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A town of 6,589.
Few places in the country grade higher. Pimmit Hills earns an A, 28th among Virginia's 249 graded towns. The median household earns $173K, on CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally, and it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $966K, 7.6 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Pimmit Hills’ median household income is $173,000, where Virginia’s towns sit at $101,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Only 26 of Virginia’s 371 towns score lower on history.
Where Pimmit Hills beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Pimmit Hills | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.3% | 11.1% |
Where Pimmit Hills’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 Pimmit Hills is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 11%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 6,152 in 2000, 6,569 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2017 and 7 maps from 1900 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pimmit Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw9 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw7 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw8 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw9 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 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
Pimmit Hills 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 Pimmit Hills.
Pimmit Hills is among the three healthiest towns in Virginia and has household incomes well above the Virginia norm, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
It ranks #3 of the 253 Virginia towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Virginia is tooth loss: 5.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.1% statewide.
Pimmit Hills beats the Virginia average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of adults have obesity in Pimmit Hills.
| Pimmit Hills | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pimmit Hills | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.3% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.1% | 6.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Fairfax County Public Schools. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Road ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 595 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
1.9 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The trail density in Pimmit Hills is 1.3 miles per square mile.
| Pimmit Hills | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.5% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pimmit Run Stream Valley Park | 0.6 mi | 17 |
| 2. Lemon Road Park | 0.6 mi | 11 |
| 3. Olney Park | 0.2 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pimmit Hills.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
40.7% of workers work from home, against 18.3% across Virginia.
Most working residents leave Pimmit Hills for work: only 3% work in town. 1.6% of Pimmit Hills residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Pimmit Hills grew to 1,778 in 2023, 303 more than in 2013.
| Pimmit Hills | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pimmit Hills has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 7.6 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 95% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,581, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Pimmit Hills’ median rent is $2,474 a month.
| Pimmit Hills | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,474 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
36 within 15 miles of the center of Pimmit Hills
About 4 of every 100 Pimmit Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Pimmit Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, a neighborhood within a densely populated urban area. As of the 2020 census, Pimmit Hills had a population of 6,569. The name derives from Pimmit Run, the stream that was named for John Pimmit.
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3 towns share a border with Pimmit Hills.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Idylwood (A) comes closest.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pimmit Hills | #28 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Tysons | #55 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Idylwood | #41 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| McLean | #47 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Pimmit Hills, Tysons, Idylwood and McLean report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pimmit Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Pimmit Hills grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #28 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $967,000, 134% 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 D.
