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This town of 24,271 people was settled in 1879.
Bailey's Crossroads’s strongest subject is walkability (A+). This Virginia town grades B+ overall, better than two thirds of U.S. towns, and ranks 136th of 249 in Virginia. The drawback is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $417K, 3.3 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for incomes. The biggest park or preserve is Holmes Run Park, at 40 acres. Nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line locally, where Virginia’s towns sit at 7.7% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On hazard risk, just 32 of Virginia’s 372 towns do better.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
Where Bailey's Crossroads beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences | PK–2 | 814 |
| Glen Forest Elementary | PK–5 | 779 |
| St. Anthony of Padua School | PK–8 | 264 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Bailey's Crossroads is from typical.
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Census counts: 7,295 in 1970, 24,749 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1861 and 6 maps from 1900 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bailey's Crossroads. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw6 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw4 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw5 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw6 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw5 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Bailey's Crossroads is unincorporated, so Fairfax County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bailey's Crossroads.
Bailey's Crossroads sends many workers across the state line, but it has poverty well above the Virginia rate.
In Bailey's Crossroads, the FEMA risk score is 8 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 52% come from inland flooding and 11% from heat waves. Since 1978, Bailey's Crossroads has seen 5 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools: the Fairfax County Public Schools. One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 814 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
There are 1.4 miles of trail across 7 parks and preserves. In Bailey's Crossroads, the trail network density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Bailey's Crossroads | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Holmes Run Park | 0.4 mi | 40 |
| 2. Dowden Terrace Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 3. Spring Lane Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 27°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
20% of working residents cross a state line to work. Bailey's Crossroads has about as many jobs (7,436) as working residents, but only 265 people both live and work here.
For half of commuters, work is under 7 miles away. Jobs in Bailey's Crossroads fell by 1,002 from 2013 to 2023, to 7,436. Also worth knowing: just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The share of residents in Bailey's Crossroads who live below the poverty line: 23%.
| Bailey's Crossroads | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 19% | 17% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults in Bailey's Crossroads, 36% feel lonely. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Bailey's Crossroads is ahead of Virginia on 5 and behind on 12. 13% of adults in Bailey's Crossroads binge drink; 20% have been diagnosed with depression. Only 8 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Bailey's Crossroads.
| Bailey's Crossroads | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bailey's Crossroads | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 22% | 26.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
22.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.9% across Virginia, which weighs on its B− for jobs and income.
No age group stands out against Virginia: all are within 4 points. For adults 25 and older in Bailey's Crossroads, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 45%. 21% never finished high school. Bailey's Crossroads’ median age stands at 36.9 years.
| Bailey's Crossroads | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 44% | 29% |
| Median age | 36.9 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 16% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 66% are women (VA 51%). Median age: women 38.7, men 35.0.
| Bailey's Crossroads | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.2% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.4% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 20.9% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 15.7% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.2% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.8% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.5% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Bailey's Crossroads’ typical rent comes in at $2,021 a month. In Bailey's Crossroads, 48% of households own their home. Sellers in Bailey's Crossroads got 98.6% of the asking price, typically.
| Bailey's Crossroads | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,021 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
35 within 15 miles of the center of Bailey's Crossroads
About 5 of every 100 Bailey's Crossroads residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
5 towns share a border with Bailey's Crossroads.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey's Crossroads | #136 | B+ | C | — | B+ | B |
| Lincolnia | #78 | A | D | — | B+ | A |
| Lake Barcroft | #81 | A | D | — | B+ | A |
| Alexandria | #190 | C+ | D | C | C− | A |
| Arlington | #43 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Seven Corners | #89 | A− | B | — | B+ | C+ |
Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, Lake Barcroft, Arlington and Seven Corners report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bailey's Crossroads with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bailey's Crossroads grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #136 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
The typical home is worth about $417,000, 1% above the Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
