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Dumfries, Virginia
A house for $675,000, and more than one buyer in three used a VA loan.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Dumfries.
The median single-family home in Dumfries sold for $675,000 in 2026 and went under contract in 12 days. More than one house buyer in three used a VA loan, and 42% of houses sold above the asking price.
The Dumfries postal city is much bigger than the small, historic Town of Dumfries on Route 1. It also takes in most of Montclair, Potomac Shores, the Four Seasons 55+ community and other neighborhoods with a 22025 or 22026 address, so most Montclair sales are counted here. This page covers what a house or townhouse costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which high schools are nearby, and the commute. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
Most of the Dumfries postal city is unincorporated Prince William County; only homes inside the Town of Dumfries pay a town tax. Sales were in zips 22025 (the Montclair side) and 22026 (Potomac Shores and the Route 1 side). Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; condominium-regime homes are left out of both. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, Postal City = Dumfries, County = Prince William, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Prices
$675,000 buys a house in Dumfries, $74,900 less than in the county part of Manassas.
At $302 a square foot, a Dumfries house costs about the same per foot as one in Bristow ($304) and less than in Gainesville ($314), Manassas ($318) or Woodbridge ($334). Townhouses also sold for a median of $302 a foot.
Houses. 198 houses sold, from $380,000 to $1,500,000. 83 of them sold above asking and 38% went under contract within a week, a slower pace than Bristow (56%) or Woodbridge (43%). The median buyer paid 100.0% of the list price, and the average house, $710,855, sits above the median because Potomac Shores pulls it up.
Townhouses. 184 sold at a median of $517,500, from $285,000 to $800,000. That is less than Gainesville ($585,000) or Bristow ($570,000) and more than Woodbridge ($472,000). 27% sold above asking. Outside Potomac Shores, the median townhouse sold for $450,000.
Against the neighbors. The chart sets Dumfries against the other Prince William markets and nearby towns across the county lines. Triangle ($662,500), the City of Manassas Park ($634,900), the City of Manassas ($625,000) and Woodbridge ($610,000) cost less at the median; Manassas ($749,900), Bristow ($825,000), Gainesville ($850,000) and Haymarket ($992,500) cost more. Lorton, across the Occoquan in Fairfax County, is $930,000.
Median single-family sale price, Prince William County and neighbors, 20262
Bright MLS closed sales, 2026 year to date, filtered to detached houses with 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths, condominium-regime homes left out. Nokesville, Haymarket, Gainesville, Bristow, Manassas (county part), Dumfries, Triangle and Woodbridge are Prince William County postal cities. The Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park are independent cities with their own governments and schools. Aldie, Clifton, Chantilly and Centreville are neighbors across the county lines. Occoquan and Dale City have too few house sales under their own names to chart; nearly all Dale City homes use Woodbridge addresses.
| Measure | Houses | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 198 | 184 |
| Median sold price | $675,000 | $517,500 |
| Average sold price | $710,855 | $530,839 |
| Median price per square foot | $302 | $302 |
| Median days to contract | 12 | 13.5 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 83 (41.9%) | 50 (27.2%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 37.9% | 32.6% |
| Lowest sale | $380,000 | $285,000 |
| Highest sale | $1,500,000 | $800,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $140,749,200 | $97,674,325 |
| Cash sales | 22 (11.1%) | 10 (5.4%) |
No Dumfries house or townhouse sold for more than 115% or less than 85% of its list price this year, so there are no outliers lifting the averages. 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.
What can you afford in Dumfries? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Prince William's tax rate is lower than Fairfax County's, homes inside the Town of Dumfries add a small town tax, and most communities charge HOA or owners' association dues; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
22 of 198 Dumfries house buyers paid cash, and 71 used a VA loan.
Cash buyers spent $14.9 million of $140.7 million, 10.6% of the dollars. Their median house cost $635,000, against $675,000 for buyers with a loan, and cash showed up at every price: 6 of 48 houses under $605,000 and 4 of 51 at $775,000 and up.
Share of sales paid in cash, houses by price and townhouses
House cash is spread fairly evenly across prices in Dumfries, unlike Woodbridge, where cash leans toward the cheapest houses. Townhouse cash stays at the entry level: 6 of the 10 cash townhouse buys were under $435,000, at a median of $385,000.
How 198 Dumfries house purchases were paid for
More than one house buyer in three used a VA loan, 71 of 198, against 155 of 721 in Woodbridge and 25 of 149 in Bristow. One townhouse buyer in four, 45 of 184, did the same. Marine Corps Base Quantico is next door, and Fort Belvoir is up I-95.
What that means if you need a loan: a VA offer is ordinary here, not a surprise to a seller. Only 38% of houses went under contract within a week, so a financed buyer with a full pre-approval has more time to look and more room to ask for repairs or closing help than in western Prince William. The houses that do get multiple offers still sell over asking, so decide your appraisal-gap limit before the first showing.
Townhouses: 93 conventional, 45 VA, 31 FHA, 10 cash, 3 single cases of FHA with VHDA, VHDA and an assumable loan, and 2 cash buys above an assumable loan, of 184. Townhouse cash buyers spent $4.4 million of $97.7 million. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
Two markets in one: the Montclair side at $655,000 and Potomac Shores at $925,000.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Dumfries apart.
Two zips, two markets. In 22025, the Montclair side, 121 houses sold at a median of $655,000 and 67 townhouses at $465,000. In 22026, which holds Potomac Shores and the Route 1 side, 77 houses sold at $755,000 and 117 townhouses at $597,000. Inside Potomac Shores alone, houses sold for $925,000 and townhouses for $654,990.
A military market. 36% of house buyers and 24% of townhouse buyers used a VA loan, more than in Triangle (14 of 44 houses) or Woodbridge (21.5%). For a seller, that means preparing for a VA appraisal and inspection; for a VA buyer, it means your loan type is familiar to sellers here.
A landlord's numbers, and time to negotiate. A house that sells for $675,000 rents for $3,700 a month, a 6.6% gross yield, close to Woodbridge (6.5%) and the City of Manassas (6.7%) and above Bristow (5.6%). And with only 38% of houses and 33% of townhouses going under contract within a week, buyers have more room here than in Bristow or Gainesville, where more than half sold that fast.
Rent or buy
A Dumfries house rents for $3,700 a month and sells for 15.2 years of rent.
A Dumfries house rents for a median of $3,700 a month and sells for $675,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 15.2; a townhome rents for $2,788 and sells for $517,500, a ratio of 15.5.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 48 | 140 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,700 | $2,788 |
| Average monthly rent | $3,730 | $2,863 |
| Gross rental yield | 6.6% | 6.5% |
| Rent range | $2,800 to $5,000 | $1,795 to $4,000 |
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 a family 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.
Own in Dumfries already? 42% of Dumfries houses sold above asking this year, and Potomac Shores and Montclair sell at very different prices. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 382 sales on this page, not a website estimate.
The houses
Montclair, Potomac Shores and Four Seasons: 108 of the 198 house sales.
Most Dumfries sales come from a few large communities: Montclair, built around a lake and a golf course; Potomac Shores, the newer planned community east of Route 1; and Four Seasons, a 55+ community.
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.
Schools
Forest Park High, US News #79 in Virginia, and Potomac High: check which one your street feeds.
Dumfries is in Prince William County Public Schools. Forest Park High sits inside Montclair and Potomac High has a Dumfries address, but the high school for a given house depends on the street, so check the exact address before you fall for the house.3
B+
Forest Park High School
On Forest Park Drive inside Montclair. Niche grade B+ and #7 among Prince William County's public high schools; US News #79 in Virginia for 2026-27.
#172
Potomac High School
On Panther Pride Drive, with a Dumfries address. US News #172 in Virginia for 2026-27. Ask whether your street feeds it.
New
Potomac Shores Middle School
Opened in September 2021 on Woods View Drive in Potomac Shores, just north of the Town of Dumfries and east of Route 1.
School
Badr Islamic Academy
The full-time school at the Badr Community Center of Dumfries, which also runs a weekday-evening Quran hifdh program and a Sunday school.
Masjid
Badr Community Center of Dumfries
On Main Street in the Town of Dumfries since 2011, with the five daily prayers, Jummah, a Saturday family halaqa, English and Arabic classes and a separate space for women.
Masjid
Dale City, Route 1 and Route 234
Haskay Masjid and Virginia Mosque on Dale Boulevard in Dale City, Dar AlSalaam on Route 1 in Woodbridge, and Dar Al Barakah on Dumfries Road (Route 234) toward Manassas.
Halal
Sabah Groceries and Al-Barakah
Sabah Groceries & Halal Meat has a Dumfries address. Al-Barakah Supermarket on Route 1 in Woodbridge sells halal beef, chicken, goat, lamb and fish.
Halal
Woodbridge halal markets
Kabul Halal Market on Golansky Boulevard has fresh and frozen zabihah meat; Ali Grocery & Halal Meat is on Build America Drive, and family-run Fair Price cuts goat, lamb and beef daily.
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.
Commute
I-95, Route 1 and the VRE: about an hour to DC and 10 to 20 minutes to Quantico.
Dumfries sits on I-95 and Route 1 between Woodbridge and Marine Corps Base Quantico. Route 234, Dumfries Road, runs from the town past Montclair toward Manassas, and the 95 Express Lanes run north to the Beltway.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 55 to 95 min | I-95 north, Express Lanes if you carpool, or the VRE |
| Pentagon | 40 to 75 min | I-95 and I-395, Express Lanes |
| Fort Belvoir | 20 to 35 min | I-95 north to the Fairfax County Parkway |
| Marine Corps Base Quantico | 10 to 20 min | I-95 or Route 1 south to the main gate in Triangle |
| Tysons | 50 to 85 min | I-95 north to the Beltway |
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 7:45 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
A town chartered in 1749, Lake Montclair, and a masjid and halal kabobs on Main Street.
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, families drive 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, down from $0.906, plus the county's fire and rescue levy of $0.07, about $0.935 all in. That is roughly $6,300 a year on a $675,000 house, 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.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Dumfries list.
Up to five picks within about fifteen to twenty minutes of Dumfries in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. One is on Main Street in Dumfries; most are on Old Bridge Road and around Potomac Mills in Woodbridge, and on Route 1 and Garrisonville Road in Stafford.7
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 Schools and Daily life above. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Military families, Quantico and Fort Belvoir workers, and buyers who want Potomac Shores.
Military and veteran families, 71 of the 198 house buyers used a VA loan; people who work at Quantico, Fort Belvoir or the Pentagon; first-time buyers after a $450,000 townhouse outside Potomac Shores; 55+ buyers at Four Seasons; investors after a 6.6% house yield; and Muslim families near the Badr Community Center on Main Street and the halal markets in Dumfries and Woodbridge.
Buyers choose Dumfries over the county part of Manassas for $74,900 less at the median, and over Lorton, across the Occoquan in Fairfax County, for $255,000 less ($930,000). Against Woodbridge ($610,000), the median Dumfries house costs $65,000 more but less per foot ($302 against $334). If you are torn between Montclair and Potomac Shores, decide on the budget and the commute first; the two sides are about $285,000 apart at the median.
Questions
What people ask about Dumfries.
How much does a house cost in Dumfries, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Dumfries, VA address sold for $675,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 198 sales in Bright MLS, at $302 per square foot. Townhouses sold for a median of $517,500 across 184 sales. Houses in 22025, the Montclair side, had a median of $655,000, and houses in Potomac Shores $925,000. Condominium-regime homes are not included.
How competitive is the Dumfries housing market?
Moderately. In 2026, 42% of Dumfries houses sold above the asking price and the median house went under contract in 12 days, but only 38% went under contract within a week, against 56% in Bristow. The median sold-to-list was 100.0%, so most buyers paid the asking price, with more room to negotiate repairs and closing costs than in western Prince William.
Do Dumfries buyers use VA loans or pay cash?
VA loans are very common: 71 of 198 house buyers (35.9%) and 45 of 184 townhouse buyers used one, with Marine Corps Base Quantico next door. Cash is less common: 22 house buyers paid cash (11.1%), spread across every price range, and 10 townhouse buyers (5.4%).
What is rent in Dumfries, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $3,700 a month, from 48 leases ranging from $2,800 to $5,000. The median townhome leased for $2,788, from 140 leases. Potomac Shores rents for more: its townhomes leased for a median of $3,400 and its houses for $4,300.
Is it better to rent or buy in Dumfries?
A Dumfries house sells for about 15.2 times its yearly rent ($675,000 against $44,400) and a townhouse for 15.5 times ($517,500 against $33,450). Ratios that low make buying good value for a family staying five years or more, and they give landlords gross yields of 6.6% on houses and 6.5% on townhomes, before costs.
Which high schools serve Dumfries, VA?
Dumfries is in Prince William County Public Schools. Two high schools sit in the area: Forest Park High inside Montclair (Niche B+, US News #79 in Virginia) and Potomac High on Panther Pride Drive (US News #172 in Virginia). Which one serves a house depends on the street, so check the exact address with the PWCS school locator before you offer.
How long is the commute from Dumfries to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 55 to 95 minutes by car from Route 234 at I-95, the Pentagon 40 to 75, Fort Belvoir 20 to 35 and the main gate at Quantico 10 to 20. VRE's Fredericksburg Line stops at Rippon and Quantico today, and a Potomac Shores station is expected by 2027. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Dumfries, Virginia?
Prince William County's 2026 real estate rate is $0.865 per $100 plus a $0.07 fire and rescue levy, roughly $6,300 a year on a $675,000 house. Homes inside the Town of Dumfries also pay the town rate, cut to $0.185 per $100 for fiscal 2027, which adds about $1,250; Montclair and Potomac Shores are outside the town. HOA dues are extra, and the county vehicle tax rate was $3.50 per $100 in 2025.
Ask Ahmed
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Tell me what you are looking for in Dumfries.
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Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Dumfries, how Ahmed helps a VA buyer choose between Montclair and Potomac Shores, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (the high school for that street, the HOA or owners' association package and whether the house is inside the Town of Dumfries).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في دمفريز، فرجينيا.
دمفريز في شرق مقاطعة برنس وليام، ورمزاها البريديان 22025 و22026، وتشمل معظم مونتكلير وبوتوماك شورز. بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 675,000 دولار في 2026، وللتاون هاوس 517,500 دولار.
يبلغ سعر القدم المربع نحو 302 دولار، وهو أقل من غينزفيل وماناساس ووودبريدج. لكن السوق سوقان: في جهة مونتكلير (22025) بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت 655,000 دولار، وفي بوتوماك شورز 925,000 دولار. وأكثر من مشترٍ واحد من كل ثلاثة من مشتري البيوت اشترى بقرض VA، وقاعدة كوانتيكو للمارينز بجوارها. ودفع 22 من 198 مشترياً نقداً. بلغت المدة الوسطية حتى توقيع العقد اثني عشر يوماً، ولم يُوقَّع العقد خلال أسبوع إلا لـ 38% من البيوت، أي أن لدى المشتري مجالاً للتفاوض. المدارس تابعة لمدارس مقاطعة برنس وليام العامة، والثانوية حسب الشارع، ومن الثانويات القريبة منك فورست بارك هاي وبوتوماك هاي. ويقع مركز بدر المجتمعي في دمفريز على شارع مين ستريت، وتوجد متاجر اللحم الحلال في دمفريز ووودبريدج. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة من 1 يناير إلى 2 أكتوبر 2026.
قبل أن تقدّم عرضاً، تأكد من الثانوية المخصصة للشارع نفسه، ومن رسوم جمعية الملاك (HOA)، ومما إذا كان البيت داخل حدود بلدة دمفريز لأن لها ضريبة عقار إضافية. هل تنوي الشراء بقرض VA، أو تحتار بين مونتكلير وبوتوماك شورز؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Woodbridge
One house buyer in five on VA.
$610K
Median house, 2026
Triangle
At the gate of Quantico.
$662.5K
Median house, 2026
Buying power
Start from the payment.
Tax, insurance and HOA included
Home valuation
Priced on evidence.
A real comparative analysis, not a website estimate
Lorton
Newer houses, $358 a foot.
$930K
Median house, 2026
بالعربية
Every step, in Arabic.
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