Lake HolidayVA
A town of 2,193.
Is Lake Holiday a good place to live?
The best of Lake Holiday’s subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Lake Holiday’s mean commuting time is 37 minutes, where Virginia’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 254 Virginia towns, just one has a lower January low than Lake Holiday. Lake Holiday’s concentration of trails is 3.6 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in Virginia’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 10 of Virginia’s 371 towns score lower on history. Lake Holiday has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Lake Holiday has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
1,905 counted in 2010 and 2,196 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lake Holiday grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Lake Holiday is from typical.
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Moving to Lake Holiday: who provides what
Lake Holiday is unincorporated, so Frederick 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 Lake Holiday.
Most of Lake Holiday’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
The median commute is under 15 miles. In Lake Holiday, the median household income is $112,000. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 4.5%.
| Lake Holiday | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $112,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Lake Holiday is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Nearly one in ten adults in Lake Holiday worry about having enough food; 37% have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Lake Holiday beats the Virginia average on 6 and trails it on 1. In Lake Holiday, 31% of adults feel lonely.
| Lake Holiday | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 12% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lake Holiday | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 13.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Holiday: four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 23° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 23 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lake Holiday faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
In Lake Holiday, the risk rating from FEMA is 41 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 77% come from inland flooding and 5% from hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Lake Holiday sells for about $480K
Homes sold in Lake Holiday spent a median 15 days on the market. Its going rate for rent stands at $2,045 a month. Also worth knowing: among households locally, 90% are owner-occupiers.
| Lake Holiday | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,045 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Holiday. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
28 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
32 mi National BattlefieldAntietam National Battlefield161K visitors a year
29 mi National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park538K visitors a year
16 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
12 mi MuseumMuseum of the Shenandoah ValleyPhoto credits
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain
Everything we know about Lake Holiday
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Holiday
About 3 of every 100 Lake Holiday residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
99% of working residents leave Lake Holiday for work
Where Lake Holiday’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Holiday
Reservoir in Frederick County, Virginia
Lake Holiday is a 249-acre (101 ha) artificial lake located northwest of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. The lake flows into Isaacs Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of Back Creek, which flows north through West Virginia to the Potomac River. The main creeks feeding the lake are Isaacs Creek and Yeiders Run/Miller Run. Residential development surrounds the lake and forms the Lake Holiday census-designated place (CDP); as of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,196. It is an unincorporated community subject to a property owners association. The postal address is Cross Junction, which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northeast along U.S. Route 522, and has a ZIP Co…
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- Elevation
- 807 ft
Questions about Lake Holiday
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Holiday, VA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $304,000, 26% below 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 B−.