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The town, home to 4,606 people, lies in Virginia.
Strong in places, weak in others. Incomes are where it shines: the median household earns $114K. It also does well on walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 80% of U.S. towns. Where it falls short is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Homes run about $442K for a typical one, 3.5 times the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. All told, that adds up to a B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 168th of 249 in Virginia. 8.6% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Loch Lomond, below both Virginia’s towns (44%) and U.S. towns (29%).
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
Where Loch Lomond beats most towns.
Where Loch Lomond’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Loch Lomond is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2016 and 7 maps from 1915 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Loch Lomond. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw25 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw23 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw24 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw26 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
9 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
Loch Lomond 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 Loch Lomond.
Loch Lomond sends most of its workers to Manassas and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Virginia (mostly inland flooding) and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Prince William County Public Schools. 480 students attend Loch Lomond’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Lomond ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 480 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 100% of Virginia towns, with expected losses of about $338 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
44 flood insurance claims have been paid in Loch Lomond since 1978. Expected losses in Loch Lomond break down as 81% from inland flooding and 6% from heat waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Loch Lomond has 224 jobs for its 1,698 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Loch Lomond’s typical journey to work comes in at 32 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. 4.2% of residents live below the poverty line here. The top destinations are Manassas (6%), Chantilly (4%) and Washington (4%).
| Loch Lomond | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $114,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 26°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 6,636 U.S. towns with household incomes like Loch Lomond’s, it is less healthy than 86%, so it trails even them.
For adults in Loch Lomond, the share who feel lonely is 37%. Of 32 CDC measures, Loch Lomond beats the Virginia average on 5 and trails it on 11. Among adults here, 29% get no exercise outside work and 19% worry about having enough food.
| Loch Lomond | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 23% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Loch Lomond | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 20.9% | 26.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 20.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Loch Lomond, just over four in five households own their home. Its going rate for rent is $2,161 a month.
| Loch Lomond | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,161 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Loch Lomond
About 4 of every 100 Loch Lomond residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Loch Lomond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Loch Lomond had a population of 4,050. It is named after a loch in northern Scotland, Loch Lomond.
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5 towns share a border with Loch Lomond.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Lomond | #168 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Sudley | #173 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Yorkshire | #146 | B | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Manassas | #188 | C+ | C+ | C | C− | B |
| Manassas Park | #189 | C+ | C | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Bull Run | #123 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
Loch Lomond, Sudley, Yorkshire and Bull Run report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Loch Lomond with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Loch Lomond grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #168 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B− for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $442,000, 7% 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.
