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38.74° N · 77.72° W · GEOID 5155528

New Baltimore

Fauquier County, Virginia · part of the Washington, DC metro

Limited data core figures borrowed from county or metro: median_gross_rent

VirginiaNew Baltimore, VANew BaltimoreNew Baltimore

The short answer

New Baltimore is home to 11,919 people. Median household income is $189,327 a year and median rent is $1,613 a month, 10.2% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $698,000, about 3.7x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,613
18% above the median place
Median household income
$189,327
136% above the median place
Median home value
$698,000
119% above the median place
Unemployment
1.9%
62% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about New Baltimore

  • The median rent takes only 10.2% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 99% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 195 Virginia places.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 7% a year while rent rose -1.3%, so pay gained on rent more than in 98% of places its size.
  • Unemployment averaged 1.9% over the survey period, lower than in 97% of places its size.
  • 93% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 97% of places its size.
  • The median household earns $189,327 a year, more than in 96% of places its size.
01

Moving to New Baltimore

Fauquier County gains about 8.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in4,604
Moved out4,048
Net+556

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Virginia, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within VirginiaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$100K
Leavers$96K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Fauquier County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.4% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.2% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Fauquier County report $99,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $96,300.
Income you would need
$64,500 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,613 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,017 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $698,000.
Getting to work
37 minutes each way on average; 24.0% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Hillsdale, NJ matches it on character. Compare the two
Income of households moving out6
$96,285
37% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
8.5
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6
$99,638
41% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureNew BaltimoreAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.4%6% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.2%40% below
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure8.5above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$99,63841% above
Income of households moving out6County figure$96,28537% above
02

What it costs to live here

Rent to income is 10.2%, 50% below the median place.

New Baltimore10.2%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$64,520
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
10.2%
50% below the median place
Home price to income
3.7x
3% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
10%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$169,300
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Homeownership1
93.3%
40% above the median place
Median home value1
$698,000
119% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$3,017
61% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureNew BaltimoreAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1County figure$1,61318% above
Rent to income110.2%50% below
Property tax rate10.8%15% below
Home price to income13.7x3% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure108.98% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,43851% above
Property tax paid (median)1$5,34064% above
Median home value1$698,000119% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure6.6%106% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure48.9%5% below
Homeownership193.3%40% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure40.2%20% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,01761% above
Vacant homes1County figure6.6%6% below
Median year built119981% above
03

Work and pay

Unemployment is 1.9%, 62% below the median place.

Unemployment1
1.9%
62% below the median place
Median household income1
$189,327
136% above the median place
Mean commute1
37 min
47% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Poverty rate4.0% −62%
Income per person$66,735 +67%
Works from home24.0% +93%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureNew BaltimoreAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$189,327136% above
Income per person1$66,73567% above
Unemployment11.9%62% below
Average annual pay5County figure$67,9823% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure4.0%8% above
Jobs5County figure23,92084% below
Poverty rate14.0%62% below
Mean commute137 min47% above
Works from home124.0%93% above
Commutes by transit1County figure0.7%20% below
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 97.5%, 6% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
97.5%
6% above the median place
Household size1
3.1
25% above the median place
High school or higher1
97.2%
5% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher59.8% +87%
Median age41.1 +5%
Born abroad7.7% −12%
All 8 people measures
MeasureNew BaltimoreAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population111,9193611th largest
Median age141.15% above
Bachelor's or higher159.8%87% above
High school or higher197.2%5% above
Household size13.125% above
Born abroad17.7%12% below
No health insurance1County figure6.2%3% below
Homes with broadband197.5%6% above
05

Life in New Baltimore

The nearest National Park Service site is Manassas National Battlefield Park, about 11 miles away.

2 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark. Its history on Wikipedia

  • New Baltimore Historic District listed 2004
  • Mount Hope listed 2006

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents12.6 +24%
Playgrounds per 10k8.4 −11%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k7.5 −32%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails4 km +95%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Manassas National Battlefield Park 11 miles
  • Prince William Forest Park 21 miles
  • Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts 28 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars16.0 −23%
Shops27.4 −10%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.2 +27%
Doctors' offices and clinics14.1 −30%
Child care centers1.7 −26%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public schools11
1
89% below the median place
Public school students11
525
89% below the median place
Nearest National Park Service site9
11.3
63% below the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureNew BaltimoreAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11189% below
Public school students1152589% below
Students per teacher1115.93% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure16.023% below
Shops per 10k7County figure27.410% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure5.227% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure14.130% below
Child care centers per 10k7County figure1.726% below
Parks per 10k812.624% above
Playgrounds per 10k88.411% below
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k87.532% below
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails83.995% above
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site911.363% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles940above (median 2)
National Register listings10285% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 97.6%, 42% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached New Baltimore. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days14
97.6%
42% above the median place
Tornado risk13
16.5
80% below the median place
Median air quality index14
34
21% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureNew BaltimoreAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure87°F0% below
January average low12County figure25°F2% below
Average temperature12County figure55°F0% above
Annual precipitation12County figure43.3 in1% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure47.748% below
Hurricane risk13County figure72.12% above
Tornado risk13County figure16.580% below
Wildfire risk13County figure34.843% below
Heat wave risk13County figure62.631% below
Median air quality index14County figure3421% below
Good air days14County figure97.6%42% above
08

New Baltimore in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 12% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 13% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$2,020/mo (2024)$2,500/mo$2,050 to $3,050/mo+3.6%
Median household income$189,327 (2024)$242,000$204,500 to $286,500+4.2%
Median home value$698,000 (2024)$999,000$725,000 to $1,376,000+6.2%

The median home would be worth 4.1 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like New Baltimore

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Hillsdale, NJ$1,764$186,688Compare
Severna Park, MD$1,699$169,953Compare
Poolesville, MD$1,831$205,919Compare
Middletown, MD$1,813$173,333Compare
Middletown, MDPoolesville, MDSeverna Park, MDHillsdale, NJNew Baltimore, VANew BaltimoreHillsdaleNew BaltimoreHillsdale

Common questions

Is New Baltimore a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. The median rent takes only 10.2% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 99% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 195 Virginia places. Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 7% a year while rent rose -1.3%, so pay gained on rent more than in 98% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 97 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is New Baltimore expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 10.2% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $698,000.

What salary do you need to live in New Baltimore?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $64,520 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to New Baltimore?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Hillsdale, NJ, Severna Park, MD, Poolesville, MD and Middletown, MD.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares New Baltimore with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for New Baltimore itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/new-baltimore-virginia

Citytistics. “New Baltimore, Virginia.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/new-baltimore-virginia/

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