Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
6,589 people live in this town in Virginia.
Pimmit Hills does especially well on health (A+). Incomes are a strength too (A+): the median household earns $173K. What holds it back is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $966K, 7.6 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. The overall grade lands at A, 28th of 249 in Virginia. Set against the rest, it does better than 94% of U.S. towns. Only 26 of Virginia’s 371 towns score lower on history. This Virginia town is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Pimmit Hills’ trail network density is 1.3 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in Virginia’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
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 has less tooth loss than most of Virginia and has household incomes well above the Virginia norm, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
Its widest gap with Virginia is tooth loss: 5.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.1% statewide.
For adults in Pimmit Hills, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 18%. In Pimmit Hills, 11% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 8.8% report frequent physical distress.
| 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
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Fairfax County Public Schools. The 2 public schools in Pimmit Hills teach 628 students between them.
| 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
In 9 parks and preserves, walkers have 1.9 miles of trail.
| 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 losses in Pimmit Hills break down as 65% from inland flooding and 11% from hurricanes. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 91% of U.S. communities. 6 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1985.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
40.7% of workers work from home, against 18.3% across Virginia.
Half of commuters travel less than 9 miles. Jobs in Pimmit Hills grew by 303 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,778. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents in the town, 1.6% live below the poverty line.
| Pimmit Hills | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $173,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| 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
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 26°, with about 6 inches of snow 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.
Homes sold in Pimmit Hills spent a median 38 days on the market. The rent at the middle of the market for Pimmit Hills comes to $2,474 a month. Bidding over the asking price: 39% of homes sold in the town.
| 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.
