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Nokesville, Virginia
A million-dollar house on about six acres, and not one townhouse.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Nokesville.
The median single-family home in Nokesville sold for $1,006,250 in 2026, with about 4,860 square feet on roughly six acres. Half the houses sold for $1 million or more, and not a single townhouse sold.
Nokesville is a rural, unincorporated community in southwest Prince William County, south of Bristow and Manassas on Route 28, with farms, acreage and large custom houses. This page covers what a house costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which high school it can feed, and the commute. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
Nokesville is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, and all sales were in zip 20181. Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; condominium-regime homes are left out. No townhouses sold or rented in 2026. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, Postal City = Nokesville, County = Prince William, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Prices
$1,006,250 buys a 4,860-square-foot Nokesville house on about six acres.
The Nokesville median is $13,750 above Haymarket ($992,500) and $93,750 below Clifton ($1,100,000). Per square foot, at $311, a Nokesville house costs less than one in Gainesville ($314) or Haymarket ($326) and far less than in Clifton ($381).
The market. 68 houses sold, from $340,000 to $1,950,000, for $70.5 million in all. 51 of the 68 sold for $800,000 or more, and half sold for $1 million or more. The median buyer paid 100.0% of the list price and the average buyer 99.0%.
A slower pace. 21 houses sold above asking (30.9%), 33.8% went under contract within a week, and the median house took 12.5 days. In Bristow, 53.7% sold over asking and 56.4% within a week; in Haymarket, 33.2% and 44.2%. Nokesville buyers have time to inspect the well, the septic system and the land, and to negotiate.
Against the neighbors. The chart sets Nokesville against every Prince William market and the nearest markets across the county lines. Above it are Aldie in Loudoun ($1,348,862) and Clifton in Fairfax ($1,100,000). Below it are Haymarket ($992,500), Chantilly's Fairfax side ($923,650), Centreville ($904,500), Gainesville ($850,000), Bristow ($825,000), Manassas ($749,900), Dumfries ($675,000), Triangle ($662,500), the independent Cities of Manassas Park ($634,900) and Manassas ($625,000), and Woodbridge ($610,000).
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 | Single-family houses |
|---|---|
| Homes sold | 68 |
| Median sold price | $1,006,250 |
| Average sold price | $1,036,347 |
| Median price per square foot | $311 |
| Median days to contract | 12.5 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% |
| Average sold-to-list | 99.0% |
| Sold above asking | 21 (30.9%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 33.8% |
| Lowest sale | $340,000 |
| Highest sale | $1,950,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $70,471,627 |
| Cash sales | 5 (7.4%) |
| VA loans | 14 (20.6%) |
No Nokesville house sold for more than 115% or less than 85% of its list price this year. The three cheapest sales, $340,000 to $378,000, were far below the rest of the market and were likely small or older houses or fixer-uppers. Seven went under contract within a day of listing (0 to 1 days on market), likely new or custom builds.
What can you afford in Nokesville? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Prince William's tax rate is lower than Fairfax County's, but at this price the tax alone is about $780 a month; the calculator adds it for you.
Follow the money
Only 5 of 68 Nokesville buyers paid cash, and 4 of them bought under $1 million.
Cash buyers spent $3.5 million of $70.5 million, 5.0% of the dollars. Their median purchase was $605,000, against a market median of $1,006,250, and two of the five bought two of the three cheapest houses, at $360,000 and $378,000, which look like fixer-uppers.
Share of house sales paid in cash, by price
Each band holds about a quarter of the 68 sales. The overall cash share, 7.4%, is lower than Haymarket's (13.5%) or Gainesville's (15.1%) and a little above Bristow's (5.4%). Above $1.01 million, only 1 of 34 houses sold for cash.
How 68 Nokesville house purchases were paid for
One buyer in five used a VA loan, 14 of 68 (20.6%), a bigger share than in Bristow (25 of 149) or Haymarket (32 of 208). The other four were 3 FHA loans and 1 rate buydown.
What that means if you need a loan: you are rarely up against cash, and a VA offer is ordinary here. A rural house brings its own conditions, though. Lenders often ask for a well-water test and a septic inspection, so order them early, and choose a lender and an appraiser who have closed on acreage before.
The interesting facts
No townhouses sold or rented in Nokesville in 2026.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Nokesville apart.
Houses only. No townhouses were sold or rented in Nokesville in 2026. The cheapest way in was a house: the lowest sale was $340,000 and the lowest lease $2,000 a month. If you want a townhouse nearby, Bristow's sold for a median of $570,000 and those in the county part of Manassas for $505,000.
Land is what you buy. The median sale came with about six acres. Most of Nokesville lies in Prince William's rural area, long called the Rural Crescent and created in 1998, where most land is zoned A-1 and a new lot must be at least 10 acres. That is why Nokesville has acreage instead of new subdivisions of small lots.
A place to live, not to rent out. A house that sells for $1,006,250 rents for $3,375 a month, a 4.0% gross yield, against 4.8% in Haymarket and 5.6% in Bristow. The numbers favor buying to live in over buying to rent out, though they rest on only 10 leases.
Rent or buy
A Nokesville house rents for $3,375 a month and sells for 24.8 years of rent.
The median Nokesville house rents for $3,375 a month, $40,500 a year, and sells for $1,006,250, so the price is 24.8 years of rent.1
| Measure | Single-family houses |
|---|---|
| Homes rented | 10 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,375 |
| Average monthly rent | $3,945 |
| Rent range | $2,000 to $8,999 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.0% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 24.8 |
A ratio above 20 means a house rents cheaply for what it would cost to buy. Nokesville's 24.8 is higher than Fairfax Station's 22.6, Haymarket's 20.7 or Bristow's 17.9, so renting first is fair value for a family on military orders or unsure about rural life; buying pays off over a longer stay. Only 10 houses leased in nine months, and the $8,999 lease lifts the average to $3,945, so treat the rent as a rough guide.
Own in Nokesville already? With 68 sales this year and every property on different land, a website estimate is a guess. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the sales on this page, acreage and all.
The houses
One home per 10 acres: why the median Nokesville sale came with about six.
Nokesville is mostly farms, acreage and large custom houses, with a small village center where Fitzwater Drive meets Nokesville Road (Route 28).
The village. Nokesville is named for Norvel Nokes, a Marine Corps officer who bought one of its first parcels in 1859. It became a stop on the Orange and Alexandria Railway in 1865, in a country of cattle and dairy farms, and passenger trains stopped calling in the 1950s. Today Fitzwater Drive has Hector's and Tejanos Cantina.
The 10-acre rule. Since 1998 Prince William has kept its rural area, which takes in most of Nokesville, at about one home per 10 acres. Most land there is zoned A-1, where a new lot must be at least 10 acres, and the county generally does not allow connections to public water and sewer there. Expect a private well and a septic system on most houses outside the village.
What the money buys. The median sale had about 4,860 square feet on roughly six acres, and the top sale reached $1,950,000. At the other end, the three sales from $340,000 to $378,000 look like small or older houses or fixer-uppers. Seven went under contract within a day of listing, likely new or custom builds.
What to check. The well's flow and a water test; a septic inspection and where the drainfield is; what the zoning allows on the land, from splitting a lot to barns and animals; the survey, easements and the driveway; internet service at that address; the high school for that exact street; and what is planned on nearby land.
Schools
Brentsville District and Patriot High, US News #38 in Virginia, both have Nokesville addresses.
Nokesville is in Prince William County Public Schools. Brentsville District High on Aden Road and Patriot High on Kettle Run Road both have Nokesville addresses, and which one a house feeds depends on the street.3
B
Brentsville District High School
On Aden Road in Nokesville. Niche grade B, #9 of the public high schools in Prince William County and #171 in Virginia; US News #198 in Virginia and #10 in PWCS for 2026-27.
A
Patriot High School
On Kettle Run Road, opened in 2011, about 2,200 students. Niche grade A, US News #38 in Virginia and #2 in PWCS for 2026-27.
K-8
The Nokesville School
A kindergarten-to-eighth-grade school that opened on September 2, 2015, on Aden Road next to Brentsville District High. It replaced the old elementary school and added the middle grades.
STEM
Governor's School @ Innovation Park
A two-year science and engineering program for selected juniors, run by PWCS with Manassas and Manassas Park on George Mason's campus in Manassas. Students apply in 10th grade.
Masjid
ADAMS Gainesville
The ADAMS Center branch for western Prince William holds Friday prayer on its site on Vint Hill Road in Nokesville. In 2017 the county approved a 22,400-square-foot mosque there for 500 worshippers, on 14 acres at Schaeffer Lane.
Masjid
Manassas masjids
Dar Alnoor on Hoadly Road, the Prince William Islamic Center on Mathis Avenue, the Manassas Mosque on Center Entrance Court and the Taqwa Islamic Center on Balls Ford Road.
Halal
Ghazaly, El Wazeer and ZamZam
Ghazaly Halal Food and El Wazeer Market are halal butchers on Sudley Road in Manassas; ZamZam Groceries on Commerce Court hand-slaughters its meat.
Halal
Gainesville halal markets
Gainesville Halal Market on Lee Highway has fresh halal meat, deli cuts and sweets, and International Market in Heritage Village Plaza sells halal meat, spices and dried fruit.
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
Route 28 north to Manassas and I-66, with VRE's Broad Run station next door in Bristow.
Nokesville Road, Route 28, runs north from the village through Bristow and Manassas toward I-66. The nearest train is VRE's Broad Run station on Piper Lane in Bristow, at the western end of the Manassas Line.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 70 to 110 min | Route 28 to I-66 east, or the VRE from Broad Run |
| Pentagon | 60 to 95 min | I-66 to the Beltway and I-395, or the VRE to Crystal City |
| Tysons | 55 to 85 min | I-66 east to the Beltway |
| Dulles Airport | 40 to 60 min | Route 28 north |
| Broad Run VRE station | 10 to 20 min | Route 28 north to Piper Lane |
VRE's Manassas Line runs weekday trains from Broad Run through Manassas, Burke Centre, Alexandria and Crystal City to Union Station, so a downtown or Pentagon commuter can park and read instead of drive. On I-66, the Express Lanes are free for carpools of three with an E-ZPass Flex; everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic. OmniRide runs weekday express buses from Gainesville and Manassas; check the current routes before you count on one.5 Ahmed will do the 7:30 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
A 302-acre wildlife area on Cedar Run, a village on Fitzwater Drive, and no town tax.
Outdoors and sights. Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, a 302-acre state wildlife area in Nokesville, has more than a mile of frontage on Cedar Run, a pond and two easy trails. In mid-April, one of Northern Virginia's largest stands of Virginia bluebells covers its 115 acres of bottomland woods. Up Vint Hill Road in Fauquier County, Vint Hill, for 50 years a secret military listening post, now has a brewery, a winery and the Covert Café.
Food and groceries. Fitzwater Drive has Hector's of Nokesville, a family Mexican restaurant, and Tejanos Cantina in the old diner space. For a supermarket, halal meat or a wider choice of restaurants, Nokesville families drive to Bristow, Gainesville or Manassas.
Taxes.4 Nokesville is unincorporated Prince William County, with no town tax. The 2026 real estate rate is $0.865 per $100, down from $0.906, plus the countywide fire and rescue levy of $0.070, about $0.935 in all. That is roughly $9,400 a year on a $1,006,250 house, about $2,200 less than the same price would pay in Fairfax County. The county's car tax is $3.50 per $100.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Nokesville list.
Up to five picks in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Two are on Fitzwater Drive in Nokesville; the rest are a 10- to 25-minute drive away, in Bristow, on Linton Hall Road, and along Nokesville Road into Manassas.7
Closed, so not listed: Nokesville Diner on Fitzwater Drive shows as closed on Yelp (Tejanos Cantina now has the address), and Urban Tandoor on Linton Hall Road has closed (Pakwaan has the space). Flame Japanese Hibachi had no Yelp rating in the results checked, so it is listed after Mama Llama. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count; the halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Halal butchers are in the Schools section above. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Families who want land, one buyer in five on a VA loan, and Manassas commuters.
Families who want acreage and a big house, the median sale had about six acres and 4,860 square feet; military and veteran families, 14 of the 68 buyers used a VA loan; people who work in Manassas, along Route 28 or near the VRE; and Muslim families near the ADAMS site on Vint Hill Road and the Manassas mosques.
Buyers choose Nokesville over Haymarket for land instead of a subdivision lot, at $13,750 more at the median, and over Clifton in Fairfax County for $93,750 less, $311 a foot against $381, and a lower tax rate. They give up a shorter drive and city water and sewer, and they take on a well and a septic system. If you are torn between Nokesville and a subdivision closer in, decide on the commute, the land and the high school first; the price follows.
Questions
What people ask about Nokesville.
How much does a house cost in Nokesville, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Nokesville address sold for $1,006,250 in 2026 through October 2, across 68 sales in Bright MLS, at $311 per square foot. The median sale came with about 4,860 square feet on roughly six acres, and sales ranged from $340,000 to $1,950,000. That is a little more than Haymarket ($992,500) and less than Clifton ($1,100,000). No townhouses sold.
How competitive is the Nokesville housing market?
The market is calmer than in the subdivisions nearby. In 2026, 31% of Nokesville houses sold above asking and 34% went under contract within a week, against 54% and 56% in Bristow. The median house took 12.5 days and the average sale closed at 99.0% of list, so there is room to negotiate on price and on inspections of the well, the septic system and the land.
Do Nokesville buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
Only 5 of 68 house buyers paid cash in 2026 (7.4%), and 4 of those 5 bought below $1 million; their median purchase was $605,000. Conventional loans paid for 45 sales, VA loans for 14, one buyer in five, and FHA and other loans for 4.
What is rent in Nokesville, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $3,375 a month across only 10 leases, with rents from $2,000 to $8,999. No townhomes were rented. Rentals are scarce, so treat the median as a rough guide.
Is it better to rent or buy in Nokesville?
A median house sells for 24.8 times its yearly rent, a 4.0% gross yield, a higher ratio than Haymarket (20.7) or Bristow (17.9). Renting is cheap relative to buying, so Nokesville suits a family that buys to live there for years, not an investor buying a rental. The rent figure rests on only 10 leases.
Which high schools serve Nokesville?
Nokesville is in Prince William County Public Schools. Brentsville District High on Aden Road (Niche B, #9 in Prince William County; US News #198 in Virginia) and Patriot High on Kettle Run Road (Niche A; US News #38 in Virginia and #2 in PWCS) both have Nokesville addresses, and The Nokesville School, a K-8 school, opened next to Brentsville in 2015. Check any address with the PWCS school locator before you offer.
How long is the commute from Nokesville to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 70 to 110 minutes by car, the Pentagon 60 to 95, Tysons 55 to 85 and Dulles Airport 40 to 60. The nearest train is VRE's Broad Run station in Bristow, about 10 to 20 minutes away, with weekday Manassas Line trains to Crystal City and Union Station. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Nokesville, Virginia?
Nokesville is unincorporated Prince William County, so there is no town tax. The 2026 rate is $0.865 per $100 plus the $0.070 fire and rescue levy, about $0.935 in all, or roughly $9,400 a year on a $1,006,250 house. The county's vehicle tax is $3.50 per $100.
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Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Nokesville, how Ahmed prices a house on acreage when only a few similar homes sell each year, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (the well and septic, the high school for that street and what the zoning allows on the land).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في نوكسفيل، فرجينيا.
نوكسفيل منطقة ريفية في جنوب غرب مقاطعة برنس وليام، ورمزها البريدي 20181. بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 1,006,250 دولار في 2026، ومساحته نحو 4,860 قدم مربع على أرض تقارب 6 فدادين.
أي أنك هنا تشتري أرضاً، لا بيتاً فقط. لم يُبع أي تاون هاوس في نوكسفيل في 2026، وبيع نصف البيوت بمليون دولار أو أكثر. السوق أهدأ من بريستو: بيعت 31% فقط من البيوت بأكثر من السعر المطلوب، وبلغت المدة الوسطية حتى توقيع العقد 12.5 يوماً، فهناك مجال للتفاوض. الشراء نقداً قليل: دفع 5 من 68 مشترياً نقداً، واشترى مشترٍ واحد من كل خمسة بقرض VA. ومعظم البيوت خارج مركز القرية فيها بئر ماء وخزان صرف (السبتك). المدارس تابعة لمدارس مقاطعة برنس وليام العامة، والثانوية حسب الشارع: برنتسفيل دستركت هاي أو باتريوت هاي، وعنوان كلتيهما في نوكسفيل. ويقيم مركز ADAMS صلاة الجمعة في أرضه الواقعة على شارع فينت هيل رود في نوكسفيل، وقد وافقت المقاطعة عام 2017 على بناء مسجد هناك. وتوجد متاجر اللحم الحلال في غينزفيل وماناساس. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة من 1 يناير إلى 2 أكتوبر 2026.
قبل أن تقدّم عرضاً، افحص البئر وخزان الصرف، وتأكد من الثانوية المخصصة للشارع نفسه. هل تبحث عن أرض وبيت كبير، أو تنوي الشراء بقرض VA؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Bristow
Big houses, low cash share.
$825K
Median house, 2026
Clifton
Horse country, 86 sales.
$1.1M
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
Haymarket
Half the townhouses brand new.
$992.5K
Median house, 2026
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Every step, in Arabic.
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