McLean, Virginia.
Typical home $1,451,379 (+3.1% in a year), asking rent $2,732 (+2.8%). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,911 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $43,793 +3%
- $1,407,586$1,451,379 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $307,102 +27%
- $1,144,277$1,451,379 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.
- McLean$7,618
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in McLean, VA rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in McLean, VA rose 2.8% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Owning the typical home in McLean runs $7,656/mo more than renting one — the widest that gap has been in this data.
That is $10,388 a month against $2,732 rent: a $7,618 mortgage payment, plus $1,216 property tax and $1,554 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — McLean
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$10,388
- Renting$2,732
- Mortgage only$7,618
Property tax · $1,216/mo 1.01% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Fairfax County, VA
Insurance & upkeep · $1,554/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 McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia
McLean, in Fairfax County, had 50,773 people in the 2020 census. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Fairfax County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the 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. McLean is a community in Fairfax County, Virginia, with a population on the older side and incomes well above those of most of the country. Nearly all adults hold a four-year degree, and very few residents live below the poverty line. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values and rents are high.
Work. Residents work mostly in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, in government, and in banking, insurance and property. Among the largest workplaces in McLean are the Farm Credit Administration, Giant and the Federal Highway Administration. Many people work from home, and the typical commute is a moderate one.
Things to do. For a day out, the museums and memorials of the National Mall area are a short drive away. The Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History are among the museums, and the National Mall is a long park lined with monuments. The Washington Monument is a short drive away too. Winters are cold with a little snow each year, summers are warm, and rain falls steadily through the year.
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- 17,147households
- 84%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 38%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 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 68°. About 6 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dalecarlia Rsvr weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in McLean
- Farm Credit AdministrationFederal government154
- GiantGrocery stores137
- Sunrise Senior Living, LLC.Assisted living99
- Federal Highway AdministrationFederal government · Department of Transportation87
- Chesterbrook ResidencesAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities75
- Sunrise Senior Living, LLC.Assisted living72
- Acme MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores68
- Matrix InternationalEngineering services62
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 842 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 moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in McLean’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.
McLean home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- McLean$1,451,379
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 McLean listings, and the typical home goes pending in 22 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.
- McLean25.58%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- McLean22
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- McLean247
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- McLean69
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- McLean$1,262,025
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- McLean98.25%
Zip codes with a McLean address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls McLean — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in McLean
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22101 | McLean | 30,953 | $3,734 | $1,666,581 |
| 22102 | McLean | 29,184 | $2,684 | $822,717 |