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50 Best VA Places To Live Rankings 2023: Niche

These are the 50 best places to live in Virginia in 2023, according to the lifestyle site Niche.

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VIRGINIA — Niche, a platform connecting students and families with colleges and schools, has published the 2023 Best Places to Live in America rankings, which includes many Northern Virginia area communities.

The list, the ninth consecutive, ranked 228 cities and 17,932 towns and neighborhoods. To compile it, Niche used federal data from the Census Bureau, FBI, Labor Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as reviews from residents.

Among others, factors considered are affordability, the local housing market, neighborhood diversity, the quality of public schools and walkability.

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Here are the top 50 Virginia communities to rank on the Best Places To Live list:

  1. Colonial Village
  2. Ballston/Virginia Square
  3. Radnor/Fort Myer Heights
  4. Innsbrook
  5. Stone Ridge
  6. Bluemont
  7. North Rosslyn
  8. Cascades
  9. North Highland
  10. Short Pump
  11. Arlington
  12. Loudoun Valley Estates
  13. Franklin Farm
  14. Dominion Hills
  15. Broadlands
  16. Wakefield
  17. Lansdowne
  18. Waycroft/Woodlawn
  19. Oakton
  20. South Riding
  21. Clarendon/Courthouse
  22. Waverly Hills
  23. Cherrydale
  24. Long Branch
  25. Wyndham
  26. Mantua
  27. Donaldson Run
  28. Reston
  29. Penrose
  30. Arlington Forest
  31. Brambleton
  32. Dunn Loring
  33. Farlington/Shirlington
  34. Westover Village
  35. Arlington/East Falls Church
  36. Ashton Heights
  37. Maywood
  38. Madison Manor
  39. McLean
  40. Vienna
  41. Ashburn
  42. Southwest Quadrant/Alexandria
  43. Belmont
  44. Arlington View
  45. Aurora Highlands
  46. Potomac West
  47. Merrifield
  48. McNair
  49. Columbia Heights
  50. Buckingham

About Niche: Niche helps students and parents find the schools and places to live that are right for them. On Niche, you have access to comprehensive profiles on every school and over 50,000 cities and towns in America — from the ones you know to the ones you have yet to discover. With unique ratings, honest reviews, personalized recommendations, and tools to guide you through every step, Niche is changing the way millions of people find their school and hometown.

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To read more about the Niche rankings methodology, visit: https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/rankings/methodology/

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