The story of this market
The typical home in Alexandria (city), Virginia sells for about $709,645, or $458 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.3% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 35 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 202% since 2000. Last year 15 of 28 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $2,438 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $2,438 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Very Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2005 (+25.4%). Worst: 2007 (-4.7%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.6%
VA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$3,107
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 28 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
14
Very Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $40,074,789.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
83.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7187 | 3862 | 83.3% | 6.2% | $590,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Alexandria (city), Virginia
Alexandria's residential housing market demonstrates durable stability characterized by consistent price appreciation (+6.3% year-over-year) and lean inventory levels under 2.5 months of supply. Strong demand from high-income professionals and federal/tech workers keeps well-priced properties moving in roughly 35 days near full list price, tempered by sustained elevated borrowing costs.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 1 city · 7 ZIP reports
Median prices moved up 4.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 27 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
2% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 56.6% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.8% · poverty 8.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 6 researched ZIP reports of 7 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Alexandria (city), Virginia — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 3.4%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 22301 | Alexandria | $997,800 | $454 | +2.7% | 32 | 100% | 34.4% | 3.2 | 22 | $2,454 | researched Sep 16 |
| 22302 | Alexandria | $735,000 | $454 | +2.7% | 32 | 98.5% | 34.5% | 3 | 1,200 | $2,140 | researched Sep 16 |
| 22304 | Alexandria | $443,568 | $474 | +0.8% | 28 | — | — | — | 10 | $1,972 | researched Sep 16 |
| 22305 | Alexandria | $734,550 | $454 | +2.7% | 32 | — | — | — | 844 | $1,902 | researched Sep 17 |
| 22311 | Alexandria | $695,000 | $400 | +6.5% | 23 | 104% | — | — | — | $1,963 | researched Sep 19 |
| 22312 | Alexandria | $593,600 | $350 | +2.4% | 28 | 99.2% | 18% | 2.8 | 42 | $2,020 | researched Sep 19 |
| 22314 | Alexandria | $857,140 | $449 | -4.1% | 29 | 100% | 36.4% | — | 141 | $2,352 | researched Sep 19 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Alexandria maintains violent and property crime rates moderately below national averages, though urban density creates localized property crime in commercial and transit-heavy corridors. Overall crime trends have remained relatively stable to slightly decreasing compared to broader National Capital Region peers.
The jurisdiction is served by Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), anchored by Alexandria City High School (formerly T.C. Williams). Academic performance exhibits variance across neighborhood elementary and middle schools, with specialized STEM and governor-level programs outperforming statewide medians.
Primary hazard risks center around Potomac River coastal tidal surges and localized flash flooding in lower Old Town and Four Mile Run corridors. Wildfire risk is negligible, while wind risks correlate with severe Mid-Atlantic summer convective storms and tropical storm remnants.
Economic expansion is catalyzed by the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Potomac Yard, proximity to Amazon HQ2 in adjacent Arlington, and federal agency anchors including the USPTO and National Science Foundation.
Alexandria is an independent city operating as its own county-equivalent taxing jurisdiction. The base real estate tax rate is set annually by City Council (historically around $1.11 per $100 of assessed value), supplemented by an add-on tax for stormwater utility management and commercial transportation districts.
Alexandria's economy is strongly anchored by federal government agencies, professional scientific and technical services, defense contractors, and national associations. Major entities include the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, National Science Foundation, and Inova Alexandria Hospital.
The city is served by the Washington Metro (Blue and Yellow lines across stations including King St-Old Town, Braddock Rd, and Potomac Yard), the Alexandria Union Station (Amtrak and VRE commuter rail), I-495 (Capital Beltway), and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Planning initiatives center on transit-oriented redevelopment around Potomac Yard, Landmark Mall redevelopment (WestEnd Alexandria), and waterfront resilience infrastructure along lower Old Town.
The City of Alexandria Department of Real Estate Assessment assesses all real property annually at 100 percent of estimated fair market value pursuant to Virginia statutory requirements.
Because Alexandria is an independent city, it does not overlap with county governments; special taxing designations include the Potomac Yard Metrorail Transportation District and the Citywide Stormwater Utility District.
Homeowners insurance markets are broadly stable throughout the city, though properties in lower Old Town and waterfront corridors subject to FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas face elevated National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premiums.
- The St. James4.47.4 mi
- F1 Arcade Washington, D.C.4.67.7 mi
- Lake Fairfax Park4.618.3 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park49.2 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.120.9 mi
- Nationals Park4.65.1 mi
- Capital One Arena4.56.6 mi
- Walter E. Washington Convention Center4.57 mi
- Northwest Stadium412 mi
- International Spy Museum4.45.6 mi
- Lincoln Memorial4.85.9 mi
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History4.86.1 mi
- Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum4.65.9 mi
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park4.68.6 mi
- Washington Monument4.75.9 mi
- Lincoln Memorial4.85.9 mi
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History4.86.1 mi
- Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum4.65.9 mi
- United States Capitol4.76.2 mi
- National Mall4.85.7 mi
- Lincoln Memorial4.85.9 mi
- National Mall4.85.7 mi
- United States Botanic Garden4.86 mi
- Great Falls Park4.817.4 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial4.95.6 mi
- The Wharf DC4.75.2 mi
- Adventures Unbound: Columbia Island Marina4.64.9 mi
- Washington Sailing Marina4.72 mi
- The Wharf Marina4.75.1 mi
- Adventures Unbound: James Creek Marina4.54.4 mi
- Topgolf National Harbor42.7 mi
- East Potomac Golf Links4.14.9 mi
- Congressional Country Club4.715 mi
- Puttery4.56.5 mi
- Twin Lakes Golf Course4.319.5 mi
- Tysons Corner Center4.612.4 mi
- Potomac Mills4.417.6 mi
- Tanger Outlets National Harbor4.42.4 mi
- Union Market4.57.6 mi
- Fair Oaks Mall4.417.4 mi
- Dulles International Airport4.124.5 mi
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport4.23.1 mi
- Capital One Lounge at IAD4.324 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Features preserved 18th- and 19th-century architecture along cobblestone streets, King Street Mile shopping and dining, and contiguous parks along the Potomac River offering water taxi access to Washington, D.C.
An iconic architectural tower overlooking the city near the King Street Metro, providing expansive views of Northern Virginia and the National Mall alongside public grounds and cultural exhibits.
A converted historic munitions plant on the Potomac River waterfront containing over 80 working artist studios, galleries, and workshops that form the focal point of local public arts programming.
An 18-mile paved multi-use trail winding through Alexandria along the Potomac shoreline, connecting active recreation users directly to Rosslyn, Arlington, and George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and American Community Survey DP02, DP03, DP04, and DP05 tables for Alexandria city, Virginia (FIPS 51510).