Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 16,560, incorporated in 1957.
Manassas Park's standout: 17% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades C+, 189th of 249 graded towns in Virginia. The median household earns $103K and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 90% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its schools rank behind 84% of the state's. Manassas Park’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both Virginia’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On civic life, just 9 of Virginia’s 138 towns do worse. Manassas Park has 3 places on the National Register.
Where Manassas Park beats most towns.
14,273 counted in 2010 and 17,219 in 2020; an estimated 16,560 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 3.8%, after 20.6% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Manassas Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,342 in 1960, 17,219 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 7 maps from 1915 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Manassas Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw23 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw22 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw24 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Manassas Park, and how to reach them.
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 Manassas Park.
Manassas Park fares better on crime within Virginia than nationally, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health and has commutes longer than most of Virginia.
3.8 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The trail density in Manassas Park is 1.3 miles per square mile. Blooms Park, at 255 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Signal Hill Park | 1.3 mi | 103 |
| 2. Blooms Park | 1.1 mi | 255 |
| 3. Costello Park | 0.6 mi | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Manassas Park City Public Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Manassas Park High, with 1,070 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 857 | – |
| Manassas Park HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,070 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 7,455 working residents takes 37 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia. Jobs based here grew from 2,908 in 2013 to 4,423.
Most working residents leave Manassas Park for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Manassas Park has added 1,515 jobs, to 4,423 in 2023. 5.1% of Manassas Park residents live below the poverty line.
| Manassas Park | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 12.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 88% of Virginia’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 218 to 78 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Manassas Park’s property crime rate is 4.4 per 1,000 residents. Only 5 of the 86 Virginia towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Manassas Park.
| Manassas Park | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 14.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Manassas Park has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,090 U.S. towns with household incomes like Manassas Park’s, it is less healthy than 85%, so it trails even them.
75% of adults had a checkup this year in Manassas Park. Among 253 Virginia towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Manassas Park. 21% of adults worry about having enough food in Manassas Park.
| Manassas Park | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 12% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Manassas Park | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.7% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median property tax bill is $4,636, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Manassas Park home is worth about $457,000, up 1.5% in a year, 11% above the Virginia typical home.
| Manassas Park | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,146 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 68% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Manassas Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Manassas Park
About 7 of every 100 Manassas Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
17.4% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
3 places in Manassas Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
Independent city in Virginia, United States
Manassas Park is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. Manassas Park is bordered by the city of Manassas and Prince William County. Manassas Park is a part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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4 towns share a border with Manassas Park.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Manassas (C+) is closest.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manassas Park | #189 | C+ | C | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Buckhall | #105 | A− | C− | — | B | A |
| Yorkshire | #146 | B | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Manassas | #188 | C+ | C+ | C | C− | B |
| Loch Lomond | #168 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
Buckhall, Yorkshire and Loch Lomond report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Manassas Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Manassas Park grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #189 of 249 in Virginia. It grades C+ for health, B+ for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
