InnovationVA
A town of 1,034.
Is Innovation a good place to live?
The best of Innovation’s subject grades is an A for health; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. 51% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Innovation, where Virginia’s towns sit at 44% and U.S. towns at 29%. Innovation is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 71% of U.S. towns. On history, just 15 of Virginia’s 371 towns do worse. Innovation has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Innovation stand out
Where Innovation beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Innovation | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.2% | 6.1% |
1,034 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Innovation grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Innovation is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
White House and 241 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Innovation. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw28 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw26 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw27 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw28 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M 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 · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Moving to Innovation: who provides what
Innovation is unincorporated, so Prince William 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 Innovation.
With 12.6 jobs for every working resident, Innovation draws in 5,795 commuters
Most working residents leave Innovation for work: only 3% work in town. 6.7% of Innovation workers work from home, below both Virginia’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (11%). Jobs based in Innovation grew to 5,807 in 2023, 680 more than in 2013.
| Innovation | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.7% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Governor's School @ Innovation ParkLargest public school before high school | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Fewer of Innovation’s adults have diabetes than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
6.8% of Innovation adults have diabetes. Among 254 Virginia towns, just 8 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Innovation. 39% of Innovation adults feel lonely.
| Innovation | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Innovation | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.2% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Innovation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Innovation, expect four seasons and hot summers
Innovation has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Virginia overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide); people 65 and older are 10% of residents (17% statewide). 51% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 42% across Virginia.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 0% and 100% women
The Census survey reached too few of Innovation’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±60.1 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Innovation | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 4.1% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.1% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 26% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.3% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,000, single groups can be off by several points
| Innovation | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Innovation sell for about $566K
Innovation’s median rent is $1,757 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Innovation
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Innovation
About 12 of every 100 Innovation residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Every workday, about 5,795 people come to Innovation for work
Where Innovation’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Innovation
Census-designated place in Virginia, US
Innovation is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 926. The CDP is in the central part of the county, bordered to the southeast by the independent city of Manassas. It is bordered to the north by the Bull Run CDP, and to the west by the Linton Hall CDP. Virginia State Route 234 (Prince William Parkway) runs through the center of the community, leading northwest 4 miles (6 km) to Interstate 66 near Gainesville and southeast 18 miles (29 km) to Interstate 95 at Dumfries. State Route 28 runs along the southern edge of the Innovation CDP, leading east into Manassas and southwest …
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- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 223 ft