Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,449, settled in 1917.
Fort Belvoir’s strongest subject is hazard risk (A+). Add health to its strengths: residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The trade-off is cost of living (D−): the typical home is worth about $792K, 6.2 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of 86th of 249 in Virginia. It comes out better than 84% of U.S. towns. The town’s rent at the middle of the market is $3,236 a month, against $1,760 a month in Virginia’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The median household earns $104K. This Virginia town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Woodlawn Plantation (Boundary Increase) and Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Fort Belvoir beats most towns.
Where Fort Belvoir’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Fort Belvoir is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 7 maps from 1913 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fort Belvoir. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw13 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw12 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw13 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw14 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 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
Fort Belvoir 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 Fort Belvoir.
Fort Belvoir draws workers from Alexandria and beyond and has less heart disease than most of Virginia, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
At 6.2 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home (about $792K) costs more against local pay than in 83% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. 71.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.5% across Virginia.
The typical home value in Fort Belvoir is about $792,000, up 1.5% in a year, 92% above the Virginia typical home.
| Fort Belvoir | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 0.8% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $3,236 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Fairfax County Public Schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Belvoir Upper ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 761 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
3,595 jobs are based in Fort Belvoir, 3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,705 in 2013 to 3,595.
The average trip to work for Fort Belvoir comes to 24 minutes. Only 3% of working residents stay in Fort Belvoir for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Fort Belvoir added 890 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,595. Fort Belvoir: 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Fort Belvoir | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Virginia is heart disease: 1.9% of its 4,045 adults have heart disease, against 6.1% statewide.
In Fort Belvoir, 36% of adults feel lonely. Among 253 Virginia towns, just 3 have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than Fort Belvoir. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Fort Belvoir is ahead of Virginia on 15 and behind on 5.
| Fort Belvoir | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.1% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fort Belvoir | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 1.2% | 3.3% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.2% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among 253 Virginia towns, just 6 have a lower risk rating from FEMA than Fort Belvoir. One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Fort Belvoir households. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 64% come from inland flooding and 11% from hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Across 4 parks and preserves: 9.1 miles of trail. Fort Belvoir’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 4, covering 9 acres.
| Fort Belvoir | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Castle Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Huntley Meadows Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Mount Air Historic Site | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The peak summer temperature in the town is 88°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
23 within 15 miles of the center of Fort Belvoir
About 10 of every 100 Fort Belvoir residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
3 places in Fort Belvoir on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 notable people were born in Fort Belvoir.
United States Army installation and a CDP in Virginia
Fort Belvoir ( BEL-vwar) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named. It was known as Camp A. A. Humphreys from 1917 to 1935. Fort Belvoir is home to a number of significant United States military organizations. With nearly twice as many workers as the Pentagon, Fort Belvoir is the largest employer in Fairfax County. Fort Belvoir comprises three geographically distinct areas: the main base, Davison Army Airfield, and Fort Belvoir North.
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6 towns share a border with Fort Belvoir.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Belvoir | #86 | A− | D− | — | B+ | A |
| Newington | #21 | A+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Mount Vernon | #64 | A | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Woodlawn | #114 | B+ | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Hayfield | #15 | A+ | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Groveton | #133 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Kingstowne | #40 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Fort Belvoir, Newington, Mount Vernon, Woodlawn, Hayfield, Groveton and Kingstowne report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fort Belvoir with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fort Belvoir grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #86 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
21 notable people were born here, including John L. Phillips and William Oefelein.
