Census-designated place in Virginia, United States

Reston

$621kMedian Home
294Sunny Days/yr
67°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 3k· Elev. 328 ftWikipedia

Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Reston's population was 63,226.Wikipedia

State Context

VirginiaU.S. state

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. It borders Kentucky to the west, Tennessee to the south-west, North Carolina to the south, West Virginia to the north-west, and Maryland to the north. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach. With a population of 8.8 million, it is the twelfth-most populous and fifteenth-most densely populated state.Wikipedia

Income tax: 2.00% - 5.75%Avg sales tax: 5.77%Property tax: 0.75%Official school data available

About the Region

Southeast

The Southeast has become the most active real estate market in the United States. Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Nashville's broader metro have all absorbed sustained in-migration driven by warmer weather, relatively lower housing costs than comparable Sun Belt metros, and — in Florida and Tennessee — no state income tax. The Research Triangle between Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill has emerged as a genuine rival to established tech corridors, anchored by Duke, UNC, and NC State.

The region's rapid growth has created real affordability pressure in cities that were bargains a decade ago. Asheville, Savannah, and coastal Florida markets have seen sharp appreciation, narrowing the cost advantage that drew transplants in the first place. Coastal areas across the Southeast also carry increasing flood and hurricane insurance costs as storm frequency and severity trends upward. Long, hot, and humid summers are a material lifestyle consideration — June through September in much of the region is genuinely intense.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median Rent
$621k
Median Home Price
Rent burden28% of income
Household Income
$103k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
8.7/10
Internet
Fiber
95%
Cable
99%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
294
sunny days per year
81% of the year
Avg High Temp
67°F
annual average
Humidity
69%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
77/100
Great
Temp Swing
45°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
51"
inches per year
Snowfall
4"
inches per year
Air Quality
48
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population3k
Altitude328 ftabove sea level
Median Age41 yrs
College Educated73%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home22%of workforce
Poverty Rate7%

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