ViennaVirginia · 22180, 22181 and 22182
Almost half sold above asking. A seat on the train.
The Freeman Store on Church Street· Vienna, Fairfax County
Artist's renderings of real Vienna places.
Northern Virginia Guide › Fairfax County › Vienna
Updated October 2, 2026Bright MLS closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261
Quick answer
Vienna is a real town in the middle of Fairfax County, with a walkable Church Street, its own farmers market, James Madison and Oakton High (both A+), and the end of the Orange Line. In 2026 the median house sold for $1,453,000 and the median townhouse for $811,557, the median house went under contract in six days, and almost half sold above asking. It offers a real town, not just a school zone, older houses to rebuild, and townhomes for less than a house (a median $811,557 against $1,453,000).
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Vienna in six numbers
★ Closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261
Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths. Townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes. Condos are not included. "Vienna" here is the Vienna mailing address, zips 22180, 22181 and 22182, which is bigger than the incorporated town and reaches toward Oakton, Dunn Loring and Tysons. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
For owners
What is my home worth in Vienna?
In 2026 the median Vienna house sold for $1,453,000 and the median townhouse for $811,557. A median is the middle sale, not the price of your home: the lot, the school pyramid (the high school and the schools that feed it), the condition and which side of the town line it sits on can move a Vienna house well above or below it. A written valuation from Ahmed starts with the closed sales nearest your address, checked by hand.
What the median costs a month
$9,580/month, estimated
For the median Vienna house, $1,453,000, with 20% down, inside the town line.
- Principal and interest
- $7,953
- Real estate tax
- $1,627
- Loan amount
- $1,162,400
An estimate, not a quote. It uses Freddie Mac's 30-year fixed average of 7.28% (week of October 1, 2026) and the 2026 tax rates on this page. It leaves out homeowners insurance, HOA dues, and mortgage insurance below 20% down, and your own rate depends on your loan and credit.
How hot is Vienna?
Very hot. Six days, and almost half go over asking.
What to do about it. Buying: get a full pre-approval, decide your escalation cap before the open house, and keep an appraisal gap you can actually cover. Selling a renovated house: price it at the number you want and let the escalations do the rest.
How this is called: "very hot" means the median home went under contract within 7 days and at least 40% sold above asking. Both are true for Vienna houses and townhomes in the 2026 Bright MLS numbers on this page.
At a glance
The four things people check first.
Schools
A+ and A+
James Madison and Oakton High, fifth and fourth of Fairfax County's 25 high schools on Niche. The boundary just moved, so check the address.
The schoolsCommute
29 min
Orange Line from Vienna station to Metro Center, and it starts here, so you sit. Driving is 35 to 60 minutes on I-66 at 8 am.
Every commuteTown line
+$0.19
Per $100 of assessed value inside the Town of Vienna, on top of the county: about $19,500 a year on the median house, against about $16,800 just outside.
The tax differenceRent
$4,800
Median monthly rent for a house, $3,800 for a townhome. At a 5.6% gross yield, the townhomes are the ones bought to rent out.
Rent or buyGood to know
Quiet on most of the town grid. Expect road noise next to I-66, where the Metro station sits in the median, and along Maple Avenue (Route 123) and Route 7 on the Tysons side of 22182.
Low for most homes. First Street counts 313 of the Town of Vienna's 5,605 properties (5.6%) with some flood risk over 30 years, and 63 in a FEMA flood zone. Check any address before you offer.8
Easy by Metro: the Orange Line starts here, 29 minutes to Metro Center. Hard by car at rush hour: 35 to 60 minutes on I-66.
Why people choose Vienna
A real town, not just a school zone.
Walkable Church Street and Madison High; lots to build new for less than McLean; townhomes from about $590,000 in 22181 and toward Tysons; and townhomes with a 5.6% gross rental yield.
✓Vienna is a good fit if
- You want the town and the school. Church Street, the Saturday market and the W&OD trail, with Madison or Oakton High.
- You want an A+ high school for less than McLean. The median house is $1.45 million here and $2.30 million in McLean, about $850,000 apart.
- You commute by Metro. Vienna is the end of the Orange Line, so a train starts here empty every morning.
- You want a lower entry price. Townhomes start around $590,000 in 22181 and toward Tysons.
- You want rental income. A Vienna townhome earns a 5.6% gross rental yield, with 189 leases signed this year.
✕Look elsewhere if
- You want an acre. The lots here are a quarter to half acre. For land, look at Great Falls.
- Your house budget is under $725,000. That was the cheapest Vienna house sold in 2026. Look at Vienna townhomes, or at Herndon and Springfield, where houses cost less: a median $879,000 and $828,857.
- You don't want to compete. Almost half the houses sold over asking, so a calm, no-bidding purchase is rare here.
- You want the lowest tax bill. Look at 22181 and 22182 outside the town line, which skip the town's $0.19.
Buyers choose Vienna over McLean for the town center, the Orange Line seat and about $850,000 less at the median. They choose it over Oakton and Reston for the walkability. Many 1960s houses here sell to builders as teardowns, and the next step for an acre is Great Falls.
Side by side
Vienna, Oakton or McLean?
The three places most Vienna buyers are also looking at, with the same Bright MLS filters for each.
| Measure | Vienna | Oakton | McLean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median house sale | $1.45M | $1.42M | $2.30M |
| Houses sold | 428 | 124 | 335 |
| Median townhouse sale | $812K | $798.5K | $1.10M |
| Days to contract, houses | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Price per square foot, houses | $542 | $486 | $625 |
| House buyers paying cash | 23% | 18.5% | 36% |
| High schools | Madison, Oakton | Oakton, Madison | Langley, McLean |
| Metro | Orange Line, Vienna | Orange Line, Vienna | Silver Line, McLean |
| Full guide | You are here | Oakton | McLean |
Oakton and McLean figures are from their own guide pages, pulled the same day with the same filters. Dunn Loring (12 house sales) is too small to compare fairly.
Prices
What the $1.453 million median buys, and what the range looks like.
Vienna's cheapest single-family sale of 2026 was $725,000 and its most expensive was $4.5 million, and the middle of the market is a tight band: 171 of the 428 houses sold between $1 million and $1.5 million.
The typical Vienna house is a 1955 to 1975 split-level, colonial or rambler on a quarter to half acre in the town grid around Maple Avenue and Church Street, or in Wolf Trap, Hunter Mill and the Oakton side of 22181. It sells one of two ways. Updated, it goes at $1.2 million to $1.6 million to a buyer who will live in it, usually with an escalation clause. Original, it goes for the lot, half the time to a builder paying cash, and the new 5,000-square-foot house that replaces it closes at $2 million to $2.9 million. Above $3 million (18 sales) is Wolf Trap acreage and the biggest rebuilds.
Townhomes are a real market here, unlike Great Falls: 102 sold this year at a median of $811,557, from $590,000 (the lowest sale) to $1.23 million (the highest), clustered in 22181 (48 sales) and 22182 (34). They took 6 days to go under contract and 55% sold above asking.
By zip: 183 houses sold in 22180, the town itself; 89 in 22181, the Oakton side; 156 in 22182, Wolf Trap and the Tysons edge. At a median $542 per square foot for houses, Vienna sits between the county ($457 in September) and McLean ($625).
Median single-family sale price, 20262
Median single-family sale price in 2026, Vienna against nearby markets, on a scale from 0 to $2.5 million.
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 | 428 | 102 |
| Median sold price | $1,453,000 | $811,557 |
| Average sold price | $1,653,920 | $841,681 |
| Median price per square foot | $542 | $501 |
| Median days to contract | 6 | 6 |
| Median sale price as a share of the asking price (sold-to-list) | 100.0% | 100.5% |
| Sold above asking | 195 (45.6%) | 56 (54.9%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 59.6% | 61.8% |
| Lowest sale | $725,000 | $590,000 |
| Highest sale | $4,500,000 | $1,231,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $707.9M | $85.9M |
Recently sold in Vienna
Asking price against sold price, newest first, July 8 to October 2, 20269
| Street | Home | Asked | Sold | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loading the latest Vienna sales… | ||||
Street names only. Listing brokerage shown under each sale. Five sales listed by offices outside Bright MLS are left out.
Vienna home prices since 2019
Median- 2019: $887,000 median, 521 sales
- 2020: $930,000 median, 530 sales
- 2021: $1,101,000 median, 623 sales
- 2022: $1,200,000 median, 464 sales
- 2023: $1,260,000 median, 361 sales
- 2024: $1,280,000 median, 441 sales
- 2025: $1,420,000 median, 439 sales
- 2026: $1,453,000 median, 428 sales
Median sale price of Vienna single-family homes (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths), January 1 to October 1 each year, 2019 to 2026. Source: Bright MLS closed sales pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah, October 2026. Single-family homes and townhouses only; no condos.
- 2019: $674,900 median, 121 sales
- 2020: $655,000 median, 113 sales
- 2021: $725,501 median, 165 sales
- 2022: $750,000 median, 129 sales
- 2023: $785,000 median, 88 sales
- 2024: $814,000 median, 69 sales
- 2025: $822,500 median, 106 sales
- 2026: $811,557 median, 102 sales
Median sale price of Vienna townhouses (end-of-row and interior-row, not condo-owned), January 1 to October 1 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.
Vienna 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 428 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest single-family house$4,500,000highest of 428 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- LowestCheapest townhouse$590,000lowest of 102 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest townhouse$1,231,000highest of 102 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
What can you afford in Vienna?
Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. The calculator adds Fairfax County tax, insurance and HOA for you; add the town's $0.19 yourself if the house is inside the town line.
Follow the money
In Vienna the cash goes to the cheapest houses.
In 2026, 99 of 428 single-family sales closed without a mortgage, and almost half of the houses under $1 million were bought for cash, mostly for the lot.
Share of single-family sales paid in cash, by price range, 2026
The opposite shape to Great Falls, where cash is in the estates. In Vienna it is the teardown trade: the original house on a good lot goes to a builder who does not need an appraisal. Here a sale at exactly a row's top price, like $2,000,000, counts in that row; the price chart above counts it in the next row up.
How 428 single-family purchases were paid for, 2026
428 sales: cash 99 · conventional 290 · VA 22 · other 17
Cash buyers paid less, not more: a median of $1,326,000 against $1,500,000 for financed buyers, because they are buying the house for its lot. They went under contract in a median 5 days against 6, and both groups paid the full asking price at the median. Cash was 22% of the dollars, $157 million of $708 million.
What that means if you need a loan: in the $1.2 million to $2 million range, four out of five of your competitors are financing too, so the loan is not what loses the house. The escalation clause is. In 2026, 195 Vienna houses sold above asking, and six in ten went under contract within a week. Ahmed's rule: a full pre-approval, an escalation cap you decided on before the open house, and an appraisal gap you can actually cover.
Townhomes: 20 of 102 sales were cash (20%), and those buyers spent $17.2 million of $85.9 million (20%). The cash median was $850,000 against $800,000 for financed townhomes. "Other" financing combines 17 sales with mixed, assumable, builder, negotiable and FHA terms; mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed, so the true cash share is slightly higher.
The interesting facts
A busy market, and one where buying a townhome beats renting.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that are true of Vienna and not of McLean or Great Falls.
Volume. Vienna's three zips closed 530 houses and townhomes between January 1 and October 2, 2026, which is why there is always something to see on a Saturday and why prices here move on evidence, not on one sale.
Competition. A sold-to-list median of exactly 100% hides the split: almost half the houses went for more than asking, and the ones that did not were the original houses waiting for a builder. Price a renovated Vienna house at the number you want and let the escalations do the rest.
Townhomes. With a price-to-rent ratio of 17.8, a Vienna townhome is a home where buying beats renting on the monthly math for anyone who stays five years. It is also the rental play: 189 leases this year, 19 days to lease.
Rent or buy
For a townhome, buying in Vienna beats renting.
A single-family home rents for a median of $4,800 a month and sells for $1.453 million, a price-to-rent ratio of 25.2; a townhome rents for $3,800 and sells for $811,557, a ratio of 17.8, under the 20 where buying starts to win.1
| Measure | Single-family | Townhome |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 148 | 189 |
| Median monthly rent | $4,800 | $3,800 |
| Average monthly rent | $5,123 | $3,799 |
| Median rent per square foot | $2.21 | $2.19 |
| Median days to lease | 18 | 19 |
| Rent range, lowest to highest lease | $2,750 to $12,000 | $1,850 to $6,300 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, insurance, HOA and upkeep. A Vienna house is bought for Madison, the lot and the Metro, not for income. A Vienna townhome is different: at 5.6% gross with 189 leases a year behind it, it is a property whose rental numbers work without squinting, and the one you can buy knowing the rent covers most of the payment if you move.
Own in Vienna already?
With new builds closing at $2.5 million two doors down, your lot is worth more than your assessment says. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 428 sales on this page, not a website estimate.
The houses
A real town, a quarter acre, and a builder waiting for your lot.
The incorporated Town of Vienna is 16,600 people on a grid of post-war lots around Maple Avenue, with its own council, police and tax; the Vienna mailing address spreads to Oakton, Wolf Trap and the edge of Tysons.
The original stock. Split-levels, ramblers and colonials from 1955 to 1975 on a quarter to half acre: the town grid between Maple and the W&OD trail, Windover Heights, Westwood, and the Hunter Mill and Oakton side of 22181. Most have had one renovation. These are the $1.2 million to $1.6 million houses, and the ones a builder pays $1 million cash for.
The new stock. Rebuilds of 4,500 to 6,000 square feet on the original lots, which is why Holt Street and Desale Street look new. These close at $2 million to $2.9 million. Above $3 million is Wolf Trap acreage and the largest rebuilds in 22182.
Townhomes. Clustered in 22181 along Nutley Street and Hunter Mill Road and in 22182 toward Tysons, from 1980s brick rows at $600,000 to new construction near Spring Hill at $1.23 million. Condos exist near Vienna Metro and in Tysons; they are not in these numbers.
What to inspect. Radon, which is routine here. 1960s electrical panels and galvanized pipe. Drainage, because the town grid has old storm sewers. On a townhome, the HOA's reserve study. On a teardown, the town's own setbacks and tree rules inside the town line, which differ from the county's; ask for the plat and a builder's quote before you bid on the lot.
Schools
Madison for the town, Oakton for the west, and a boundary that just moved.
Vienna addresses feed James Madison or Oakton High, ranked fifth and fourth of Fairfax County's 25 high schools on Niche's 2027 list, and 128 students moved from Marshall to Madison in fall 2026.3
James Madison High School
Niche #5 in Fairfax County. Serves the incorporated town and most of 22180 and 22182, through Thoreau Middle.
Oakton High School
Niche #4 in the county, US News #8 in Virginia. Serves 22181 and the Oakton side, through Thoreau and Jackson middle schools.
Marshall High School
The IB school. Still serves parts of 22182 toward Tysons after the 2026 change; a Vienna listing that says "Marshall" is not a mistake.
McLean Islamic Center and ICNV
McLean Islamic Center is 10 minutes north; the Islamic Center of Northern Virginia in Fairfax 15 minutes south; Dar Al-Hijrah 20. Al Fatih Academy in Reston is the nearest full-time Islamic school.
Fairfax County's January 2026 boundary change moved 128 students from Marshall to Madison this fall, and Westbriar Elementary still splits between pyramids. A listing's school claim is not a guarantee. Check the exact address at the FCPS Boundary Locator, which already shows 2026-27 assignments, and ask Ahmed to pull the assigned schools from the MLS record.
Commute
Twenty-nine minutes to Metro Center, sitting down.
Vienna is the end of the Orange Line, so a train starts here empty every morning, and I-66 with its express lanes is the drive.
| To | Drive | Transit | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC (Metro Center) | 35 to 60 min | 29 min | I-66 (express lanes tolled inside the Beltway at peak); Orange Line from Vienna station |
| Pentagon | 30 to 50 min | 35 min | I-66 to I-395, or Route 123 and the GW Parkway; Orange to Blue at Rosslyn |
| Tysons | 15 to 25 min | — | Route 123 or Route 7 |
| Reston Town Center | 20 to 30 min | — | Hunter Mill Road or the Dulles Toll Road |
| Dulles Airport | 25 to 35 min | — | Dulles Toll Road |
| Reagan National | 30 to 40 min | 45 min | I-66 and the GW Parkway; Orange to Blue |
Vienna station is on the I-66 median at Nutley Street, two miles south of Maple Avenue, with about 5,000 parking spaces at $4.85 a day5, and it is the one station in the county where a seat at 7:45 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 under the 2027 budget. The W&OD trail is the bike commute to Tysons and Reston. The real test is to drive it on a Tuesday at 7:45. Ahmed will do that drive with you.
Daily life
Maple Avenue, Church Street, and the Persian grocer since 1986.
The town. Maple Avenue is the commercial strip; Church Street is the walkable old center with the Saturday farmers market, the town green, the Freeman Store and the W&OD trail crossing. ViVa! Vienna! fills it on Memorial Day weekend. Tysons Corner Center and the Mosaic District are each ten minutes.
Outdoors. The 45-mile W&OD rail trail runs through the middle of town. Wolf Trap, the only national park for the performing arts, and Meadowlark Botanical Gardens are at the north end. Nottoway Park and the town's own pools and fields are in walking distance of most of 22180.
Halal and Middle Eastern. Yas Bakery on Maple Avenue has been the Persian grocer since 1986 and Wooden Bakery next to it does the manaqish. Mashahweez, the Iraqi shawarma and grill, opened on Maple in August 2026. Shamshiry and Alborz are the Persian kabob houses, Seray the new Lebanese, Big Buns the halal burger. Halalco and Jenin Pastry are 15 minutes down Route 7.
Hospitals and airports. Inova Fairfax, Northern Virginia's only Level I trauma center, is 10 minutes; Reston Hospital 20. Dulles is 25 to 35 minutes on the Toll Road; Reagan National 30 to 40.
Taxes, and the town line.4
Inside the incorporated town (most of 22180) you pay the town's $0.19 on top of the county's $1.12 and about $0.034 in county fees, about $1.34 per $100: roughly $19,500 a year on a $1,453,000 house, and the town picks up the trash and runs its own police for it. A Vienna address in 22181 or 22182 outside the town line pays the county alone, about $1.15, and some commercial parcels at the Tysons edge of 22182 also pay $0.09 per $100 for the Dulles Rail tax district, which helps pay for the Silver Line; homes do not pay it. The car tax is $4.57 per $100 of each vehicle's value. The town line is the first thing Ahmed checks on any Vienna listing.
Life in Vienna
Eight places locals know on sight.
The trail, the green and Church Street sit a few blocks apart, so most of Vienna is a walk. Every place and date here was checked on the town, county and park websites on October 6, 2026.10
Church Street and the Freeman Store
In town · 131 Church St. NE
An 1859 general store that is now a free museum, with old-fashioned candy upstairs and a used-book cellar below.
The W&OD Trail
In town
The 45-mile paved rail trail runs through the middle of town, past the community center and the old station. Open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The red caboose and the old depot
In town · Church Street and Dominion Road
The caboose is open to climb, and on the third Saturday of most months the 1859 station opens its model railroad, 1 to 5 p.m.
The Vienna Town Green
In town · 144 Maple Ave. E
Two and a half acres with an amphitheater: summer concerts, ViVa! Vienna! and Oktoberfest all happen here.
Vienna Community Center
In town · 120 Cherry St. SE
Gyms, classes and the Vienna Theatre Company, with the Saturday farmers market in its lot from May to October.
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Just outside town
95 acres of gardens around Lake Caroline, with the Korean Bell Garden and the Winter Walk of Lights every holiday season.
Wolf Trap
Just outside town
The only national park for the performing arts: summer shows on the Filene Center lawn, backstage tours from October to April.
Nottoway Park
Just outside town
Tennis, garden plots, a fitness trail and the Hunter House, which made Virginia Maid wine from 1921 to 1940.
The card pictures are artist’s renderings of each place until our own photos replace them.
A perfect Saturday in Vienna
- 8 a.m.Morning
Coffee at Caffe Amouri on Church Street, then the farmers market at the community center (Saturdays, May to October, 8 a.m. to noon) and a walk or ride on the W&OD.
- NoonMidday
A British pasty at The Pure Pasty Co. on Church Street, then the Freeman Store a short walk away.
- 2 p.m.Afternoon
On a third Saturday, the caboose and the model trains (1 to 5 p.m.); on any other, Meadowlark. Then Caboose Tavern, the brewery right off the trail on Mill Street.
- 7 p.m.Evening
Chili dogs at the Vienna Inn, on Maple Avenue since 1960, then a show at Jammin’ Java, or at Wolf Trap in summer.
Vienna’s year
The dates repeat every year, so you can plan around them.
Spring
- Walk on the HillLast Sunday in April
About 50 gardens open in Windover Heights, a tradition since 1974.
- Farmers marketSaturdays, May to October
Producer-only, with live music, 8 a.m. to noon.
- ViVa! Vienna!Memorial Day weekend
Rides, crafts and two stages on Church Street.
Summer
- Summer on the GreenSelect Fridays, June to mid-August
Free concerts at 6:30 p.m. on the Town Green.
- Chillin’ on ChurchSummer Friday evenings
A block party with food trucks and live music.
- FireworksEarly July
Live music and free fireworks at Yeonas Park.
Fall
- OktoberfestFirst Saturday in October
Free, with three stages and a kids zone. This year: October 3.
- Halloween on the GreenNext: Oct. 17Mid-October
Costumes, crafts and pumpkin decorating for little ones.
- Halloween ParadeNext: Oct. 28Wednesday before Halloween
Floats and marching bands down Maple Avenue at 7 p.m.
Winter
- Church Street Holiday StrollNext: Nov. 30Monday after Thanksgiving
Santa, the tree lighting and fire pits for s’mores.
- Donuts with SantaNext: Dec. 5Early December
A ticketed morning at the community center.
- Winter Walk of LightsNext: Nov. 11Mid-November to early January
A lit half-mile garden walk at Meadowlark.
How Vienna rates
How Vienna rates: quiet, walkable, transit and more, from 0 to 10.
Each score ranks Vienna 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.
88% of the land is under 50 dB of 24-hour road, rail and plane noise; 4% is at 60 dB or more. Check your street’s noise
US DOT National Transportation Noise Map, 2020 (road, rail and aviation)
12.0 of 20 on the EPA walkability index; 53 everyday shops and pharmacies mapped.
EPA National Walkability Index, version 3.0 (2021)
7.5 bus stops within half a mile of the average home; 40% of people live within 1 mile of a Metro or VRE station (inside the town: Dunn Loring–Merrifield, Greensboro, Spring Hill).
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026, plus Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit and OmniRide schedules; homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
33.5 miles of bike lanes and bike trails (1.4 per square mile); 15 Capital Bikeshare stations.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026; Capital Bikeshare station feed
60 restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters and cinemas within 1 mile of the average home (310 inside the town).
Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
11 grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware and everyday shops within 1 mile of the average home; 66% 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)
95% of people live within half a mile of a park; 1,490 acres of parks and nature preserves, 10% of the land.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026
The area is ZIP codes 22180, 22181 and 22182 as the Census Bureau maps them (23.97 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.
Around Vienna
Around Vienna, by the numbers: what is inside the 23.97 square miles.
Real counts instead of star ratings. Each tile names its source and date, so you can check it.
Walking
12.0 of 20
The EPA rates Vienna above average to walk: the average of its 35 Census block groups, weighted by the 63,245 people who live in them.
EPA National Walkability Index (1 = least walkable, 20 = most), version 3.0, 2021
Bus and Metro
199 bus stops
12 Fairfax Connector routes stop inside Vienna, numbers 401, 402, 427, 432, 461, 462, 463, 467, 507, 574, 671 and 672. Metro stations inside: Dunn Loring–Merrifield, Greensboro and Spring Hill.
Fairfax Connector schedule (GTFS), valid Jun 27, 2026 to Sep 30, 2028, Metro stations from OpenStreetMap
Groceries
7 grocery stores
Giant, Harris Teeter, Whole Foods Market, Lidl, Walmart Supercenter and others.
OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026
Restaurants and cafes
143 restaurants + 17 cafes
Including Aditi Gourmet, Akai Tori, Alborz Persian Restaurant, America's Best Wings, Anita's and others.
OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026
Parks and trails
107.5 miles of trails and paths
49 playgrounds and 41 parks, such as Ashlawn Park, Branch Road Tot Lot, Briarcliff Park, Clarks Crossing Park and others. Sidewalks are not counted in the miles.
OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026
Schools and library
20 schools
Madison High School, Oakton High School, Kilmer Middle School, Thoreau Middle School, Colvin Run Elementary School, Cunningham Park Elementary School and others, plus Patrick Henry Library.
OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026
The area is ZIP codes 22180, 22181 and 22182 as the Census Bureau maps them (23.97 square miles), so places just outside it, such as the Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station in ZIP 22031, are not counted. Map counts are what OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped and can miss a place. Pulled October 21, 2026.
Where to eat
Best restaurants in Vienna, VA: Ahmed's list (2026)
Vienna's own tables.
Updated
The places in Vienna that make the top-five lists, with the one doing best at the top and halal marked. The full fifteen-minute list for every cuisine is on the McLean page.7
Rankings weigh current reviews across Google, Yelp and OpenTable, the 2026 Washingtonian and Northern Virginia Magazine lists, and whether the place is busy; the halal note comes from Zabihah or the restaurant's own menu. Checked October 2026. Istanbul Blue on Maple has closed. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Ahmed's take
What I tell people about Vienna.
Most buyers I meet in Vienna are choosing between here and McLean, and Vienna gives them A+ schools and a town center they can walk to for about $850,000 less at the median. When a renovated house comes up near Maple Avenue, expect escalation clauses, so we set your cap before the open house, not during it. On every Vienna listing, the first thing I check is the town line, because it changes the tax bill on the median house by close to $2,800 a year.
Ahmed Makkiyah, REALTOR®Questions
What people ask about Vienna.
How much does a house cost in Vienna, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) sold for $1,453,000 from January 1 to October 2, 2026, across 428 sales in Bright MLS, at $542 per square foot. The median townhouse sold for $811,557 across 102 sales. Houses ran from $725,000 to $4.5 million and townhomes from $590,000 to $1.23 million (lowest to highest sale).
What was the cheapest home sold in Vienna, 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 428 single-family sales
- Cheapest townhouse: $590,000, the lowest of 102 townhouse sales
- Highest single-family house: $4,500,000, the highest of 428 single-family sales
- Highest townhouse: $1,231,000, the highest of 102 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 Vienna 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 Vienna they sold from $725,000 to $4,500,000. Use the median to get a feel for the market, then look at homes on both sides of it.
How competitive is the Vienna housing market?
Very competitive. In 2026, 45.6% of single-family homes and 54.9% of townhomes sold above the asking price, about six in ten went under contract within a week, and the median house took 6 days. Vienna is also a big market: 428 houses, almost as many as McLean and Great Falls combined.
What percentage of Vienna home buyers pay cash?
About 23%: 99 of 428 single-family sales and 20 of 102 townhouse sales in 2026 closed without a mortgage. The cash is at the bottom of the market: 46% of houses under $1 million sold for cash, mostly older homes bought for the lot, against 16 to 22% between $1.5 and $3 million. Cash buyers paid less, a median of $1,326,000 against $1,500,000 for financed buyers.
What is rent in Vienna, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family rental (3+ bedrooms) leased for $4,800 a month across 148 closed leases in Bright MLS, and the median townhome for $3,800 across 189 leases. House rents ran from $2,750 to $12,000 and townhome rents from $1,850 to $6,300 (lowest to highest lease), and both took about 18 days to lease.
Is it better to rent or buy in Vienna?
For a townhome, buying is close to making sense: the price-to-rent ratio is 17.8, under the line of 20, with a 5.6% gross rental yield. For a single-family home the ratio is 25.2 and the yield 4.0%, so renting is cheaper month to month and people buy for the schools, the lot and the Metro.
Which high schools serve Vienna?
James Madison High School (Niche A+, fifth in Fairfax County for 2027) serves the incorporated town and most of 22180 and 22182. Oakton High School (A+, fourth in the county) serves 22181, and parts of 22182 near Tysons feed Marshall (A, with the IB program). In fall 2026, 128 students moved from Marshall to Madison under the county boundary change, so check any address at the FCPS Boundary Locator.
How long is the commute from Vienna to Washington, DC?
About 29 minutes on the Orange Line from Vienna station to Metro Center, and because Vienna is the end of the line you almost always get a seat; parking is about $4.85 a day. By car it is 35 to 60 minutes on I-66 at 8 am. Tysons is 15 to 25 minutes up Route 123 and the Pentagon 30 to 50.
What is the property tax in Vienna, Virginia?
It depends which side of the town line you are on. Inside the incorporated Town of Vienna (most of 22180) you pay the town's $0.19 on top of Fairfax County's $1.12 and about $0.034 in county fees, about $1.34 per $100, roughly $19,500 a year on a $1,453,000 house. A Vienna address in 22181 or 22182 outside the town pays the county rate only, about $1.15, and some commercial parcels at the Tysons edge also pay $0.09 per $100 for the Dulles Rail tax district, which helps pay for the Silver Line; homes do not pay it.
Your next step
Buying or selling in Vienna?
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Start with what homes here really sold for, then the tax and the monthly payment.
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Buying, selling or just deciding between Vienna and McLean. Send the situation and get the numbers back, in English or Arabic, not a pitch.
Details decide deals. Every number on this page carries its exact dates, I check the town line before anything else on a Vienna listing, and I check every comparable sale by hand, because the small things are where buyers and sellers win or lose money.
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