Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Today 20,320 people live in this town, first settled in 1870.
Lincolnia does especially well on health: it is healthier than 89% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $692K, 5.5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns. That places it 78th of 249 in Virginia. 13% of the land in the town is conserved, against 4.6% in Virginia’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 25 of Virginia’s 372 towns do better. Green Spring is on the National Register of Historic Places. This Virginia town is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lincolnia beats most towns.
13.3% of the town is conserved land, across 9 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Lincolnia is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 12%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 10,761 in 1970, 22,922 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2017 and 7 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lincolnia. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw8 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw6 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw7 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw9 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw7 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
Lincolnia 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 Lincolnia.
Lincolnia trades workers with Washington and other neighbors and has less tooth loss than most of Virginia, but it has property taxes about twice the Virginia norm.
The median property tax bill is $6,459, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Lincolnia: a median 42 days to sell. Its midpoint rent is $2,141 a month. 57% of Lincolnia households own their home.
| Lincolnia | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,141 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 57% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Fairfax County Public Schools. One of its 7 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The 4 public schools in Lincolnia teach 4,036 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,702 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Virginia is tooth loss: 7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.1% statewide.
For adults in Lincolnia, the share who report frequent physical distress is 11%. Against the Virginia average, Lincolnia comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. 13% of adults in Lincolnia report frequent mental distress; 19% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Lincolnia | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lincolnia | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4% | 6.2% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73.8% | 76.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lincolnia’s FEMA risk score stands at 9 of 100. FEMA puts 60% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to hurricanes. 17 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4.3 miles of trail wind through 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Holmes Run Park, at 64 acres. Lincolnia’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Green Spring Gardens Park | 0.9 mi | 33 |
| 2. Turkeycock Run Stream Valley Park | 0.6 mi | 30 |
| 3. Bren Mar Park | 0.5 mi | 47 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 27° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lincolnia has about as many jobs (10,561) as working residents, but only 303 people both live and work here.
In Lincolnia, the middle household income is $122,000. Most working residents leave Lincolnia for work: only 3% work in town. Among workers locally, 24% work remotely from home. The median commute is under 9 miles.
| Lincolnia | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $122,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
32 within 15 miles of the center of Lincolnia
About 9 of every 100 Lincolnia residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Lincolnia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lincolnia had a population of 22,922.
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5 towns share a border with Lincolnia.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnia | #78 | A | D | — | B+ | A |
| Bailey's Crossroads | #136 | B+ | C | — | B+ | B |
| Alexandria | #190 | C+ | D | C | C− | A |
| Annandale | #120 | B+ | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Springfield | #115 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Franconia | #5 | A+ | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
Lincolnia, Bailey's Crossroads, Annandale, Springfield and Franconia report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lincolnia with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lincolnia grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #78 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.
