The Town Files

The 13 Best Affordable Small Towns for Remote Workers in Virginia

Ranked on The Town Files lifestyle rankings among 121 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Virginia, scoring every town on all of these at once. #1 is Floris, VA.

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Numbers match the ranking.
The 13 Best Affordable Small Towns for Remote Workers in Virginia1. Florisscore 862. Hayfieldscore 833. Woodlakescore 814. Bull Runscore 795. Crosspointescore 796. Aquia Harbourscore 777. Union Millscore 768. Innsbrookscore 759. Wisescore 7310. Lake Wildernessscore 7311. Matoacascore 7312. Shenandoah Farmsscore 7213. Rockwoodscore 71
  1. 13Rockwood, Virginia

    Work from home: 69th percentile · Broadband at home: 80th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    8,685 people · Chesterfield County · median home $354,400 · income $97,992 · Jan low 29°F · 9 in snow

  2. 12Shenandoah Farms, Virginia

    Work from home: 50th percentile · Broadband at home: 80th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 85th percentile

    4,135 people · Warren County · median home $280,700 · income $98,750 · Jan low 24°F · 21 in snow

  3. 11Matoaca, Virginia

    Work from home: 61st percentile · Broadband at home: 95th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    2,655 people · Chesterfield County · median home $251,000 · income $70,174 · Jan low 28°F · 7 in snow

  4. 10Lake Wilderness, Virginia

    Work from home: 50th percentile · Broadband at home: 86th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 84th percentile

    2,960 people · Spotsylvania County · median home $353,100 · income $120,700 · Jan low 25°F · 13 in snow

  5. 9Wise, Virginia

    Work from home: 65th percentile · Broadband at home: 68th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 87th percentile

    2,971 people · Wise County · median home $144,700 · income $53,596 · Jan low 25°F · 47 in snow

  6. 8Innsbrook, Virginia

    Work from home: 93rd percentile · Broadband at home: 70th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    8,998 people · Henrico County · median home $463,500 · income $129,436 · Jan low 27°F · 15 in snow

  7. 7Union Mill, Virginia

    Work from home: 83rd percentile · Broadband at home: 95th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 51st percentile

    4,997 people · Fairfax County · median home $961,400 · income $250,001 · Jan low 23°F · 19 in snow

  8. 6Aquia Harbour, Virginia

    Work from home: 74th percentile · Broadband at home: 75th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 81st percentile

    6,836 people · Stafford County · median home $461,000 · income $152,708 · Jan low 28°F · 12 in snow

  9. 5Crosspointe, Virginia

    Work from home: 91st percentile · Broadband at home: 94th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 51st percentile

    5,722 people · Fairfax County · median home $951,400 · income $250,001 · Jan low 23°F · 13 in snow

  10. 4Bull Run, Virginia

    Work from home: 90th percentile · Broadband at home: 95th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 51st percentile

    6,972 people · Fairfax County · median home $918,700 · income $241,933 · Jan low 25°F · 21 in snow

  11. 3Woodlake, Virginia

    Work from home: 69th percentile · Broadband at home: 90th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 84th percentile

    7,493 people · Chesterfield County · median home $406,800 · income $139,344 · Jan low 28°F · 10 in snow

  12. 2Hayfield, Virginia

    Work from home: 95th percentile · Broadband at home: 86th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 67th percentile

    4,154 people · Fairfax County · median home $677,500 · income $192,250 · Jan low 27°F · 13 in snow

  13. 1Floris, Virginia

    Work from home: 97th percentile · Broadband at home: 95th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 67th percentile

    8,341 people · Fairfax County · median home $872,800 · income $246,058 · Jan low 25°F · 21 in snow

Price vs ranking

Median home value vs ranking, Virginia towns0255075100$84K$327K$570K$813K$1056KMedian home valuePercentile
Orange squares are the 13 towns on this list; green dots are other towns on The Town Files in Virginia.

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Methodology. We ranked 121 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Virginia (2020 Census population; towns with 2,500+ people have pages so far). Lifestyle measures are The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025), shown as percentiles. The combined score is the average of the percentiles shown for each town; a town must be above the middle on every one. Only towns better than 60% of their peers on this measure qualify, so lists can be shorter than 25. Sources: