Virginia's 200 Best Places To Live For 2020 Ranked

VIRGINIA — According to Niche.com, if you want to live among the best places in Virginia, then you should consider moving to Arlington if you don't already call it home. Seven of the top 10 spots were held by neighborhoods in Arlington.

For 2020, Niche.com data crunchers, say they have determined the Bluemont neighborhood in Arlington is our No. 1 best place to live in Virginia.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche took several factors into consideration, such as the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities.

Niche.com ranks more than 200 places in its new report and you'll notice when you read the full rankings below that many northern Virginia towns and neighborhoods made the top 200, as well.

Here are the top 200 Virginia places to live:

• Bluemont
• Radnor/Fort Myer Heights
• Ballston/Virginia Square
• Clarendon/Courthouse
• North Highland
• Stone Ridge
• Waycroft/Woodlawn
• Arlington
• Short Pump
• Innsbrook
• Colonial Village
• North Rosslyn
• Lyon Village
• Cherrydale
• Arlington Forest
• Dominion Hills
• Cascades
• Arlington Ridge
• Lansdowne
• Claremont
• Columbia Heights
• Aurora Highlands
• Alcova Heights
• Broadlands
• Ashton Heights
• Waverly Hills
• Arlington Heights
• Donaldson Run
• South Riding
• Franklin Farm
• Maywood
• Arlington/East Falls Church
• Ashburn
• Oakton
• Brambleton
• Farlington/Shirlington
• Lyon Park
• McNair
• Westover Village
• Long Branch Creek
• Highview Park
• Wyndham
• Mantua
• Wakefield
• Merrifiel
• Taylor Run
• Highland Park/Overlee Knolls
• Reston
• Belmont
• Dunn Loring
• Old Dominion
• Woodlake
• Tara/Leeway Heights
• Buckingham
• Madison Manor
• Idylwood
• Vienna
• Lowes Island
• Glencarlyn
• Loudoun Valley Estates
• Bellevue Forest
• Fair Oaks
• Penrose
• Wolf Trap
• Floris
• Tysons
• Falls Church
• Yorktown
• Potomac Yard/Potomac Greens
• Fair Lakes
• Leeway
• Kingstowne
• Southwest Quadrant
• Eisenhower East
• East Ghent
• Northeast

• Long Branch
• West Springfield
• Brandermill
• Newington Forest
• Kings Park West
• Chantilly
• Centreville
• Bridgewater
• McLean
• Fairfax Station
• Dranesville
• Nauck
• Braddock Road Metro
• Old Town North
• Countryside
• Kings Park
• Tuckahoe
• Pimmit Hills
• Blacksburg
• Bon Air
• Occoquan
• Great Falls
• Burke
• Boulevard Manor
• Gainesville
• Potomac West
• Douglas Park
• Crosspointe
• Landmark
• Old Glebe
• North Ghent
• Franconia
• Old Town
• West Ghent
• Williamsburg
• Cave Spring
• Ghent
• Moorefield Station
• Leesburg
• Alexandria
• Huntington
• Fairfax
• Purcellville
• North Ridge/Rosemont
• Charlottesville
• Lake Barcroft
• South Run
• Crozet
• Herndon
• University Center
• Seminary Hill
• Linton Hall
• Rock Spring
• Fort Hunt
• Haymarket
• Lake Ridge
• Hollymead
• Newington
• Woodburn
• Hayfield
• Montclair
• Sugarland Run
• Independent Hill
• Massanetta Springs
• Barcroft
• Greenbriar
• Belle Haven
• Dayton
• Glen Allen
• Columbia Forest
• Forest
• Williamsburg
• Rose Hill
• Pantops
• Neabsco
• Edgewater-Larchmont
• Three Chopt
• Mount Vernon
• Downtown Norfolk
• Manchester
• West Falls Church
• Laurel Hill
• Belmont Estates
• Rockwood
• Alexandria West
• Dulles Town Center
• Oak Grove
• Virginia Beach
• Malvern Gardens
• The Fan
• Westhampton
• Lincolnia
• Sterling
• Buckhall
• Lorton
• Winchester
• Chesapeake
• Byrd Park
• Massanutten
• Chamberlayne
• Woodbridge
• Annandale
• Ashland
• Mechanicsville
• Mary Munford
• Carytown
• Blue Ridge
• Huguenot
• Potomac Mills
• North Springfield
• Abingdon
• The Museum District
• Chester
• Sauer's Garden
• Christiansburg
• Woodland Heights
• Springfield
• Stratford Hills
• Laurel
• Groveton
• Colonial Place
• Cloverdale
• Lakeside

View the full Niche list here.

You can see Niche's full methodology online here.