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A town of 19,162.
Sudley is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 173rd of 249 in Virginia, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $94K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $425K, 3.4 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Sudley’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in Virginia’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Sudley is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 36 of Virginia’s 372 towns do better.
Where Sudley beats most towns.
16,203 counted in 2010 and 19,008 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Sudley is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2019 and 5 maps from 1951 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sudley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 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 draw27 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
Sudley 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 Sudley.
Sudley trails even towns with similar incomes on health, but it has commutes longer than most of Virginia and has many renters stretched by housing costs.
5.0 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Ben Lomond Park, at 46 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ben Lomond Park | 1 mi | 46 |
| 2. Ben Lomond Plantation | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 3. Fairmont Neighborhood Park | 0.2 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Prince William County Public Schools. One of its 5 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Braxton MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,055 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 7,894 working residents takes 34.6 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
Most working residents leave Sudley for work: only 3% work in town. At 35 minutes, Sudley’s average trip to work is where Virginia’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Sudley fell to 2,720 in 2023, 536 fewer than in 2013.
| Sudley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 11% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sudley 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
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sudley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 9,385 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sudley’s, it is less healthy than 68%, so it trails even them.
76% of adults had a checkup this year in Sudley. Only 3 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Sudley. 20% of adults worry about having enough food in Sudley.
| Sudley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Sudley | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 20% | 26.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 18.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
60.5% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.5% across Virginia.
Sudley’s median rent is $2,139 a month.
| Sudley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,139 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 62% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Sudley
About 3 of every 100 Sudley residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Where Sudley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Sudley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, Sudley comprises what in the 2000 census were the Sudley and West Gate CDPs. As of the 2020 census, Sudley had a population of 19,008. Sudley contains the Splash Down Waterpark. Residents of Sudley are represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by Danica Roem.
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2 towns share a border with Sudley.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudley | #173 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Loch Lomond | #168 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Bull Run | #123 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
Sudley, Loch Lomond and Bull Run report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sudley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Sudley grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #173 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B− for health and B for schools.
The typical home is worth about $425,000, 3% 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.
