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Woodbridge, Virginia
A four-bedroom house for $610,000, and one buyer in five on a VA loan.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Woodbridge.
The median single-family home in Woodbridge sold for $610,000 in 2026 and went under contract in ten days. It had four bedrooms and about 2,664 square feet, and 721 houses and 539 townhouses changed hands.
Woodbridge is in eastern Prince William County, along I-95 and Route 1 south of the Occoquan River, and the Woodbridge postal city takes in Dale City and most of Lake Ridge. This page covers what a house or townhouse 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.
Woodbridge is an unincorporated community in Prince William County. The Woodbridge postal city covers zips 22191, 22192 and 22193 and includes Dale City and most of Lake Ridge, which use Woodbridge mailing addresses. 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 = Woodbridge, County = Prince William, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Prices
$610,000 buys a four-bedroom, 2,664-square-foot house in Woodbridge, $65,000 less than in Dumfries.
At $334 a square foot, a Woodbridge house costs more per foot than one in Dumfries ($302), the county part of Manassas ($318) or Bristow ($304), because the houses are smaller. It costs less per foot than in Lorton ($358), across the Occoquan, or Centreville ($379).
Houses. 721 houses sold, from $280,000 to $1,415,000, and the median one had four bedrooms. 322 of them sold above asking and 43% went under contract within a week, busier than Dumfries (41.9% over asking) or Gainesville (37.4%) and calmer than Bristow (53.7%). The median buyer paid 100.0% of the list price.
Townhouses. 539 sold at a median of $472,000, from $180,000 to $840,000, at $321 a square foot. That is less than the county part of Manassas ($505,000), Dumfries ($517,500) or Lorton ($550,000), and about the same as the City of Manassas ($469,000). 32.8% sold above asking.
Against the neighbors. The chart sets Woodbridge against the rest of Prince William and the nearest markets across the county lines. At $610,000 it sits just under the City of Manassas ($625,000) and Manassas Park ($634,900), $52,500 under Triangle and $139,900 under the county part of Manassas ($749,900). Haymarket ($992,500) and Nokesville ($1,006,250), at the western end of the county, cost $380,000 or more above it.
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 | 721 | 539 |
| Median sold price | $610,000 | $472,000 |
| Average sold price | $637,563 | $487,562 |
| Median price per square foot | $334 | $321 |
| Median days to contract | 10 | 11 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 322 (44.7%) | 177 (32.8%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 43.0% | 37.1% |
| Lowest sale | $280,000 | $180,000 |
| Highest sale | $1,415,000 | $840,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $459,682,732 | $262,795,778 |
| Cash sales | 52 (7.2%) | 55 (10.2%) |
Underpriced houses drew bidding wars: one listed at $375,000 sold for $450,000 (120%), and two cash buyers paid 115% and 117% of list. At the top, three of the most expensive houses sat for 49 to 159 days and sold for 77% to 84% of list, the steepest a $1,110,000 sale on a $1,450,000 list after 159 days. One townhouse closed at $240,000 on a $435,000 list after a day, which looks like a data error or a non-market sale. New construction is a small part of the market: 31 houses and 31 townhouses closed at 0 or 1 days on market. The average house, $637,563, is $27,563 above the median.
What can you afford in Woodbridge? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Prince William's tax rate is lower than Fairfax County's, and Lake Ridge and many other Woodbridge subdivisions charge association dues; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
Only 52 of 721 Woodbridge house buyers paid cash, and one townhouse in five under $410,000 sold for cash.
Cash buyers spent $30.1 million of $459.7 million on houses, 6.6% of the dollars. Their median house cost $527,500, against $615,000 for buyers with a loan, and 13.8% of houses under $515,000 sold for cash, against 4% to 6% above that.
Share of sales paid in cash, houses and townhouses by price
Woodbridge's 7.2% cash share for houses is close to the county part of Manassas (8.1%) and below Dumfries (11.1%) or Gainesville (15.1%). Townhouse cash buyers spent $24.3 million of $262.8 million, 9.2% of the dollars, at a median of $420,000 against $475,000 financed.
How 721 Woodbridge house purchases were paid for
More than one house buyer in five used a VA loan, 155 of 721, more than in Dumfries (71) and the county part of Manassas (83) put together. Another 80 used FHA, and 417, a little under three in five, used a conventional loan.
What that means if you need a loan: you are competing with other financed buyers, not with cash, and VA and FHA offers are ordinary here. Fewer than half of Woodbridge houses sold over asking, so a buyer with a full pre-approval and a clean offer can win without waiving everything. The exception is the underpriced listing that draws ten offers; decide your ceiling before the open house.
Townhouses: 312 conventional, 97 FHA (18%), 62 VA, 55 cash, 3 other and single cases of assumable, seller-financed, VHDA, trade and mixed loans. "Other" for houses means 10 other, 2 assumable, 2 VHDA and 3 mixed. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
Woodbridge had 1,260 house and townhouse sales and 722 leases in 2026.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Woodbridge apart.
A big market. 721 houses sold in Woodbridge, against 409 in the county part of Manassas, 238 in Gainesville and 208 in Haymarket. More than half of them, 388, were in 22193, the Dale City side, where almost every home uses a Woodbridge address.
Military and first-time buyers. More than one house buyer in five used a VA loan (21.5%), and almost one townhouse buyer in five used FHA (18%). Fort Belvoir is a short drive north and Marine Corps Base Quantico a short drive south, both on I-95.
A renter's town too. 509 townhomes were leased against 539 sold. A townhome that sells for $472,000 rents for $2,700 a month, a 6.9% gross yield, level with the City of Manassas and ahead of the county part of Manassas (6.7%) and Lorton (6.5%). Houses earn 6.5%.
Rent or buy
A Woodbridge house rents for $3,300 a month and sells for 15.4 years of rent.
A Woodbridge house rents for a median of $3,300 a month and sells for $610,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 15.4; a townhome rents for $2,700 and sells for $472,000, a ratio of 14.6.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 213 | 509 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,300 | $2,700 |
| Average monthly rent | $3,333 | $2,718 |
| Gross rental yield | 6.5% | 6.9% |
| Rent range | $2,000 to $5,600 | $1,700 to $4,000 |
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 21.2. Most townhome leases, 208 of 509, were in 22191.
Own in Woodbridge already? 322 Woodbridge houses sold above asking this year, while a few overpriced ones sat for months and sold far under list. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 1,260 sales on this page, not a website estimate.
The houses
Dale City, begun in 1960, and Lake Ridge's 7,278 properties both sell under the Woodbridge name.
Almost all Dale City homes use a Woodbridge address in 22193, and most Lake Ridge homes are counted in Woodbridge too, so their sales are inside the numbers on this page. Much of the housing went up between the 1960s and the late 1990s.
Dale City (22193). Cecil D. Hylton's company began building Dale City in 1960 and named it for the hills and dales. The neighborhoods were named in alphabetical order, starting with Ashdale, each ending in "dale" (Birchdale, Cherrydale, Darbydale and on to Trentdale), and the street names start with the same letter. 22193 had 388 house and 199 townhouse sales in 2026. Only one house sold under the Dale City name itself, for $650,000 in Winding Creek Estates.
Lake Ridge. Building started in the late 1960s, and the first five sections were under way by 1969. The Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association, formed in 1972, covers 7,278 properties, from single-family houses and townhouses to condominiums and two apartment complexes, with five pools and a spray ground. The community was finished in the late 1990s, and the Lake Ridge marina and golf course sit on the Occoquan Reservoir.
22192 and 22191. 22192 had 198 house and 189 townhouse sales. 22191, along Route 1 toward the Potomac, had 135 houses and 151 townhouses and more townhome leases than either other zip, 208 of 509.
Occoquan next door. The Town of Occoquan, a small historic riverfront town, has its own postal city (22125) and is not in these numbers. In 2026 one house ($750,000) and seven townhouses (median $625,000, about $380 a square foot) sold there, and 15 townhomes were rented at a median of $3,500.
What to check. The high school assigned to that exact street; the association dues and any special assessment; the age of the roof, windows and HVAC on a house from the 1960s to the 1980s; whether a quick 0-day sale nearby was new construction or a resale; and traffic noise near I-95 and Route 1.
Schools
Forest Park High, US News #79 in Virginia, and four other Woodbridge high schools by street.
Woodbridge is in Prince William County Public Schools. Depending on the street, a Woodbridge address can be zoned for Forest Park, C.D. Hylton, Woodbridge, Gar-Field or Freedom High, among others, so check the exact address before you fall for the house.3
#79
Forest Park High School
US News #79 in Virginia for 2026-27. Home of the PWCS Center for Information Technology specialty program.
#95
C.D. Hylton High School
US News #95 in Virginia for 2026-27. Its specialty programs include the Center for International Studies and Languages and television production.
#137
Woodbridge High School
US News #137 in Virginia for 2026-27, with AP Scholars, aviation maintenance and cosmetology specialty programs.
IB
Gar-Field High School
One of the large open-access IB Diploma programs in North America, with more than 280 students sitting exams each year in 22 or more subjects. US News #199 in Virginia.
#235
Freedom High School
US News #235 in Virginia. Home of the Center for Environmental and Natural Sciences, a four-year lab and field science program, and chosen to host the county's second pre-governor's specialty program.
Masjid
Masjid Al-Falah
On Route 1 in Woodbridge, with the five daily prayers, Jumuah and Taraweeh on site.
Masjid
Haskay, Woodbridge Faith Center and Dar AlSalaam
Haskay Community Masjid on Dale Boulevard; Woodbridge Faith Center on Occoquan Road, open since 2015; Dar AlSalaam of the Muslim Association of Virginia on Route 1. Al Iman Islamic Center is across the Occoquan in Lorton.
Halal
Woodbridge halal markets
Kabul Halal Market on Golansky Boulevard cuts zabihah meat; Al-Barakah Supermarket on Route 1 and Zam Zam Market on Build America Drive sell halal meat and groceries. Mediterranean Market on Centrepointe Way is a Lebanese grocer.
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. The specialty programs take students by application.
Commute
I-95, the Express Lanes and two VRE stations: 50 to 90 minutes to downtown DC.
Woodbridge runs along I-95 and Route 1, and the I-95 Express Lanes pass through it. VRE's Fredericksburg Line stops at two Woodbridge stations, Woodbridge and Rippon, and the Prince William Parkway links Dale City and Lake Ridge to I-95.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 50 to 90 min | I-95 and I-395, Express Lanes if you carpool, or the VRE |
| Pentagon | 35 to 70 min | I-95 to I-395, or the VRE to Crystal City |
| Fort Belvoir | 15 to 30 min | Route 1 or I-95 north |
| Marine Corps Base Quantico | 15 to 30 min | I-95 south |
| Tysons | 45 to 80 min | I-95 to the Beltway, 495 Express Lanes |
The I-95 Express Lanes are free for carpools of three with an E-ZPass Flex; everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic, and many commuters slug, the informal carpool that fills the HOV lanes. VRE's Fredericksburg Line runs weekday trains from Rippon and Woodbridge through Lorton, Alexandria and Crystal City to L'Enfant and Union Station, so a downtown or Pentagon commuter can read instead of drive. OmniRide also runs weekday commuter buses from eastern Prince William park-and-ride lots; 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 74-acre marina on the Occoquan Reservoir, a historic river town next door and halal markets in town.
Outdoors and sights. Lake Ridge Marina and its golf course take up 74 acres on the Occoquan Reservoir, with seasonal boat rentals and a launch. Leesylvania State Park and the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge are on the Potomac side of Woodbridge, and the Town of Occoquan, next door, has shops and cafes along Mill Street by the river. Potomac Mills, the outlet mall off I-95, is in Woodbridge.
Food and groceries. Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge, Minnieville Road and Dale Boulevard in Dale City, and Route 1 carry most of the kitchens on the list below, from Lebanese grills to Pakistani and Afghan kabobs and pupusas. Halal butchers are in town: Kabul Halal Market on Golansky Boulevard, Al-Barakah on Route 1 and Zam Zam on Build America Drive.
Taxes.4 Woodbridge is unincorporated Prince William County, with no town tax; the Town of Occoquan next door adds its own. 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 $5,700 a year on a $610,000 house and $4,400 on a $472,000 townhouse, before association dues, and about $1,300 less than the same house would pay in Fairfax County. The county's car tax is $3.50 per $100, against $4.57 in Fairfax County.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Woodbridge list.
Up to five picks in and around Woodbridge in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Most are on Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge, Minnieville Road and Dale Boulevard in Dale City, and Route 1; the riverfront picks are in and next to Occoquan.7
No pick on this list showed as closed on Yelp when checked in early October 2026. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count and whether the place is busy; The Harbour Grille is shown with its Tripadvisor score because its Yelp count could not be confirmed, and the markets show their listing instead of a rating. The halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Military families, first-time buyers on VA and FHA loans, and investors after a 6.9% townhome yield.
Military and veteran families, 155 of the 721 house buyers used a VA loan, with Fort Belvoir and Quantico both on I-95; first-time buyers, since almost one townhouse buyer in five used FHA; DC and Pentagon commuters who ride the VRE or use the Express Lanes; investors after a 6.5% house and 6.9% townhome yield; and Muslim families near the Woodbridge masjids and the halal markets on Route 1 and Golansky Boulevard.
Buyers choose Woodbridge over Lorton, across the Occoquan, for $320,000 less at the median house ($610,000 against $930,000) and $78,000 less for a townhouse ($472,000 against $550,000), and over Dumfries for $65,000 less. They pay in time on I-95 and in the age of the house, since Dale City dates from 1960 and Lake Ridge was finished in the late 1990s. If you are torn between Woodbridge and a closer-in town, decide on the commute and the high school first; the price follows.
Questions
What people ask about Woodbridge.
How much does a house cost in Woodbridge, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Woodbridge, VA address sold for $610,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 721 sales in Bright MLS, at $334 per square foot. The typical house had four bedrooms and about 2,664 square feet. Townhouses sold for a median of $472,000 across 539 sales. The numbers include Dale City and most of Lake Ridge, which use Woodbridge addresses, and leave out condominium-regime homes.
How competitive is the Woodbridge housing market?
Moderately competitive. In 2026, 44.7% of Woodbridge houses sold above the asking price, 43% went under contract within a week, and the median house took 10 days. The median sold-to-list was 100.0%. Underpriced houses drew bidding wars, while three of the most expensive sat for 49 to 159 days and sold for 77% to 84% of list.
Do Woodbridge buyers use VA loans or pay cash?
VA loans are common: 155 of 721 house buyers used one in 2026 (21.5%), and 80 used FHA. Only 52 paid cash (7.2%), mostly at the low end, where 13.8% of houses under $515,000 sold for cash. Among townhouses, 97 of 539 buyers used FHA and 55 paid cash.
What is rent in Woodbridge, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $3,300 a month, from 213 leases ranging from $2,000 to $5,600. The median townhome leased for $2,700, from 509 leases.
Is it better to rent or buy in Woodbridge?
A Woodbridge house sells for about 15.4 times its yearly rent ($610,000 against $39,600) and a townhouse for 14.6 times ($472,000 against $32,400). Ratios under 20 make buying relatively good value for a family staying five years or more, and they give landlords gross yields of 6.5% on houses and 6.9% on townhomes.
Which high schools serve Woodbridge, VA?
Woodbridge is in Prince William County Public Schools. Depending on the street, an address can be zoned for Forest Park High (US News #79 in Virginia), C.D. Hylton (#95), Woodbridge High (#137), Gar-Field (#199, with a large IB Diploma program) or Freedom High (#235), among others. Check the exact address with the PWCS school locator before you offer.
How long is the commute from Woodbridge to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 50 to 90 minutes by car from central Woodbridge on I-95 and I-395, the Pentagon 35 to 70, Fort Belvoir 15 to 30, Quantico 15 to 30 and Tysons 45 to 80. The I-95 Express Lanes are free for carpools of three with an E-ZPass Flex, and VRE's Fredericksburg Line stops at Woodbridge and Rippon stations on its way to Crystal City and Union Station. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Woodbridge, Virginia?
Prince William County's 2026 real estate rate is $0.865 per $100, down from $0.906, plus the countywide fire and rescue levy of $0.070, roughly $5,700 a year on a $610,000 house. Woodbridge is unincorporated, so there is no town tax. Association dues are extra, and the county's vehicle tax rate is $3.50 per $100.
Ask Ahmed
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Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Woodbridge, how Ahmed helps a VA or FHA buyer compete for an underpriced listing, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (the high school for that street, the association dues and the age of the roof and systems).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في وودبريدج، فرجينيا.
وودبريدج منطقة في شرق مقاطعة برنس وليام، ورموزها البريدية 22191 و22192 و22193، وتشمل ديل سيتي ومعظم ليك ريدج. بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 610,000 دولار في 2026، ويضم البيت الوسطي أربع غرف نوم ومساحته نحو 2,664 قدم مربع.
بيع 721 بيتاً مستقلاً و539 تاون هاوس، وبلغ السعر الوسطي للتاون هاوس 472,000 دولار. وبيعت نحو 45% من البيوت بأكثر من السعر المطلوب، وبلغت المدة الوسطية حتى توقيع العقد عشرة أيام. الشراء نقداً قليل: 52 فقط من 721 مشترياً دفعوا نقداً، واشترى معظمهم البيوت الأرخص. وأكثر من مشترٍ واحد من كل خمسة اشترى بقرض VA، وفورت بلفوار وقاعدة كوانتيكو قريبتان عبر طريق I-95. المدارس تابعة لمدارس مقاطعة برنس وليام العامة، والثانوية حسب الشارع: فورست بارك أو هيلتون أو وودبريدج أو غارفيلد أو فريدم. وفي وودبريدج أكثر من مسجد، مثل مسجد الفلاح على روت 1 ومسجد هاسكاي على شارع ديل بوليفارد، وتوجد متاجر اللحم الحلال على شارع غولانسكي بوليفارد وروت 1. ويتوقف قطار VRE في محطتين: وودبريدج وريبون. 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) أو جمعية ليك ريدج. هل تنوي الشراء بقرض VA أو FHA، أو استئجار تاون هاوس؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Lorton
Newer houses, $358 a foot.
$930K
Median house, 2026
Dumfries
Montclair and Potomac Shores.
$675K
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
Manassas
409 houses sold this year.
$749.9K
Median house, 2026
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Every step, in Arabic.
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