Franklin FarmVA
Today 18,736 people live in this town, first established in 1980.
Is Franklin Farm a good place to live?
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Where it does best is health (A+). Franklin Farm ranks 16th of 249 in Virginia, with an A+ overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 95% of U.S. towns. Incomes are a strength too: the median household earns $216K. What counts against it is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $830K, 6.5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Only 1 of Virginia’s 371 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Horsepen Run Stream Valley Park, at 47 acres.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Franklin Farm stand out
Where Franklin Farm beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Franklin Farm | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.4% | 11.1% |
97% of working residents leave Franklin Farm for work
Where Franklin Farm’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Franklin Farm grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Franklin Farm is from typical.
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White House and 242 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Farm. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw19 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw18 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw18 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw20 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
3 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M visitors a yearPhoto credits
White 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
Moving to Franklin Farm: who provides what
Franklin Farm 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Farm.
Franklin Farm has less tooth loss than most of Virginia and sends most of its workers to Washington and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
Franklin Farm stands out in Virginia and nationally: a smaller share of its adults get no exercise outside work
Its widest gap with Virginia is tooth loss: 3.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.1% statewide. Against the 777 U.S. towns with household incomes like Franklin Farm’s, it is healthier than 84%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among 253 Virginia towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Franklin Farm. 6.4% of adults smoke cigarettes locally, against 12% in Virginia’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. The share of adults in Franklin Farm who sleep under 7 hours: 32%.
| Franklin Farm | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.4% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Franklin Farm | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.4% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.4% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Franklin Farm’s schools rank ahead of 74% of Virginia districts
Public schools: the Fairfax County Public Schools. Its two schools are below. 2 public schools serve Franklin Farm, with 1,278 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Mill ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 650 | A |
| Oak Hill ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 628 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin Farm than in most of Virginia or the rest of the country
Franklin Farm has 1,969 jobs for its 8,970 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 39% of workers work from home, against 18.3% across Virginia.
Half commute less than 10 miles. Franklin Farm: nearly two in five workers do their job from home. 2.8% of working residents work locally here, where Virginia’s towns sit at 5% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Franklin Farm grew to 1,969 in 2023, 155 more than in 2013.
| Franklin Farm | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 39% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $216,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.5% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Franklin Farm, mostly inland flooding
Franklin Farm’s risk rating from FEMA is 28 of 100. Flood insurance has paid out on 9 claims locally since 2006. Expected losses in Franklin Farm break down as 76% from inland flooding and 8% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Franklin Farm
The range runs from 26° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 2.3% of Franklin Farm
1.9 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Franklin Farm’s concentration of trails stands at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Franklin Farm | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Horsepen Run Stream Valley Park | 0.1 mi | 47 |
| 2. Franklin Farm Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Franklin Oaks Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Franklin Farm sells for about $875K
At 6.5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 88% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,257, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Homes sold in Franklin Farm spent a median 24 days on the market. In Franklin Farm, the rent at the middle of the market is $2,625 a month. 93% of households own their home in the town.
| Franklin Farm | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,625 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Franklin Farm
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Farm
About 5 of every 100 Franklin Farm residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Franklin Farm
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Franklin Farm refers to both a census-designated place (CDP) and a planned community located within the Oak Hill section of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., located about 20 miles west of the White House. At the 2020 census the CDP had a population of 19,189. The planned community of Franklin Farm is located within the CDP. Covering slightly less than 30 percent of the CDP, the planned community occupies 1.32 square miles (850 acres) and contains 1,777 housing units. It was established in 1980 and features 13 miles of trails, six fishing ponds, six tennis courts, two swimming pools, 14 tot lots, three multipurpose courts, one sand volleyball court…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 374 ft
Franklin Farm’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Franklin Farm.
At #16 in VA, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Reston (A) comes closest.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Farm | #16 | A+ | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Chantilly | #77 | A | D | — | B+ | A |
| Difficult Run | #46 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Floris | #53 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Navy | #42 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Reston | #35 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Sully Square | — | — | C | — | B+ | A+ |
Sully Square has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Farm, Chantilly, Difficult Run, Floris, Navy, Reston and Sully Square report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Farm with a neighbor →
Questions about Franklin Farm
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Franklin Farm, VA a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Franklin Farm grades A+ overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #16 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Franklin Farm, VA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $830,000, 101% 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−.