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Haymarket, Virginia
A small town inside a big zip code, and half the townhouses brand new.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Haymarket.
The median single-family home with a Haymarket address sold for $992,500 in 2026 and went under contract in ten days, and one in three sold above the asking price.
A "Haymarket, VA" address covers two things: the Town of Haymarket, an incorporated town of about half a square mile with its own council and its own real estate tax, and the much larger Haymarket-address part of unincorporated Prince William County around it, including Dominion Valley. This page covers both: what a house or townhouse costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which high school it feeds, and the commute. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
The figures combine the Town of Haymarket and the Haymarket-address parts of Prince William County; Bright MLS does not split them. All sales were in zip 20169. 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 = Haymarket, County = Prince William, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Prices
$992,500 for a Haymarket house in 2026, and $750,000 for a townhouse.
The median Haymarket house is about 4,340 square feet and sold at $326 a foot. It cost more than a house in Gainesville ($850,000) or Bristow ($825,000) and less than one in Clifton ($1,100,000) or Aldie ($1,348,862).
Houses. 208 sold, from $499,000 to $2,620,500, at a median of $992,500 and an average of $1,058,841. This is a calmer market than its neighbors: one house in three sold above asking, against 37% in Gainesville and 54% in Bristow, and 44% went under contract within a week. The median sold-to-list was exactly 100%, so buyers paid the asking price, not more.
Townhouses. 163 sold at a median of $750,000, and half of them, 82, were new construction that closed in a day or less. The new ones had a median price of $786,128; the 81 resales sold for a median of $689,000, at 100% of list, in 18 days.
Town or county. The numbers mix homes inside the Town of Haymarket with Haymarket-address homes in the county; Bright MLS does not split them. The price does not change at the town line, but the tax does: town owners pay a town real estate tax on top of the county's.
Median single-family sale price, western Prince William and neighbors, 20262
Bright MLS closed sales, 2026 year to date, filtered to detached houses with 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths, condominium-regime homes left out. Nokesville, Haymarket, Gainesville, Bristow, Manassas (county part), Dumfries, Triangle and Woodbridge are Prince William County postal cities. The Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park are independent cities with their own governments and schools. Aldie, Clifton, Chantilly and Centreville are neighbors across the county lines. Occoquan and Dale City have too few house sales under their own names to chart; nearly all Dale City homes use Woodbridge addresses.
| Measure | Houses | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 208 | 163 |
| Median sold price | $992,500 | $750,000 |
| Average sold price | $1,058,841 | $741,897 |
| Median price per square foot | $326 | $302 |
| Median days to contract | 10 | 1 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% | 102.2% |
| Sold above asking | 69 (33.2%) | 108 (66.3%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 44.2% | 69.9% |
| Lowest sale | $499,000 | $436,000 |
| Highest sale | $2,620,500 | $973,754 |
| Cash sales | 28 (13.5%) | 36 (22.1%) |
The townhouse column is shaped by builder sales. Of the 82 new townhouses that closed in a day or less, 46 sold more than 15% above the base list price, a median of 118% of list, because buyers added options and upgrades; they are not bidding wars. They lift the townhouse average sold-to-list to 108.4% and explain most of the sales over asking. One house sat 425 days before it sold.
What can you afford in Haymarket? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Inside the town limits you pay the town tax on top of the county's, and most of the planned communities pay an HOA; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
One townhouse buyer in five paid cash, most of them for a new build.
In 2026, 36 of 163 Haymarket townhouse buyers paid cash, 22.8% of the townhouse dollars, and 27 of those 36 bought new construction. Among houses, 28 of 208 buyers paid cash, 14.4% of the dollars.
Share of houses bought with cash, by price range
Each range holds a quarter of the 208 house sales. Cash rises with price: 10 of the 52 houses above $1.25 million sold for cash, and the median cash house was $1,080,000 against $987,000 financed. House cash share, 13.5%, sits between Bristow (5.4%) and Gainesville (15.1%).
How 208 Haymarket house purchases were paid for
About 15% of house buyers used a VA loan, 32 of 208, and 22 of 163 townhouse buyers did too. Six houses sold with FHA loans, one on an assumable loan and two with mixed financing.
What that means if you need a loan: on a resale house you are mostly competing with other financed buyers, and with a 10-day median and only one in three over asking there is room to negotiate on price, credits and the inspection. On a builder's new townhouse you are buying from a price sheet, and the cash buyers there are not bidding against you. Get a full pre-approval and know what the upgrades will add before you sign.
Townhouses: 96 conventional, 36 cash, 22 VA, 4 FHA, 2 other, 1 builder terms, 1 ARM and 1 cash plus conventional of 163. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
Half the townhouses sold in Haymarket in 2026 were brand new.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Haymarket apart.
Read the townhouse numbers carefully. A one-day median and two in three over asking look like a bidding war, but they come from builders closing new homes with upgrades added to the base price. The resale townhouse market is ordinary: 100% of list and 18 days at the median.
Check the town line. The Town of Haymarket had 1,545 people in the 2020 census and covers 0.58 square miles; zip 20169 covers about 32. Dominion Valley, Piedmont and most other Haymarket addresses are unincorporated Prince William County and pay no town tax. The town publishes its list of streets inside the limits, and the tax record tells you which side you are on.
Time to think. The median house took 10 days to go under contract and only 44% sold within a week, slower than Gainesville or Bristow, where 56% did. A buyer who sees a house on Saturday can usually sleep on it.
Rent or buy
A Haymarket house sells for 20.7 years of rent, a townhouse for 19.8.
A Haymarket house rents for a median of $4,000 a month and sells for $992,500, a price-to-rent ratio of 20.7; a townhome rents for $3,150 and sells for $750,000, a ratio of 19.8.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 36 | 55 |
| Median monthly rent | $4,000 | $3,150 |
| Average monthly rent | $4,147 | $3,172 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.8% | 5.0% |
| Rent range | $2,495 to $7,000 | $2,200 to $4,000 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. The higher the ratio, the cheaper renting is for what the home costs. A Haymarket house at 20.7 is a better deal to rent than a house in Gainesville (18.2) or Bristow (17.9), so renting first is reasonable for a family that may move within a few years; buying pays off for one that plans to stay.
Own in Haymarket already? Builder townhouses and resales sell at different prices here, and so do homes inside and outside the town. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 371 sales on this page, not a website estimate.
The houses
Dominion Valley, Piedmont and the old town on Washington Street.
Most Haymarket homes are in planned communities in the county; the historic town is a small grid of streets along Route 55.
Dominion Valley Country Club. A Toll Brothers golf community planned for about 3,000 houses and townhouses, outside the town limits. Inside it, Regency at Dominion Valley is a gated community for buyers 55 and over, with 533 single-family homes, 199 attached homes and 226 condominiums.
Piedmont and the Villages of Piedmont. Planned neighborhoods with Haymarket addresses; the Villages of Piedmont lie southwest of the town. Both are outside the town limits, so they pay county tax only.
The Town of Haymarket. The old town sits on Washington Street (Route 55) between Route 15 and Route 29, with red-brick sidewalks and the Haymarket Museum in the old town hall and school. Greenhill Crossing straddles the town line: part of Greenhill Crossing Drive is inside the town, and the rest of the community is in the county.
New construction. Half the 2026 townhouse sales were builder closings, at a median of $786,128. Ask for the base price, the cost of each option you want, what is included, and the warranty, and compare it with the $689,000 resale median.
What to check. Whether the tax record says Town of Haymarket; the HOA resale package with dues and any golf or club fees; whether a 55+ community's age rules fit your family; and how far the house is from the I-66 ramp at the hour you would leave.
Schools
Battlefield High, US News #40 in Virginia, and Gainesville High serve Haymarket.
Every Haymarket address is in Prince William County Public Schools. Battlefield High is in Haymarket, and Gainesville High, which opened in 2021, took some Haymarket-area students from Battlefield.3
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Battlefield High School
In Haymarket. Niche #3 of the public high schools in Prince William County and #34 in Virginia; US News #40 in Virginia and #3 in PWCS.
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Gainesville High School
PWCS's 13th high school, opened August 21, 2021. Niche #4 in the county and #47 in Virginia; US News #34 in Virginia.
STEM
Governor's School @ Innovation Park
A two-year science and engineering program for selected juniors, run by PWCS with Manassas and Manassas Park on George Mason's campus on University Boulevard. Students apply in 10th grade.
Masjid
ADAMS Gainesville
The ADAMS Center's branch for Gainesville, Bristow and Haymarket, with Friday prayer on Vint Hill Road in Nokesville and at a satellite on Vandor Lane in Manassas. A full campus is in development.
Masjid
Manassas masjids
The Prince William Islamic Center on Mathis Avenue and the Taqwa Islamic Center on Balls Ford Road, both in Manassas.
Halal
Gainesville Halal Market
On Lee Highway in Gainesville, with fresh halal meat, deli cuts, sweets and international groceries. The owners have confirmed its halal status.
Halal
International Market
In Heritage Village Plaza, Gainesville: fresh halal meat, spices and dried fruit.
Halal
Ghazaly and El Wazeer
Two halal butchers on Sudley Road in Manassas. Ghazaly Halal Food adds a bakery and a kitchen; El Wazeer Market has a Middle Eastern deli.
PWCS draws its own attendance lines, and a Haymarket street can feed Battlefield or Gainesville. Check any address with the PWCS school locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.
Commute
I-66 at Route 15, with the Express Lanes starting in Gainesville.
Haymarket sits where Route 15 crosses I-66, at the western end of the Northern Virginia commute. The 66 Express Lanes begin at University Boulevard in Gainesville, and the Haymarket commuter lot at I-66 and Route 15 has 230 spaces for carpools and buses.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 60 to 100 min | I-66 east, Express Lanes from Gainesville |
| Pentagon | 55 to 90 min | I-66 to the Beltway and I-395, or an OmniRide bus |
| Tysons | 45 to 75 min | I-66 east to the Beltway |
| Dulles Airport | 35 to 50 min | I-66 east to Route 28 north |
| Broad Run VRE station | 20 to 30 min | South through Gainesville to Bristow |
The 66 Express Lanes are free for carpools of three with an E-ZPass Flex; everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic. OmniRide's Haymarket express route runs from the Haymarket lot to Rosslyn and Ballston, and OmniRide express buses from Gainesville and Manassas reach the Pentagon and downtown DC; check the current schedule before you count on it.5 The VRE Manassas Line starts at Broad Run station in Bristow. Ahmed will do the 7:30 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
The Bull Run Mountains on one side, the Manassas battlefield 15 minutes away.
Outdoors and sights. The Bull Run Mountain Conservancy has hiking trails about 15 minutes from town, and Manassas National Battlefield Park, where the First and Second Battles of Bull Run were fought, is about 15 minutes the other way. Silver Lake Park, the Winery at La Grange and the Farm Brewery at Broad Run are close by, and the Haymarket Museum tells the town's story.
Food and groceries. Washington Street has El Vaquero West and Red House Tavern, Watts Road has a Nepali kitchen and a halal grill, and Gainesville has halal meat at Gainesville Halal Market and International Market. Sudley Road in Manassas has two more halal butchers.
Taxes, most Haymarket addresses.4 Unincorporated Prince William County, including Dominion Valley and Piedmont: $0.865 per $100 for 2026, down from $0.906, plus the countywide fire and rescue levy of $0.070, about $0.935 in all. That is roughly $9,280 a year on a $992,500 house, before HOA dues. The county's car tax is $3.50 per $100.
Taxes, inside the Town of Haymarket. Add the town's $0.098 per $100, about $970 a year on the same house, for roughly $10,250 in all. Only the streets inside the town limits pay it.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Haymarket list.
Up to five picks within about fifteen minutes of Haymarket in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. They are on Washington Street and Watts Road in Haymarket, in Gainesville, and on Mathis Avenue in Manassas.7
None of these picks showed as closed on Yelp when checked. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count; the halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Halal butchers are in the Schools section above. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Families after more house, VA buyers, 55+ buyers and new-townhouse buyers.
Families moving out from Fairfax County for a bigger, newer house; military and veteran families, 32 of the 208 house buyers used a VA loan; buyers 55 and over in Regency at Dominion Valley; cash buyers of new townhouses, 27 of the 36 cash townhouse buys; and families who want a newer house within reach of the masjids and halal markets in Gainesville and Manassas.
Buyers choose Haymarket over Chantilly's Fairfax side ($923,650) for about 4,340 square feet at $326 a foot instead of $424, and over Gainesville ($850,000) for Dominion Valley and the old town, and they give up time on I-66. If you are torn, decide on the commute and the high school first, then check the town line; the price follows.
Questions
What people ask about Haymarket.
How much does a house cost in Haymarket, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Haymarket address sold for $992,500 in 2026 through October 2, across 208 sales in Bright MLS, at $326 per square foot for a median house of about 4,340 square feet. The median townhouse sold for $750,000 across 163 sales. That is more than Gainesville ($850,000) or Bristow ($825,000) and less than Clifton ($1,100,000) or Aldie ($1,348,862). Condominium-regime homes are not included.
How competitive is the Haymarket housing market?
Slower for houses than Gainesville or Bristow: in 2026, 33% of single-family homes sold above the asking price, 44% went under contract within a week, and the median house took 10 days. Townhouse numbers look hotter, 66% over asking and a 1-day median, but half were builder sales where buyers paid for upgrades; the 81 resale townhouses sold at 100% of list in a median of 18 days.
Do Haymarket buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
In 2026, 28 of 208 house buyers paid cash (13.5%), 139 used a conventional loan and 32 a VA loan. Cash rose with price: 10 of the 52 houses above $1.25 million sold for cash. Among townhouses, 36 of 163 buyers paid cash (22.1%), and 27 of those 36 bought new construction.
What is rent in Haymarket, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $4,000 a month across 36 leases, and the median townhome for $3,150 across 55 leases. Townhome leases ranged from $2,200 to $4,000, and house leases went up to $7,000.
Is it better to rent or buy in Haymarket?
A median house sells for 20.7 times its yearly rent and a townhouse for 19.8 times, gross yields of 4.8% and 5.0%. The house ratio is higher than Gainesville's 18.2 or Bristow's 17.9, so renting first is relatively good value in Haymarket; buying makes more sense for a family that plans to stay several years.
Which high schools serve Haymarket?
Haymarket is in Prince William County Public Schools. Battlefield High in Haymarket (Niche A, #3 in Prince William County; US News #40 in Virginia) serves much of the area, and Gainesville High (Niche A; US News #34 in Virginia), opened in 2021, took some Haymarket-area students from Battlefield. Check any address with the PWCS school locator before you offer.
How long is the commute from Haymarket to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 60 to 100 minutes by car on I-66, the Pentagon 55 to 90, Tysons 45 to 75 and Dulles Airport 35 to 50. The 66 Express Lanes begin at University Boulevard in Gainesville, OmniRide express buses leave from the Haymarket commuter lot at I-66 and Route 15, and the VRE Manassas Line starts at Broad Run station in Bristow. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Haymarket, Virginia?
It depends on the town line. Most Haymarket addresses, including Dominion Valley and Piedmont, are in unincorporated Prince William County: $0.865 per $100 for 2026 plus the $0.070 fire and rescue levy, roughly $9,280 a year on a $992,500 house. Inside the small Town of Haymarket add the town's $0.098 per $100, about $970 more, roughly $10,250 in all. HOA dues are extra.
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Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Haymarket, how Ahmed compares a builder's new townhouse with a resale, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (the town line on the tax record, the HOA package and the drive to I-66).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في هايماركت، فرجينيا.
هايماركت في مقاطعة برنس وليام، ورمزها البريدي 20169. بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 992,500 دولار في 2026، وللتاون هاوس 750,000 دولار.
انتبه للحدود: بلدة هايماركت نفسها صغيرة، نحو 0.58 ميل مربع، ولها ضريبة عقار خاصة بها فوق ضريبة المقاطعة. ومعظم العناوين التي تحمل اسم هايماركت، مثل دومينيون فالي وبيدمونت، تقع خارج حدود البلدة وتدفع ضريبة المقاطعة فقط. البيوت هنا كبيرة، إذ تبلغ مساحة البيت الوسطي نحو 4,340 قدم مربع بسعر 326 دولار للقدم. نصف وحدات التاون هاوس التي بيعت كانت من البناء الجديد، والمشتري يدفع فوق السعر الأساسي مقابل الإضافات، لا بسبب المزايدة. المدارس الثانوية: باتلفيلد هاي في هايماركت وغينزفيل هاي. ويقيم فرع آدمز في غينزفيل صلاة الجمعة، وتوجد متاجر اللحم الحلال على طريق لي هايوي في غينزفيل وشارع سدلي رود في ماناساس. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة من 1 يناير إلى 2 أكتوبر 2026.
قبل أن تقدّم عرضاً، راجع سجل الضريبة: هل البيت داخل البلدة أم خارجها؟ هل تحتار بين تاون هاوس جديد من شركة البناء وآخر مستعمل؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Gainesville
Space for the money, $314 a foot.
$850K
Median house, 2026
Aldie
Five bedrooms, 4,868 sq ft.
$1.349M
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
Bristow
Big houses, low cash share.
$825K
Median house, 2026
بالعربية
Every step, in Arabic.
بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية، كما تفضّل