Triangle, Virginia.
Typical home $566,585 (+0.5% in a year). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,527 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,896 +1%
- $563,689$566,585 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,121 +17%
- $483,464$566,585 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.
- Triangle$2,974
- 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 Triangle, VA rose 0.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Triangle, Stafford County, Virginia
Triangle, in Stafford County, had 9,589 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $109,693 a year and half less, against $137,807 across Stafford County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Stafford County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 11.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Triangle is a small community in Stafford County, Virginia, with a fairly young population. Incomes here run below the county's, and most homes are lived in by their owners. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and typical home values are well above what many people expect for a small town.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in government, or in shops. Across Stafford County, Stafford County Public Schools, Amazon and Stafford Hospital are among the largest workplaces. Commutes are long, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Several well-known museums and memorials are a longer drive away. They include the National Mall, a park lined with memorials, and the National Air and Space Museum. The Smithsonian Institution, a large museum, is also within reach for a day trip. Winters are cold with some snow, and summers are warm.
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- 3,312households
- 41%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 39 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Stafford County had 51,229 jobs in 2025, 11.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 71°. About 12 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Quantico Mcas weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Stafford County
- Stafford County Public SchoolsSchool district4,861FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,210
- DHL Supply ChainMotor freight transportation and warehousing637
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services423
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters391
- Stafford HospitalGeneral hospital368FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters330
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters294
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 90 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 11,070 people in all across the county; Triangle has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Triangle’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Stafford County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Triangle home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Triangle$566,585
- 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 Triangle listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Triangle39.70%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Triangle28
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Triangle8
Zip codes with a Triangle address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Triangle — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.