Dumfries, Virginia · Zips 22025 and 22026, Prince William County

No Dumfries house or townhouse sold for more than 115% or less than 85% of its list price this year. One house sat 310 days before it sold. Eleven houses and six townhouses closed at zero or one day on market, which usually means new construction sold through the builder, so new homes are a small part of these numbers.

Potomac Shores rents for more: its 49 townhome leases had a median of $3,400 and its 9 house leases $4,300. Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. A ratio under 20 means a home sells for relatively few years of rent, so buying is good value for anyone staying five years or more; in Bristow the house ratio is 17.9, and on the Fairfax side of Chantilly it is 21.2. Only 48 houses were leased, so treat the house rent as a rough guide.

Montclair. Most Montclair homes use a Dumfries 22025 address, so most Montclair sales are counted here: 51 houses at a median of $640,000 and 22 townhouses. The community is built around Lake Montclair, made by damming Powell's Creek, and a golf course that opened in 1972. Montclair has its own property owners association; ask for its dues and rules with the resale package.

Potomac Shores. A planned community just north of the Town of Dumfries and east of Route 1, with a golf club, a middle school that opened in 2021 and a town center that is still filling in. 37 houses sold at a median of $925,000 and 69 townhouses at $654,990. A VRE station is being built there.

Four Seasons in Historic Virginia. A 55+ community built from about 2002 to 2010, with homes designed for single-floor living, some with large basements. 20 houses sold at a median of $642,500.

Smaller communities. Wayside Village had 15 house sales at a median of $675,000 and Country Club Lake 10 at $641,500. Forest Park and Cascade Landing each had 14 townhouse sales and Williamstown 11. The Town of Dumfries itself, chartered in 1749, is a small part of the postal city along Route 1 and Quantico Creek.

What to check. The high school assigned to that exact street; the HOA or owners' association package with dues and any special assessment; whether the house is inside the Town of Dumfries, which adds a town tax; the age of the roof, windows and HVAC on an older Montclair house; and road noise if the lot backs onto I-95 or Route 234.

The school on a listing is the agent's best guess; the county's boundary map is the answer. Check any address with the PWCS school locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.

Masjids and halal markets

The 95 Express Lanes are free for carpools of three with an E-ZPass Flex; everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic. The closest VRE Fredericksburg Line stations today are Rippon in Woodbridge and Quantico. A Potomac Shores station is being built next to a 350-space garage finished in late 2024, with construction starting in 2026 and trains expected by 2027. VRE runs weekday trains north through Woodbridge, Lorton, Alexandria and Crystal City to Union Station. OmniRide also runs weekday commuter buses from eastern Prince William to the Pentagon and downtown; check the current routes before you count on one.⁵ Ahmed will do the 8 am drive with you before you offer.

Outdoors and sights. The Town of Dumfries received its charter on May 11, 1749, and calls itself the oldest continuously chartered town in Virginia; it grew up at the head of the Quantico Creek harbor, and the Weems-Botts Museum keeps its history. Montclair life centers on Lake Montclair and the golf course, which opened in 1972. Potomac Shores has its own golf club, and Prince William Forest Park, the National Park Service forest near Triangle, is a short drive south. The Rose gaming resort opened in the town in November 2024, and the town cut its 2026 tax rate on the strength of its gaming tax revenue.

Food and groceries. On Main Street in the town, Tasty Kabob Plus serves halal Afghan kabobs steps from the Badr Community Center. Local sit-down favorites include Giorgio's Family Restaurant and the MontClair Family Restaurant on Dumfries Road. For more choice, the drive is to Old Bridge Road and Potomac Mills in Woodbridge; a grocery store is planned for the Potomac Shores town center. For halal meat, Sabah Groceries is in Dumfries, and Al-Barakah, Kabul Halal Market and Fair Price are in Woodbridge.

Taxes.⁴ Prince William County's 2026 real estate rate is $0.865 per $100 of assessed value, down from $0.906 in 2025, plus the county's fire and rescue levy of $0.07, about $0.935 all in. That is about $6,300 a year on a $675,000 house (the median price times the rate), before HOA dues, and about $1,500 less than the same price would pay in Fairfax County. Montclair and Potomac Shores are outside the town, so that is the whole bill there. Homes inside the Town of Dumfries also pay the town rate, cut from $0.1899 to $0.185 per $100 for fiscal 2027, which adds about $1,250. The county vehicle tax rate was $3.50 per $100 in 2025, with state relief on the first $20,000 of a personal car's value.

The area is ZIP codes 22025 and 22026 as the Census Bureau maps them (18.02 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.

Closed, so not listed: Tim's Rivershore Restaurant and Crabhouse on Cherry Hill Road, the riverside crab house in Dumfries, shows as closed on Yelp in 2026. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count 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. Halal markets are listed under Masjids and halal markets and under Daily life above. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.