Springfield, Virginia · 22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153
The Blue Line starts here, and more than half the houses sold over asking.
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Updated October 2, 2026Bright MLS, closed January 1 to October 2, 20261
Quick answer
The median single-family home in Springfield sold for $828,857 in 2026 and went under contract in six days, and 56% sold above the asking price.
Springfield is an unincorporated part of Fairfax County with three mailing names, Springfield, North Springfield and West Springfield, across four zip codes. It has the Franconia-Springfield Metro and VRE station, the Backlick Road VRE stop and the I-95, I-395 and Beltway interchange. This page shows 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 Springfield.
★ Closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261
Springfield here means the Bright MLS postal cities Springfield, North Springfield and West Springfield in Fairfax County, zips 22150 to 22153. Kingstowne and Franconia have Alexandria mailing addresses and are on the Alexandria page. 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, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Why people choose Springfield
Rail to the Pentagon and downtown, for less than Burke or Annandale.
A VA loan on 104 of the 455 house sales; the Blue Line and VRE to the Pentagon and downtown; both townhouses and houses at a range of prices; and the markets of Backlick Road.
Buyers choose Springfield over Burke or Annandale for about $96,000 less at the median and a train station nearby. They give up house size: the same money buys fewer square feet than in Burke or Chantilly. If you are choosing among the four zips, decide on the high school and the commute first; the price follows.
Prices
A median $828,857 for a house, about $96,000 less than Burke or Annandale.
A Springfield house costs less than one in Burke or Annandale ($925,000) or Herndon ($879,000), but it costs more per foot than Burke: a median $470 against $450. The lower price buys a smaller house, not a cheaper foot.
Houses. 455 houses sold, from $450,000 (the lowest sale) to $1,721,000 (the highest), at a median of $828,857 and an average of $860,987. 56% sold above asking and 60% went under contract within a week, so the median buyer paid 100.5% of the list price.
Townhouses. 241 townhouses sold at a median of $630,000, more than in Burke ($616,000) or Annandale ($627,000). The top sale was $880,000, and 44% went over asking.
By zip. 22153, toward Burke and Newington, sold 181 houses and 105 townhouses, the most of the four. 22152 (West Springfield) sold 99 houses and 90 townhouses, 22150 (central Springfield) 88 and 35, and 22151 (North Springfield) 87 houses and only 11 townhouses.
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 | Single-family | Townhouse |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 455 | 241 |
| Median sold price | $828,857 | $630,000 |
| Average sold price | $860,987 | $624,648 |
| Median price per square foot | $470 | $417 |
| Median days to contract | 6 | 6 |
| Median sale price as a share of the asking price (sold-to-list) | 100.5% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 254 (55.8%) | 106 (44.0%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 60.4% | 56.4% |
| Lowest sale | $450,000 | $150,000 |
| Highest sale | $1,721,000 | $880,000 |
| Cash sales | 34 (7.5%) | 24 (10.0%) |
Two cash house sales went far over list: $761,200 on a $400,000 list (190%) and $605,000 on $450,000 (134%), the pattern of an as-is or estate sale priced to draw a bidding war. They lift the average sold-to-list to 101.7%; the median, 100.5%, is the better number. The $150,000 townhouse sale is far below every other one and looks like a family or non-market transfer; it does not move the median.
Springfield townhouse prices since 2019
Median- 2019: $435,000 median, 374 sales
- 2020: $475,000 median, 371 sales
- 2021: $521,000 median, 402 sales
- 2022: $552,000 median, 365 sales
- 2023: $569,694 median, 208 sales
- 2024: $600,000 median, 215 sales
- 2025: $600,000 median, 236 sales
- 2026: $630,000 median, 241 sales
Median sale price of Springfield 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.
Springfield 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$450,000lowest of 455 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest single-family house$1,721,000highest of 455 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- LowestCheapest townhouse$150,000lowest of 241 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest townhouse$880,000highest of 241 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
What can you afford in Springfield? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Most townhouses pay an HOA and every house pays county tax; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
34 of 455 house buyers paid cash, and 104 used a VA loan.
Cash buyers paid for 7.5% of Springfield houses and 6.9% of the dollars, $27.2 million of $391.7 million. They bought the cheaper ones: the median cash house sold for $761,600, against $835,000 with a loan.
Share of house sales paid in cash, by price range, 2026
Under $746,000, 11% (12 of 113); $746,000 to $829,000, 10% (11 of 114); $829,000 to $925,000, 5% (6 of 114); $925,000 and up, 4% (5 of 114).
Cash is rarer here than in Burke (12.5% of houses) or Annandale (15.1%), and it thins out as the price rises. Townhouses show the same pattern more sharply: 17 of the 60 townhouses under $575,000 sold for cash (28%), against 7 of the 181 above it.
How 455 house purchases were paid for, 2026
455 sales: conventional 295 · VA 104 · cash 34 · FHA and other 22
Almost one house buyer in four used a VA loan, 104 of 455, more than in Burke (39 of 184, 21%). Fort Belvoir and the Pentagon are both close, and a VA buyer here is competing mostly with other financed buyers.
What that means if you need a loan: six in ten houses went under contract within a week and more than half sold over asking, so the offer that wins is a full pre-approval, a short inspection window and an appraisal-gap plan you settled before the open house. VA offers win here often; sellers' agents know them.
Townhouses: 156 conventional, 45 VA, 24 cash, 14 FHA, 1 VHDA and 1 other of 241; the median cash townhouse sold for $538,500 against $635,000 financed. The 22 houses bought with FHA and other loans were mostly FHA loans and assumed loans (the buyer took over the seller's mortgage), plus a few private and other loans. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
A lower median than Burke, but a median $470 a foot against $450.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Springfield apart.
You pay for the location, not the size. The median house is about $96,000 cheaper than in Burke, but each square foot costs more. Springfield houses are smaller and older, and buyers pay for the Metro, the VRE and the drive to the Pentagon.
What sells. Homes bought with VA loans, a train to the Pentagon or downtown, and houses that are the next step up from a townhouse.
Cash hunts the bottom. Cash went after the cheaper homes: 11% of houses under $746,000 sold for cash and 4% above $925,000, and almost three in ten townhouses under $575,000. If you are financing a starter home, expect a cash offer in the pile.
Rent or buy
A house rents for a median $3,800 a month and sells for 18 times its yearly rent.
A Springfield house rents for a median of $3,800 a month and sells for $828,857, a price-to-rent ratio of 18.2; a townhome rents for $3,000 and sells for $630,000, a ratio of 17.5.1
| Measure | Single-family | Townhome |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 165 | 237 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,800 | $3,000 |
| Average monthly rent | $3,836 | $3,038 |
| Gross rental yield (a year's rent as a share of the price, before any costs) | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| Rent range, lowest to highest lease | $2,600 to $5,600 | $2,000 to $4,600 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. Ratios of 17 to 18 sit in the middle: buying pays off if you stay five years or more, and renting is fair value if you may move sooner. A house rents for less than in Burke ($4,000) or Annandale ($3,950). House leases by zip: 58 in 22153, 47 in 22151, 43 in 22152 and 17 in 22150.
Own in Springfield already? More than half the houses sold above asking this year. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 696 sales on this page, in your zip, not a website estimate.
The houses
Four zip codes, from 87 house sales in North Springfield to 181 in 22153.
Springfield was built out mostly after the Second World War: older brick houses close to the Beltway, and later colonials and townhouse communities to the west and south.
North Springfield (22151). Mostly brick ramblers and split-levels from the 1950s. 87 houses sold in 2026 and only 11 townhouses; parts feed Annandale High and parts Lake Braddock.
Central Springfield (22150). Around Backlick Road, the Springfield Town Center and the Franconia-Springfield station. 88 houses and 35 townhouses sold.
West Springfield (22152). Colonials and split-levels from the 1960s and 1970s along Old Keene Mill Road and Rolling Road, and the West Springfield High pyramid (the high school and the schools that feed it). 99 houses and 90 townhouses sold.
22153. The busiest zip, out toward Burke, Newington and the Fairfax County Parkway, with Saratoga, Newington Forest and the Sangster area. 181 houses and 105 townhouses sold, more than any other Springfield zip.
What to check. On a 1950s or 1960s house: the electrical panel, the roof, windows and HVAC, and whether the basement takes water. Near I-95 and the Beltway, the road noise at the hour you would be home. On a townhouse, the HOA resale package with the dues and any special assessment.
Schools
West Springfield High, Niche #6 in Fairfax County, plus Lake Braddock and Lewis.
Springfield is split among several FCPS pyramids. Most of 22152 and much of 22153 feed West Springfield High; parts feed Lake Braddock, Lewis, Annandale or South County, street by street.3
West Springfield High School
Niche #6 in Fairfax County and #10 in Virginia, US News #12 in Virginia, about 2,800 students, through Irving Middle.
Lake Braddock Secondary
Niche #9 in the county, US News #22 in Virginia, grades 7 to 12. Takes Sangster (22153) and Ravensworth (22151) elementaries.
John R. Lewis High School
Central Springfield (22150), US News #196 in Virginia. Opened in 1958 and renamed in 2020 for the congressman John Lewis.
Boundary decisions due January 2027
The Keene Mill Elementary island (to White Oaks and Cardinal Forest) and part of Rolling Valley (from Lewis to West Springfield) were held out of the January 2026 changes for more study.
Madina and Darul Huda
Madina Islamic Center on Backlick Road, with several Friday prayers, and Masjid Darul Huda on Commerce Street, beside Al-Qalam Academy, an Islamic school.
Imam Ali Center and Masjid Noor
The Imam Ali Center, a large Shia (Ja'fari) center on Backlick Road with programs in several languages; Masjid Noor on Pohick Road toward Burke.
Super Halal Meat
On Spring Garden Drive in 22150, hand-slaughtered zabiha meat with Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi and Middle Eastern groceries.
Halal Super Mart and Afghan Mini Market
Both on Backlick Road in 22150: fresh halal meat, desi spices and Afghan groceries, a few minutes from the mosques.
North Springfield Elementary feeds Annandale High (Niche #17 in the county) through Holmes Middle, and Saratoga Elementary in 22153 feeds South County High (Niche #10, US News #60 in Virginia) through South County Middle. The January 2026 boundary changes took effect in 2026-27, but the Keene Mill and Rolling Valley pieces are still open, so the school on a West Springfield listing today may change. Check any address at the FCPS Boundary Locator and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.
Commute
The Blue Line starts here: about 37 minutes to Metro Center and 20 to the Pentagon.
Springfield has a Metro terminus and two VRE stations, Franconia-Springfield and Backlick Road, and it sits on the interchange where I-95, I-395 and the Beltway meet. The interchange is the one road that decides your morning.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 35 to 60 min | I-395 north, or the Blue Line or VRE |
| Pentagon | 25 to 45 min | I-395 Express Lanes, or about 20 min on the Blue Line |
| Fort Belvoir | 15 to 25 min | Fairfax County Parkway or I-95 south |
| Tysons | 25 to 45 min | The Beltway north, Express Lanes available |
| Dulles Airport | 40 to 60 min | The Beltway and Dulles Toll Road, or the Fairfax County Parkway |
From Franconia-Springfield the Blue Line takes about 37 minutes to Metro Center; weekday parking is $4.95 for riders with a SmarTrip card and free on weekends. VRE trains take about 38 minutes from Backlick Road to Union Station and about 29 from Franconia-Springfield to L'Enfant, for a $5 single fare. The Springfield Garage slug line, with free casual carpools to the Pentagon, Foggy Bottom, L'Enfant and Navy Yard, is under maintenance until February 2027; the Franconia-Springfield kiss-and-ride and Old Keene Mill lots have morning lines too.5 Ahmed will do the 7:45 drive or the train with you before you offer.
Daily life
Lake Accotink, the Town Center, and halal shops on Backlick Road.
Outdoors and sights. Lake Accotink Park sits on the 40-mile Cross County Trail. The county dropped full dredging and is studying a smaller lake with managed wetlands, with the study due late in 2026. Springfield Town Center has Macy's, Target, Nordstrom Rack and the LEGO Discovery Center.
Food and groceries. Backlick Road and Spring Garden Drive are lined with halal butchers, Afghan and Pakistani kitchens and Big Red Halal; Hechinger Drive has Marib, the Yemeni house, in a strip of shops from around the world.
Taxes.4 Unincorporated Fairfax County, no town tax: $1.12 per $100 of assessed value plus about $0.0335 in county fees, about $1.15 all in, roughly $9,500 a year on an $828,857 house and $7,200 on a $630,000 townhouse, before any HOA dues. The car tax is $4.57 per $100 of the car's value.
How Springfield rates
How Springfield rates: quiet, walkable, transit and more, from 0 to 10.
Each score ranks Springfield 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.
83% of the land is under 50 dB of 24-hour road, rail and plane noise; 6% is at 60 dB or more. Check your street’s noise
US DOT National Transportation Noise Map, 2020 (road, rail and aviation)
11.8 of 20 on the EPA walkability index; 79 everyday shops and pharmacies mapped.
EPA National Walkability Index, version 3.0 (2021)
9 bus stops within half a mile of the average home; 18% of people live within 1 mile of a Metro or VRE station (inside the town: Backlick Road, Franconia–Springfield).
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026, plus Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit and OmniRide schedules; homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
68.0 miles of bike lanes and bike trails (2.5 per square mile); 2 Capital Bikeshare stations.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026; Capital Bikeshare station feed
31 restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters and cinemas within 1 mile of the average home (278 inside the town).
Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
9.5 grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware and everyday shops within 1 mile of the average home; 81% 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)
97% of people live within half a mile of a park; 2,946 acres of parks and nature preserves, 16% of the land.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026
The area is ZIP codes 22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153 as the Census Bureau maps them (27.6 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 Springfield, VA: Ahmed's list (2026)
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Springfield list.
Updated
Up to five picks within about fifteen minutes of Springfield in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Most are on Backlick Road, Spring Garden Drive and Hechinger Drive in 22150 and 22151.7
Closed, so not listed: Kabul Kabob on Commerce Street and Shawarma Guys in Kingstowne show as closed on Yelp in 2026, and Kismet Modern Indian in Springfield has been replaced. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count, critics' lists and whether the place is busy; Aditi's star rating was not available, and Erbil Kabob's rating is from Restaurant Guru. 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 Springfield.
How much does a house cost in Springfield, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) in Springfield, North Springfield and West Springfield sold for $828,857 in 2026 through October 2, across 455 sales in Bright MLS, at $470 per square foot. The median townhouse sold for $630,000 across 241 sales. That is about $96,000 less than a house in Burke or Annandale ($925,000). Condo-owned homes are not included.
What was the cheapest home sold in Springfield, 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: $450,000, the lowest of 455 single-family sales
- Cheapest townhouse: $150,000, the lowest of 241 townhouse sales
- Highest single-family house: $1,721,000, the highest of 455 single-family sales
- Highest townhouse: $880,000, the highest of 241 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 Springfield 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 Springfield they sold from $450,000 to $1,721,000. Use the median to get a feel for the market, then look at homes on both sides of it.
How competitive is the Springfield housing market?
Competitive. In 2026, 56% of single-family homes sold above the asking price, 60% went under contract within a week, and the median house and townhouse each took 6 days. The median house sold for 100.5% of its list price.
Do Springfield buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
Few pay cash and many use VA loans. In 2026, 34 of 455 house buyers paid cash (7.5%), 104 used a VA loan (23%) and 295 a conventional loan. Cash went to the cheaper homes: 11% of houses under $746,000 sold for cash against 4% above $925,000, and 17 of 60 townhouses under $575,000 did.
What is rent in Springfield, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $3,800 a month across 165 leases, and the median townhome for $3,000 across 237 leases. House rents ran from $2,600 to $5,600 (lowest to highest lease).
Is it better to rent or buy in Springfield?
A Springfield house sells for about 18.2 times its yearly rent ($828,857 against $45,600) and a townhouse for 17.5 times ($630,000 against $36,000), for gross yields of 5.5% and 5.7%. At those ratios buying usually pays off if you stay five years or more, and renting is fair value if you may move sooner.
Which high schools serve Springfield?
Most of West Springfield (22152) and much of 22153 feed West Springfield High (Niche A+, #6 in Fairfax County; US News #12 in Virginia). Other addresses feed Lake Braddock Secondary (Niche #9 in the county), John R. Lewis High in central Springfield, Annandale High or South County High. FCPS is still studying the Keene Mill and Rolling Valley boundaries, with recommendations due by January 2027, so check every address with the FCPS Boundary Locator.
How long is the commute from Springfield to DC?
By car at 8 am, downtown DC is about 35 to 60 minutes, the Pentagon 25 to 45 and Tysons 25 to 45; these drive times are estimates. By train, the Blue Line takes about 37 minutes from Franconia-Springfield to Metro Center and about 20 to the Pentagon, and VRE takes about 38 minutes from Backlick Road to Union Station for a $5 fare.
What is the property tax in Springfield, Virginia?
Springfield is unincorporated Fairfax County, so there is no town tax. The 2026 rate is $1.12 per $100 plus about $0.0335 in county fees, roughly $9,500 a year on an $828,857 house and $7,200 on a $630,000 townhouse. The car tax is $4.57 per $100, and HOA dues are extra.
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