four times as many houses to choose from, 255 against 62. Sterling costs $406,700 less at the median; buyers who stretch to Ashburn are paying for its high schools and its planned communities. Against Fairfax County, the draw is the tax: $0.805 per $100 against about $1.15. If you are torn, decide on the high school and the commute first; the price follows.
Questions
What people ask about Ashburn.
How much does a house cost in Ashburn, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) in Ashburn sold for $1,186,700 in 2026 through October 2, across 255 sales in Bright MLS, at $385 per square foot. The median townhouse sold for $740,000 across 408 sales. Brambleton and Broadlands are separate postal cities in Bright MLS and are not included; their median houses sold for $1,204,938 and $1,127,180. Condominium-regime homes are not included.
How competitive is the Ashburn housing market?
Competitive for houses: in 2026, 48% of single-family homes sold above the asking price, 62% went under contract within a week, and the median house took 6 days. Townhouses were a little calmer: 34% sold over asking, 53% went under contract within a week and the median took 7 days. The median sold-to-list was 100% for both.
Do Ashburn buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
About one in six pays cash: 43 of 255 house buyers (16.9%) and 63 of 408 townhouse buyers (15.4%) in 2026. That is more than in Leesburg or Sterling (13.2%) and far more than in Brambleton (4.8%). 23 house buyers and 26 townhouse buyers used a VA loan.
What is rent in Ashburn, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $4,500 a month across 72 leases, and the median townhome for $3,300 across 655 leases. More townhomes were rented than townhouses sold, 655 against 408.
Is it better to rent or buy in Ashburn?
A median house sells for 22.0 times its yearly rent and a townhouse for 18.7 times, gross yields of 4.6% and 5.4%. A ratio above 20 means renting a house is fair value if you may move within a few years; a townhouse pays off sooner, so a family that plans to stay several years usually does better buying one.
Which high schools serve Ashburn?
All of Ashburn is Loudoun County Public Schools. High schools with Ashburn addresses include Independence (Niche A+, #2 in Virginia; US News #19), Rock Ridge (Niche A+, #4 in Virginia; US News #20), Briar Woods (Niche A+; US News #16), Stone Bridge (US News #39) and Broad Run (Niche A). Lines do not follow the postal city, so check any address with the LCPS school locator.
How long is the commute from Ashburn to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 50 to 85 minutes by car on the Dulles Greenway, the Dulles Toll Road and I-66, the Pentagon 45 to 75, Tysons 30 to 45, Reston Town Center 15 to 25 and Dulles Airport 10 to 20. The Silver Line ends at Ashburn station, with Loudoun Gateway one stop east, and a weekday ride downtown costs up to $6.75. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Ashburn, Virginia?
Ashburn is unincorporated, so there is no town tax, only Loudoun County's: $0.805 per $100 in 2026, roughly $9,550 a year on a $1,186,700 house and $5,960 on a $740,000 townhouse. The vehicle tax is $3.09 per $100 for 2026 and is set to fall to $2.94 in 2027. HOA dues are extra.
Ask Ahmed
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Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Ashburn, how Ahmed helps a family choose between Ashburn, Brambleton and Broadlands, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (the postal city and high school, the HOA package, and what is planned on the land nearby).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في آشبرن، فرجينيا.
تقع آشبرن في مقاطعة لاودن، وفيها آخر محطة على الخط الفضي للمترو. بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 1,186,700 دولار في 2026، وللتاون هاوس 740,000 دولار.
السوق ساخن في فئة البيوت: بيع نحو نصفها (48%) بأكثر من السعر المطلوب، وبلغت المدة الوسطية حتى توقيع العقد ستة أيام. وكان عدد وحدات التاون هاوس المبيعة أكبر من البيوت المستقلة، 408 مقابل 255، وأُجِّرت 655 وحدة تاون هاوس بإيجار وسطي قدره 3,300 دولار شهرياً. ودفع مشترٍ واحد من كل ستة نقداً. لا تشمل هذه الأرقام برامبلتون وبرودلاندز، لأن لكل منهما مدينة بريدية خاصة في Bright MLS، وإن كانتا تشتركان في الرمز البريدي نفسه 20148. جميع المدارس تابعة لمدارس مقاطعة لاودن العامة، وتحمل ثلاث ثانويات في آشبرن تقييم A+ على Niche. يقع فرع مركز آدمز في آشبرن على شارع بيوميد سيركل، وفي الشارع نفسه متجر ماهي بازار للحم الحلال. ضريبة العقار 0.805 دولار لكل 100، أي نحو 9,550 دولار سنوياً على البيت الوسطي. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة من 1 يناير إلى 2 أكتوبر 2026.
قبل أن تقدّم عرضاً، تأكد من المدينة البريدية ومن المدرسة الثانوية التي يتبع لها العنوان. هل تحتار بين آشبرن وبرامبلتون وبرودلاندز؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Brambleton
Every house $950K to $1.575M.
$1.205M
Median house, 2026
Sterling
Close to Dulles, $384 a foot.
$780K
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
Leesburg
A historic town, 433 houses sold.
$1.14M
Median house, 2026
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Every step, in Arabic.
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