How Alexandria Neighborhoods Fared In Best Places To Live List

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Niche.com has put out its 2020 list of best places to live in Virginia, and various Alexandria neighborhoods are individually ranked.

There are over 200 places ranked on this year's list. To arrive at the rankings, Niche took various factors into consideration, such as the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities.

Many of the places on the list are neighborhoods or towns from Northern Virginia. In fact, Arlington County had 21 places in the top 25. Arlington as a whole was ranked the eighth best place to live, while its Bluemont neighborhood took the top spot.

As for Alexandria, the Taylor Run neighborhood was the city's highest ranked neighborhood at the 46th spot. It received an overall grade of A+ and a mix of grades for being good for families, as well as health and fitness, jobs, outdoor activities, diversity, and commute. B grades were assigned for public schools, housing and weather, and its lowest grade was C+ for cost of living.

Here are the places in Alexandria with top 200 rankings. More data from Niche is available by clicking on each neighborhood.

46. Taylor Run

69. Potomac Yard/Potomac Greens

74. Eisenhower East

76. Northeast Alexandria

89. Braddock Road Metro

90. Old Town North

102. Potomac West/Del Ray

105. Landmark

109. Old Town

116. Alexandria City

120. North Ridge/Rosemont

127. Seminary Hill

161. Alexandria West

View the full Niche list here and full methodology online here.