Herndon, Virginia.
Typical home $722,139 (+0.8% in a year), asking rent $2,382 (+1.0%). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,824 (+93%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,873 +1%
- $716,266$722,139 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $104,873 +17%
- $617,266$722,139 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Herndon$3,790
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Herndon, VA rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Herndon, VA rose 1.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Herndon runs $2,787/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $2,925 in Jan 2025.
That is $5,169 a month against $2,382 rent: a $3,790 mortgage payment, plus $605 property tax and $773 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Herndon
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$5,169
- Renting$2,382
- Mortgage only$3,790
Property tax · $605/mo 1.01% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Fairfax County, VA
Insurance & upkeep · $773/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia
Herndon is a town of 24,655 people in Fairfax County. Half its households earn more than $148,000 a year and half less, against $153,637 across Fairfax County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Herndon was 3.1% in August 2026, and Fairfax County had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington region. Residents are somewhat younger than in much of the country, and household incomes are a little below the county's, though well above what many places see. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values and rents are high, in keeping with the rest of Northern Virginia. A large share of adults hold a four-year degree, and commutes are on the longer side, with a fair number of people working from home.
Work. Many residents work in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants and hotels, and in the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Herndon are Everfox Holdings, a custom software company, GAP Solutions, a management consulting firm, and The Boeing Company. Unemployment is low and has barely changed from a year ago, while jobs across Fairfax County have dipped slightly.
Things to do. The closest big draw is the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a museum of aviation and space a short drive away. A longer drive takes you into Washington, to the National Mall and the Smithsonian's museums, including the National Museum of Natural History. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers are warm, so the Mall suits the milder seasons best.
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- 7,796households
- 53%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 21%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fairfax County had 634,638 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 21 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington Dc Dulles Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Herndon
- Everfox HoldingsApplications software programming services, custom computer615
- GAP SolutionsAdministrative management consulting services539
- The Boeing CompanyBroadcast equipment, for radio and television, manufacturing299
- TransdevLocal transit system242
- Transportation Security AdministrationFederal government · Department of Homeland Security185
- Smartronix - HerndonSystems integration design services, computer168
- Cyberspace SolutionsSecurity consulting services163
- Q International Courier LLC. HRVCouriers express delivery services158
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,161 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of HerndonRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Herndon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Fairfax County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Herndon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Herndon$722,139
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Herndon listings, and the typical home goes pending in 18 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Herndon30.13%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Herndon18
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Herndon188
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Herndon80
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Herndon$691,012
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Herndon100.10%
Zip codes with a Herndon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Herndon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Herndon
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20171 | Herndon | 51,286 | $2,384 | $799,118 |
| 20170 | Herndon | 43,866 | $2,388 | $687,904 |