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. 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.
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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
Innovation: just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line, above both the Virginia town median (7.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). For most workers, Innovation is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. In Innovation, 6.7% of workers work remotely from home. 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
The share of adults in Innovation who report frequent mental distress: 17%. Among 254 Virginia towns, just 8 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Innovation. Innovation: nearly one in ten adults report frequent physical distress, below both Virginia’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (14%). Against the Virginia average, Innovation comes out ahead on 12 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 5.
| 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
Top of a very low hazard risk in Innovation: inland flooding
The FEMA risk score in Innovation is 9 of 100. 61% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 9%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Virginia overall
51% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 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
Conserved land covers 0.4% of Innovation
1.9 miles of trail. Innovation’s density of trails comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| 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
Homes sold in Innovation spent a median 24 days on the market. Its typical rent stands at $1,757 a month. In Innovation, the typical sale closed at 98.6% of the list price.
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