Oakton, Virginia · 22124 Fairfax County
Between Vienna and Fairfax, where four in five townhouses went under contract within a week.
The Oakton Schoolhouse· Between Vienna and Fairfax, on Hunter Mill
Artist's renderings of real Oakton places.
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Updated October 2, 2026Bright MLS, closed January 1 to October 2, 20261
Quick answer
The median single-family home in Oakton sold for $1,420,000 in 2026 and went under contract in seven days, and nearly half sold above the asking price.
Oakton sits between the Town of Vienna and the City of Fairfax, along Chain Bridge Road and Hunter Mill Road, a few minutes from the Vienna Metro station. This page covers 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.
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Six numbers that describe Oakton.
★ Closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261
Oakton is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place of 36,732 people at the 2020 census; all sales here have an Oakton mailing address in zip 22124. Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; homes legally owned as condos (including condo-style townhouses) are left out of both. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, Postal City = Oakton, County = Fairfax, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
For owners
What is my home worth in Oakton?
Closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261
In 2026 the median Oakton house sold for $1,420,000 and the median townhouse for $798,500. A median is the middle sale, not the price of your home: in Oakton the high school the address feeds, the lot and the condition can move the number a long way. A written valuation from Ahmed starts with the closed sales nearest your address, checked by hand.
Why people choose Oakton
An Oakton High address, in a market where cash competes.
Oakton or Madison High; quick trips to Tysons and Reston, and downtown by Metro; and cash on 23 of 124 house sales.
Buyers choose Oakton over Vienna for about $33,000 less at the median and the same two high schools, and over homes with a Fairfax mailing address in the county (outside the City of Fairfax) for the Oakton High address, at about $435,000 more. Townhouses offer an Oakton address under $800,000, and they go under contract within days. If you are torn between Oakton and Vienna, decide on the high school and the drive first; the price follows.
Prices
$1.42 million for the median house, $33,000 less than Vienna.
An Oakton house sells for a little less than a Vienna one ($1,453,000) or an Oak Hill one ($1,427,500), and for $435,000 more than the Fairfax County addresses around the City of Fairfax ($985,000).
Houses. 124 sold, from $725,000 (the lowest sale) to $3,100,000 (the highest), at a median of $1,420,000 and $486 a square foot. Half went under contract within a week (51.6%) and 61 of 124 sold above asking. The median sold-to-list was exactly 100%, but the average was 102.2%, because a few bidding wars ran far over list.
Townhouses. 38 sold, from $425,000 (the lowest sale) to $1,150,000 (the highest), at a median of $798,500 and $465 a square foot. They moved faster than the houses: a median of five days, 31 of 38 under contract within a week, and 22 of 38 above asking.
Where the sales fell. The 124 house sales split almost evenly into four price bands: 31 under $1.2 million, 31 from $1.2 million to $1.425 million, 30 from $1.425 million to $1.85 million and 32 above $1.85 million.
Median single-family sale price, 20262
McLean $2,300,000; Great Falls $1,885,000; City of Falls Church (independent city) $1,685,000; Vienna $1,453,000; Oakton $1,420,000; Arlington County, all zips, $1,406,000; City of Alexandria (independent city) $1,350,000; Fairfax Station $1,245,000; Reston $1,120,000; Clifton $1,100,000; Falls Church addresses in Fairfax County $1,055,000; Fairfax addresses in Fairfax County $985,000; Fairfax County in September $950,000; Lorton $930,000; Annandale $925,000; Burke $925,000; Chantilly addresses in Fairfax County $923,650; Centreville $904,500; Alexandria addresses in Fairfax County $885,000; Herndon $879,000; Springfield $828,857; City of Fairfax (independent city) $820,000.
Bright MLS closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (City of Alexandria to October 3), except the Fairfax County row (September 2026 alone). The town rows are filtered to 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths and leave out homes legally owned as condos (including condo-style townhouses); the Fairfax County row has no size filter. Fairfax, Alexandria and Falls Church mean the Fairfax County addresses, not the independent cities, and Chantilly means its Fairfax County side. Arlington County, the neighbor to the east, is one row for the whole county (pulled October 3, same filters). The Cities of Fairfax, Falls Church and Alexandria are independent cities next to the county, shown under their own names. Oak Hill (20 sales) and Dunn Loring (12) are too small to chart.
Townhouse view: each place's median townhouse sale price and number of townhouse sales (end-of-row and interior-row townhouses, condo-owned homes left out), from the same Bright MLS searches as each place's own page, closed January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Arlington County and the City of Alexandria to October 3). A gray bar means fewer than 10 townhouses sold, too few to give a median. The Fairfax County, September row is left out of this view: there is no townhouse figure for that month alone.
| Measure | Houses | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 124 | 38 |
| Median sold price | $1,420,000 | $798,500 |
| Average sold price | $1,533,090 | $787,015 |
| Median price per square foot | $486 | $465 |
| Median days to contract | 7 | 5 |
| Median sale price as a share of the asking price (sold-to-list) | 100.0% | 101.2% |
| Sold above asking | 61 (49.2%) | 22 (57.9%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 51.6% | 81.6% |
| Lowest sale | $725,000 | $425,000 |
| Highest sale | $3,100,000 | $1,150,000 |
| Cash sales | 23 (18.5%) | 8 (21.1%) |
The biggest bidding wars: a house listed at $1,075,000 sold for $1,427,000 in cash (133% of list), one listed at $1,300,000 sold for $1,615,000 in cash (124%), and one listed at $1,090,000 sold for $1,310,000 (120%). A townhouse listed at $850,000 sold for $1,105,000 in cash (130%). These lift the average sold-to-list to 102.2%; the median is the better guide.
Oakton townhouse prices since 2019
Median- 2019: $530,000 median, 45 sales
- 2020: $620,000 median, 50 sales
- 2021: $650,000 median, 62 sales
- 2022: $616,000 median, 45 sales
- 2023: $715,000 median, 29 sales
- 2024: $780,000 median, 29 sales
- 2025: $735,500 median, 32 sales
- 2026: $798,500 median, 38 sales
Median sale price of Oakton townhouses (end-of-row and interior-row, not condo-owned), January 1 to September 30 each year, 2019 to 2026. Source: Bright MLS closed sales pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah, October 2026. Single-family homes and townhouses only; no condos.
Lowest and highest sales, 2026
A guide, not a price tag. The median is the middle sale: half the homes sold for more and half for less. It gives you a feel for prices here, not the price of any one home, and you'll always find homes above and below it, like the lowest and highest sales below.
Oakton closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Bright MLS). Single-family means 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths; condo-owned homes, including townhouses sold as condominiums, are not counted.
- LowestCheapest single-family house$725,000lowest of 124 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest single-family house$3,100,000highest of 124 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- LowestCheapest townhouse$425,000lowest of 38 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest townhouse$1,150,000highest of 38 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
What can you afford in Oakton? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. At $1.42 million the county tax alone is about $1,365 a month, and many streets add an HOA; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
Almost one house buyer in five paid cash, 23 of 124.
Cash buyers spent $38.3 million of the $190.1 million paid for Oakton houses in 2026, 20.2% of the dollars, and their median house cost $1,500,000 against $1,396,050 for buyers with a loan.
Share of sales paid in cash, by price and home type, 2026
Houses under $1.2 million 6% (2 of 31); $1.2 million to $1.425 million 19% (6 of 31); $1.425 million to $1.85 million 27% (8 of 30); $1.85 million and up 22% (7 of 32); townhouses 21% (8 of 38).
Below $1.2 million, cash is rare: 2 of 31 houses. Above $1.425 million, about one buyer in four pays cash. Oakton's house cash share, 18.5%, is below Vienna (23.1%) and McLean (35.8%) and above Fairfax (15.0%) and Herndon (8.2%). One townhouse in five was bought for cash too, at a median of $762,500.
How 124 Oakton house purchases were paid for, 2026
124 sales: conventional 88 · cash 23 · VA 7 · other 6
Seven in ten house buyers used a conventional loan, 88 of 124. Only 7 used a VA loan. The rest were three other loans, one private loan, one adjustable-rate mortgage and one seller-financed sale.
What that means if you need a loan: in the bands where most buyers shop, $1.2 million and up, you may be bidding against cash, and the biggest over-asking sales of the year in both home types went to cash offers. The offer that wins is a full pre-approval, a short inspection window and an appraisal-gap plan you decided before the open house. Under $1.2 million you are mostly competing with other financed buyers.
Townhouses: 24 conventional, 8 cash, 2 VA, 2 other, 1 FHA and 1 cash plus conventional of 38. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
82% of Oakton townhouses sold within a week.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Oakton apart.
Townhouses go fast. 31 of 38 Oakton townhouses (82%) went under contract within a week, against 41% of townhouses on the Fairfax side of Chantilly. If you are shopping for one, have the pre-approval and the inspector lined up before you tour.
Cash wins the bidding wars. The two biggest over-asking house sales, at 133% and 124% of list, and the biggest townhouse sale over asking, at 130%, were all cash offers. A financed buyer needs a strong appraisal-gap plan to compete at the top.
Buying costs a lot compared with renting. A house sells for 25.2 times its annual rent, the same as Vienna, so renting a house here is fair value for anyone who may move in a few years. Only 17 houses were rented in 2026, so the choice is thin.
Rent or buy
A house costs 25 years of rent, a townhouse 18.5.
An Oakton house rents for a median of $4,700 a month and sells for $1,420,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 25.2; a townhome rents for $3,588 and sells for $798,500, a ratio of 18.5.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 17 | 36 |
| Median monthly rent | $4,700 | $3,588 |
| Average monthly rent | $4,968 | $3,523 |
| Gross rental yield (a year's rent as a share of the price, before any costs) | 4.0% | 5.4% |
| Rent range, lowest to highest lease | $3,300 to $7,500 | $2,700 to $4,300 |
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 Oakton is fair value for anyone who is not sure they will stay; a townhouse at 18.5 pays off sooner, and it is the better rental. Fairfax County addresses around the City of Fairfax, at about 20.5, are cheaper to buy against the rent.
Own in Oakton already? Nearly half the houses and more than half the townhouses sold above asking this year. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 162 sales on this page, not a website estimate.
The houses
House sales from $725,000 to $3.1 million, and townhouses under contract in a median five days.
Oakton is mostly established subdivisions of detached houses off Chain Bridge Road, Hunter Mill Road, Waples Mill Road and Jermantown Road, with a smaller townhouse market: 124 houses and 38 townhouses sold in 2026.
Waples Mill. Waples Mill Estates was built from 1975 to 1987, and the Reserve at Waples Mill from 1989 to 1996: two of the subdivisions buyers ask for by name.
Other established neighborhoods. Oak Marr Estates, Blakelee, Miller Heights, Oakton Ridge, Tattersall, Vale Park West and Foxvale Estates each have their own character and price band. Ask Ahmed for the 2026 sales on the street you like.
Townhouses. 38 sold in 2026, from $425,000 (the lowest sale) to $1,150,000 (the highest), at a median of $798,500. The top of that range overlaps the cheapest houses ($725,000), and 22 of the 38 sold above asking.
What to check. Which high school the address feeds, since Oakton streets split between Oakton, Madison and Fairfax High; whether a house on a large lot is on public water and sewer or a well and septic; the age of the roof, windows and HVAC on a 1970s or 1980s house; and the HOA resale package on a townhouse.
Schools
Oakton High, #4 in Fairfax County, with Madison next door.
Oakton addresses feed Fairfax County Public Schools. Depending on the street, they go to Oakton High, James Madison High in Vienna or Fairfax High. Flint Hill, a private JK-12 school, is in Oakton itself.3
Oakton High School
Niche #4 of Fairfax County's public high schools, US News #8 in Virginia, about 2,600 students. Its mailing address is on Sutton Road in Vienna.
James Madison High School
In Vienna. Niche #5 in the county and #9 in Virginia; US News #11 in Virginia. Takes part of Oakton.
Fairfax High School
Some 22124 streets are zoned here. Check the exact address before you count on Oakton or Madison.
Flint Hill School
Founded in 1956, JK to 12th grade, about 1,045 students on two Oakton campuses about a mile apart.
ICNVT
The Islamic Center of Northern Virginia Trust on Shirley Gate Road in Fairfax, founded in 1981, with lectures in Arabic, English and Urdu.
Vienna and Fairfax
McLean Islamic Center on Jarrett Valley Drive in Vienna, and the Islamic Heritage Center on Lee Highway in Fairfax.
Halalway
Halalway International Supermarket on Jermantown Road, family-owned since 2004, with certified halal meat and fresh Afghan bread.
Yas Bakery and Halal Bazar
Yas Bakery in Vienna has been the Persian grocer and bakery since 1986; Halal Bazar on Lee Highway sells only halal meat.
In January 2026 the School Board approved a county-wide boundary change, effective fall 2026, that moved 128 Marshall High students to Madison; the high school on an older listing may not be the one an address feeds today. Check any address at the FCPS Boundary Locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.
Commute
Vienna Metro is a short drive, then 29 minutes to Metro Center.
Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road) runs through Oakton to Tysons in one direction and the City of Fairfax in the other, Hunter Mill Road runs north toward Reston, and I-66 and the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Orange Line station are a short drive away.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 35 to 65 min | I-66 east, or the Orange Line from Vienna |
| Pentagon | 30 to 50 min | I-66 to Route 110 or I-395 |
| Tysons | 10 to 20 min | Route 123 north |
| Reston Town Center | 15 to 25 min | Hunter Mill Road, or the Dulles Toll Road |
| Dulles Airport | 20 to 30 min | Dulles Toll Road and Airport Access Road |
Vienna station sits in the I-66 median at Nutley Street, with about 5,000 parking spaces at $4.85 a day; it is the end of the Orange Line, so trains start there and a seat at rush hour is normal. Weekday fares are $2.25 plus 45 cents a mile after three miles, capped at $6.75, and trains run every 10 minutes.5 The I-66 Express Lanes inside the Beltway are tolled eastbound in the morning rush unless you carpool with three and an E-ZPass Flex. Ahmed will do the 7:45 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
Oakmont Park, Nottoway Park and a halal shawarma counter on Chain Bridge Road.
Outdoors. Oakmont Park on Jermantown Road has the county's Oakmont Rec Center, with its pool and gym, and the Oakmont golf center; the park and its buildings were renamed from Oak Marr in November 2023. Nottoway Park has fields, tennis and paved trails, Oakton Community Park is on Hunter Mill Road, and Difficult Run Stream Valley Park and the W&OD Trail through Vienna are close.
Food and groceries. Oakton Shopping Center and Hunter Mill Plaza on Chain Bridge Road cover daily errands. Yalla Pita in Hunter Mill Plaza is the halal shawarma; Halalway on Jermantown Road and Halal Bazar on Lee Highway are the halal butchers, and Yas Bakery in Vienna is the Persian grocer.
Taxes.4 Oakton is unincorporated Fairfax County, with no town tax: $1.12 per $100 of assessed value plus about $0.0335 in county fees, about $1.15 all in, roughly $16,400 a year on a $1,420,000 house and $9,200 on a $798,500 townhouse, before any HOA dues. The car tax is $4.57 per $100 of each vehicle's value.
How Oakton rates
How Oakton rates: quiet, walkable, transit and more, from 0 to 10.
Each score ranks Oakton among the 46 towns in this guide: 10 is the top of the list, 0 the bottom. It is not a national score. The real number and its source sit under each one.
95% of the land is under 50 dB of 24-hour road, rail and plane noise; 1% is at 60 dB or more. Check your street’s noise
US DOT National Transportation Noise Map, 2020 (road, rail and aviation)
9.3 of 20 on the EPA walkability index; 7 everyday shops and pharmacies mapped.
EPA National Walkability Index, version 3.0 (2021)
7.1 bus stops within half a mile of the average home; 0% of people live within 1 mile of a Metro or VRE station.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026, plus Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit and OmniRide schedules; homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
8.2 miles of bike lanes and bike trails (0.8 per square mile); no Capital Bikeshare stations.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026; Capital Bikeshare station feed
26 restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters and cinemas within 1 mile of the average home (30 inside the town).
Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
5.4 grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware and everyday shops within 1 mile of the average home; 45% of people live within 1 mile of a grocery store.
Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
90% of people live within half a mile of a park; 837 acres of parks and nature preserves, 13% of the land.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026
The area is ZIP code 22124 as the Census Bureau maps it (10.33 square miles). We rate places, never people, so there is no school, safety or “who lives here” score. Map counts are what the sources have mapped and can miss a place. Scored October 22, 2026; updated every six months.
Where to eat
Best restaurants in Oakton, VA: Ahmed's list (2026)
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Oakton list.
Updated
Up to five picks within about fifteen minutes of Oakton in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Oakton's own are on Chain Bridge Road; the rest are in Vienna, Tysons and Fairfax.7
Closed, so not listed: Tigris Grill on Chain Bridge Road in Oakton and Rose Kabob in Vienna both show as closed on Yelp, and Istanbul Blue on Maple Avenue has closed. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count, critics' lists 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.
Questions
What people ask about Oakton.
How much does a house cost in Oakton, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home in Oakton (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) sold for $1,420,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 124 sales in Bright MLS, at $486 per square foot. Houses sold from $725,000 (the lowest sale) to $3,100,000 (the highest). The median townhouse sold for $798,500 across 38 sales. Condo-owned homes are not included.
What was the cheapest home sold in Oakton, Virginia in 2026?
Bright MLS closed sales from January 1 to October 2, 2026, single-family houses (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) and townhouses only, no condos:
- Cheapest single-family house: $725,000, the lowest of 124 single-family sales
- Cheapest townhouse: $425,000, the lowest of 38 townhouse sales
- Highest single-family house: $3,100,000, the highest of 124 single-family sales
- Highest townhouse: $1,150,000, the highest of 38 townhouse sales
Want a home near these prices? Ask Ahmed, or call or text 734.383.6945 or 703.957.0060.
Is the median price what a home in Oakton will cost?
No. The median is the middle sale of 2026, not a set price: half the single-family houses sold for more and half for less. In Oakton they sold from $725,000 to $3,100,000. Use the median to get a feel for the market, then look at homes on both sides of it.
How competitive is the Oakton housing market?
Very. In 2026 the median house went under contract in 7 days and 61 of 124 (49%) sold above the asking price. Townhouses moved faster: a median of 5 days, 82% under contract within a week and 58% above asking.
Do Oakton buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
Almost one house buyer in five paid cash: 23 of 124 (18.5%), 20.2% of the dollars, at a median of $1,500,000. Above $1.425 million about one buyer in four paid cash, and the biggest over-asking sales went to cash offers. 88 buyers used a conventional loan and 7 a VA loan.
What is rent in Oakton, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $4,700 a month (17 leases, from $3,300 to $7,500, lowest to highest) and the median townhome for $3,588 (36 leases, from $2,700 to $4,300).
Is it better to rent or buy in Oakton?
A house sells for 25.2 times its annual rent ($1,420,000 against $56,400), a 4.0% gross yield, so renting a house is fair value if you may move within a few years. A townhouse sells for 18.5 times its rent, a 5.4% gross yield, so buying pays off sooner.
Which high schools serve Oakton?
Depending on the street, Oakton addresses feed Oakton High (Niche A+, #4 in Fairfax County; US News #8 in Virginia), James Madison High in Vienna (Niche A+, #5 in the county; US News #11 in Virginia) or Fairfax High. Check the exact address with the FCPS Boundary Locator before you offer.
How long is the commute from Oakton to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 35 to 65 minutes by car on I-66, the Pentagon 30 to 50, Tysons 10 to 20, Reston Town Center 15 to 25 and Dulles Airport 20 to 30. The Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Orange Line station is a short drive away, about 29 minutes to Metro Center. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Oakton, Virginia?
Oakton is unincorporated Fairfax County, with no town tax. The 2026 rate is $1.12 per $100 plus about $0.0335 in county fees, roughly $16,400 a year on a $1,420,000 house and $9,200 on a $798,500 townhouse. The car tax is $4.57 per $100 of value, and HOA dues are extra.
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