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A town of 9,729, settled in 1838.
Belmont is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 26th of 249 graded towns in Virginia. The median household earns $243K, residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and its schools rank ahead of 88% of Virginia towns. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $846K for a typical one and 6.7 times the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. 77% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Belmont, above both Virginia’s towns (44%) and U.S. towns (29%). Belmont is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 9 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a higher median household income than Belmont.
Where Belmont beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont Station Elementary | PK–5 | 605 |
| Newton-Lee Elementary | PK–5 | 505 |
| Montessori Academy at Belmont Greene | PK–4 | 120 |
5,966 counted in 2010 and 10,268 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Belmont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2019 and 6 maps from 1944 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Belmont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw28 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw27 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw27 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw28 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
11 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M 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 · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
Belmont is unincorporated, so Loudoun 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 Belmont.
Belmont has less food insecurity than most of Virginia and pairs an A for schools with high home prices, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
Its widest gap with Virginia is food insecurity: 6.8% of its 7,172 adults worry about having enough food, against 13.1% statewide. Against the 485 U.S. towns with household incomes like Belmont’s, it is less healthy than 55%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
9.3% of Belmont adults report frequent physical distress. Belmont beats the Virginia average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of Belmont adults report frequent mental distress.
| Belmont | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 12% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Belmont | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.8% | 13.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.9% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 61.2% | 67.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $846K.
Its public schools are run by the Loudoun County Public Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trailside MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,131 | B+ |
| Newton-Lee ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 505 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 824 in 2013 to 1,842. 33% of workers work from home, against 18.3% across Virginia.
Most working residents leave Belmont for work: only 2% work in town. 33% of workers work from home in Belmont. Jobs based in Belmont grew to 1,842 in 2023, 1,018 more than in 2013.
| Belmont | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 33% | 17% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Belmont | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park | 0.8 mi | 11 |
| 2. Beth Miller Park | 0.2 mi | 9 |
| 3. Belmont Greene Tree Save | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Belmont has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.7 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 89% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $7,422, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Belmont is $2,825 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Belmont
About 8 of every 100 Belmont residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
Where Belmont’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Virginia
Belmont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Belmont had a population of 10,268. It is 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Leesburg, the Loudoun county seat, and 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. The Belmont Manor House, built between 1799 and 1802 by a son of Richard Henry Lee, is in the northeast part of the CDP and is now the clubhouse for a gated golf community. The Belmont CDP is situated along the east side of Belmont Ridge Road (State Route 659) between State Route 7 and State Route 267 (the Dulles Toll Road). The CDP extends north to VA 7 and south to include Middlebury Street and the Washington and Old Dominion T…
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2 towns share a border with Belmont.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | #26 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Ashburn | #13 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Goose Creek Village | — | — | C− | — | A | A+ |
Goose Creek Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Belmont, Ashburn and Goose Creek Village report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Belmont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Belmont grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #26 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $846,000, 105% 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−.
