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Ranked · Buying a home · Virginia

Best cities for buying a home in Virginia

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Danville, VA42k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $119,100 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  2. 2.Hampton, VA138k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $245,700 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  3. 3.Lynchburg, VA79k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $229,800 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: +0.4%

  4. 4.Portsmouth, VA97k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $246,900 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: +0.5%

  5. 5.Norfolk, VA234k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $289,900 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: +0.8%

  6. 6.Reston, VA64k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $642,000 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: -1.4%

  7. 7.Woodbridge, VA44k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $422,400 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: 0.0%

  8. 8.Manassas, VA43k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $449,900 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: +0.1%

  9. 9.Centreville, VA72k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $590,500 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: -0.7%

  10. 10.Burke, VA44k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $747,700 · property tax rate: 0.87% · home price yoy: -1.1%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Virginia?
Danville, VA ranks first with a fit score of 74/100, followed by Hampton (73) and Lynchburg (73), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.