Sully SquareVA
A town of 2,394.
Is Sully Square a good place to live?
Sully Square’s best subject grades are an A+ for health, incomes, and walkability; its weakest is a C for cost of living. 81% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sully Square, above both Virginia’s towns (44%) and U.S. towns (29%). No town in Virginia scores higher than Sully Square on health. Sully Square’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, where Virginia’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. On the outdoors, just 23 of Virginia’s 372 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Sully Historic Site, at 30 acres. Sully Square has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sully Square stand out
Where Sully Square beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Sully Square | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2% | 6.2% |
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 2,857 people come to Sully Square for work
Where Sully Square’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sully Square grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Sully Square is from typical.
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White House and 245 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sully Square. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw20 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
in town MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw22 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M 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 · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain
Moving to Sully Square: who provides what
Sully Square 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sully Square.
A smaller share of adults in Sully Square have obesity than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
18% of adults have obesity in Sully Square. Only 2 of the 254 Virginia towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Sully Square. 20% of adults have high blood pressure in Sully Square.
| Sully Square | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Sully Square | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2% | 6.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 65.5% | 76.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Sully Square’s schools beat 74% of Virginia districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nysmith School for the Gifted PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 616 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Virginia and the rest of the country, fewer of Sully Square’s residents live below the poverty line
0.8% of Sully Square residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Sully Square fell to 2,869 in 2023, 1,930 fewer than in 2013. Sully Square’s median household income is $176,000.
| Sully Square | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $176,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 0.8% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Sully Square
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Sully Square
Sully Square has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sully Historic Site | 0.7 mi | 30 |
| 2. Sully Highlands Park | 0.4 mi | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Sully Square sells for about $416K at the median
The median rent in Sully Square is $2,266 a month.
| Sully Square | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,266 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 51% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sully Square
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Sully Square
About 4 of every 100 Sully Square residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Sully Square
Census-designated place in Virginia
Sully Square is a census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sully Square had a population of 2,300.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 341 ft
Sully Square’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Sully Square.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sully Square | — | — | C | — | B+ | A+ |
| Chantilly | #77 | A | D | — | B+ | A |
| Franklin Farm | #16 | A+ | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Floris | #53 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Sully Square has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sully Square, Chantilly, Franklin Farm and Floris report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sully Square with a neighbor →
Questions about Sully Square
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sully Square, VA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $677,000, 64% 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.