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41,876 people live in this town in Virginia.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Its standout strength is health (A): residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also does well on incomes (A) — the median household earns $179K. What holds it back is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $617K, 4.9 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns. That places it 94th of 249 in Virginia. Davis-Beard House is on the National Register of Historic Places. The biggest place to walk is Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park, 132 acres with 2.9 miles of trail.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Linton Hall beats most towns.
35,725 counted in 2010 and 41,754 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Linton Hall is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2016 and 6 maps from 1933 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Linton Hall. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw31 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw29 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw29 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw31 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
13 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M 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 · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
Linton Hall 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Linton Hall.
Linton Hall has less heart disease than most of Virginia, sends most of its workers to Manassas and beyond and has household incomes well above the Virginia norm.
Its widest gap with Virginia is heart disease: 3.5% of its 28,882 adults have heart disease, against 6.1% statewide. Against the 1,395 U.S. towns with household incomes like Linton Hall’s, it is less healthy than 54%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Linton Hall, 28% have high blood pressure and 13% say their health is fair or poor. 9.9% of adults report frequent physical distress locally, below both Virginia’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (14%). In Linton Hall, nearly one in ten adults have diabetes. Against the Virginia average, Linton Hall comes out ahead on 18 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2.
| Linton Hall | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Linton Hall | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.5% | 6.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 61.5% | 67.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Below: Three of its 10 schools, each with why it was picked. Its public schools are run by the Prince William County Public Schools. 6 public schools serve Linton Hall, with 3,766 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.H. Marsteller MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,153 | B |
| Youth for Tomorrow PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 30 | – |
| Glenkirk ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 554 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Linton Hall’s density of trails stands at 0.9 miles per square mile, where Virginia’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Across 4 parks and preserves: 12 miles of trail.
| Linton Hall | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.2% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park | 2.9 mi | 132 |
| 2. Braemar Park | 0.1 mi | 15 |
| 3. Bristow Community Center | 0.1 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Linton Hall has 5,181 jobs for its 19,354 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 38.1 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
26% of Linton Hall workers work from home. Most working residents leave Linton Hall for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Linton Hall has added 1,629 jobs, to 5,181 in 2023. The town’s average commute comes in at 38 minutes.
| Linton Hall | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $179,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 26% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 26°, and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA puts 70% of Linton Hall’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to heat waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 62% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 4 claims here since 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median property tax bill is $5,796, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Homes sold in Linton Hall spent a median 29 days on the market. In Linton Hall, the typical rent is $2,575 a month. For households here, the share who live in a home they own is 90%.
| Linton Hall | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,575 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 90% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Linton Hall
About 7 of every 100 Linton Hall residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
Where Linton Hall’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Linton Hall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, which includes unincorporated Bristow. As of the 2020 census, Linton Hall had a population of 41,754. According to the United States Census Bureau, residents of Linton Hall had an average commute of 46.3 minutes each way between 2005 and 2007, the longest average commute for the period in the nation. The average commute in the United States for the period was 25.1 minutes. The chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors said commutes were especially long for residents during the period studied because the county had not finished building roads to support the new residential areas…
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2 towns share a border with Linton Hall.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton Hall | #94 | A− | C− | — | B | A |
| Gainesville | #109 | A− | D | — | B | A |
| Innovation | — | — | C− | — | B | A |
Innovation has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Linton Hall, Gainesville and Innovation report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Linton Hall with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Linton Hall grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #94 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $617,000, 50% 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−.
