MoorefieldVA
A town of 6,123.
Is Moorefield a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Moorefield earns an A+, ranked 3rd of 249 in Virginia. On CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally, the median household earns $205K, and its schools rank ahead of 88% of Virginia towns. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $800K for a typical one and 6.3 times the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Moorefield’s median rent is $2,761 a month, against $1,760 a month in Virginia’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Moorefield is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Moorefield Station Community Park, at 29 acres.
What makes Moorefield stand out
Where Moorefield beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Moorefield | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2.4% | 6.2% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Primrose School at Moorefield Station | K | 25 |
99% of working residents leave Moorefield for work
Where Moorefield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Moorefield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Moorefield is from typical.
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White House and 248 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moorefield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw26 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw24 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw25 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw26 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
7 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M visitors a yearPhoto credits
White 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
Moving to Moorefield: who provides what
Moorefield is unincorporated, so Loudoun 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 Moorefield.
Moorefield has less COPD than most of Virginia and sends most of its workers to Washington and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
Moorefield stands out in Virginia and nationally, with fewer of its adults who report frequent physical distress
Its widest gap with Virginia is COPD: 2.4% of its 3,202 adults have COPD, against 6.2% statewide. Against the 959 U.S. towns with household incomes like Moorefield’s, it is healthier than 78%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
In Moorefield, nearly a quarter of adults have high blood pressure, and 6.8% have diabetes. CDC measures, 32 in all: Moorefield beats Virginia on 23 and trails on 2. Among adults here, 11% say their health is fair or poor.
| Moorefield | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 7.9% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Moorefield | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2.4% | 6.2% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.4% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 66.4% | 76.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose School at Moorefield Station PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K | Grades K | 25 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Top of a very low hazard risk in Moorefield: inland flooding
FEMA puts 41% of Moorefield’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to heat waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For most of its workers, the job is outside Moorefield
Moorefield has 587 jobs for its 2,720 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 39.5% of workers work from home, against 18.3% across Virginia.
For most workers, Moorefield is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Employers in Moorefield added 528 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 587. The town’s average commute stands at 33 minutes. The top destinations are Washington (8%), Tysons (7%) and Reston (7%).
| Moorefield | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $205,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Moorefield sells for about $819K
At 6.3 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 84% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $7,134, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Moorefield: a median 30 days to sell. 62% of households own their home here. Sellers in Moorefield got 99.1% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moorefield Station Community Park | — | 29 |
| 2. Moorefield Green Community Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Moorefield
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Moorefield
About 5 of every 100 Moorefield residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Moorefield
Census-designated place in Virginia
Moorefield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Moorefield had a population of 4,421. As of the 2010 census, the CDP was named Moorefield Station. Moorefield is a mixed-use development currently in progress, located at the Ashburn station at the western terminus of the Metrorail Silver Line.
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
Moorefield’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Moorefield.
At #3 in VA, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Brambleton (A+) comes closest.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorefield | #3 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Brambleton | #8 | A+ | D | — | A | A+ |
| Loudoun Valley Estates | #10 | A+ | D | — | A | A+ |
| Ashburn | #13 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Broadlands | #34 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Moorefield, Brambleton, Loudoun Valley Estates, Ashburn and Broadlands report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Moorefield with a neighbor →
Questions about Moorefield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moorefield, VA a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Moorefield grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #3 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Moorefield, VA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $800,000, 94% 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−.