Where to Live in Northern Virginia? Fairfax County vs Loudoun County [Updated for 2024]

Id love to see a stafford video on all they’re building!!

Fairfax: closer to dc (if that matters), more established and suburban (besides Reston) older homes on smaller lots. More traffic.

Loudoun: newer homes, mix of suburban and rural, more natural areas west of rt 15, farther from dc. Less traffic within Loudoun.

Do you think they’ll build more townhomes over the next couple years across Loudoun? If so, in what areas? We’re looking to buy new construction in 2026. We’ve been fixing up our current place over the last five years but now aggressively saving for 20% down + equity from our current place.

Great video!!!

Question, why do homes in Virginia or surrounding states have no privacy fencing to demarcate the land/backyard like in California? It’s all just open backyard…

Excellent, excellent video!! 🎉 100% true, keep up the great work, drone images are awesome, that combined with the information is extremely helpful. Well done! 🙏

What is the 2nd best county in the state, Arlington or some county (Heinrich?) near Hampton Roads or Richmond?

Loudoun’s homes are much newer. In 1990 only 86k people lived in the LC and in 2000 onlu 169k. All the other 430k people in LoCo live in newer stock.

If you love woke progressive government, than definitely look into Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William. You'll love it there especially their progressive prosecutors...

Are there people who want to be part of an HOA 😮

I grew up and still live in fairfax county. I lived in falls church, Springfield, annandale and have since moved to Burke and fairfax. We have a bias, and the general opinion of the area is that loudon houses is cheaper, but the drive is longer. You love to loudon if you can’t afford the house prices or want more for your money. Fairfax is more diverse, lots of different restaurants from different cultures. We wanted to stay in the area for the viet food since we’re Vietnamese. Cost of living in both areas is shit though. I’ve heard loudon is a little cheaper. I’m not sure if that’s true,