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What are the crime rate and median income in Reston, VA?
Its median household earns $148,710 and the median home value is $642,000. About 64,414 people live in Reston.
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Road work: October 11, 2026.
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What is the crime rate in Reston?
Reston is an unincorporated community (a Census-designated place), so it has no city police department of its own; crime here is reported by county agencies and counted on the county page.
How does Reston compare with Virginia?
Households in Reston have a median income of $148,710 (Virginia: $93,170). Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $642,000, and half of renters pay more than $2,231 a month. About 64,414 people live on 15 square miles of land, roughly 4,198 per square mile. The city lies in Fairfax County.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Reston | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 64,414 | 8,705,170 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $148,710 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $642,000 | $383,700 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $2,231 | $1,579 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 5.0% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9.9% | 12.5% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 72.0% | 42.2% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 60.6% | 67.3% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 40.1 | 39.0 | 38.9 |
What environmental sites and hazards are in Reston?
The National Inventory of Dams lists 7 high-hazard dams in Reston. 1 is rated Poor or Unsatisfactory in condition, 6 Satisfactory or Fair. The two tallest are Lake Thoreau Dam (56 ft) and Lake Anne Dam (47 ft). “High hazard” describes what lies downstream (people would probably die if the dam failed), not how likely the dam is to fail.
Fairfax County carries a “Relatively High” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. Among the hazards we show, the highest-rated are river flooding (Relatively High) and heat waves (Relatively High). The index compares counties with each other and also weighs how vulnerable and resilient a community is, so it is a long-run estimate, not a forecast.
Is there road construction in Reston?
The state DOT feed had no interstate, U.S. or state highway work zones in Reston city limits on October 11, 2026. Some states publish only part of their road work in open feeds, so check the state's 511 site before you travel. The map's layer refreshes every morning.
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How many schools, nursing homes and parks are in or near Reston?
Federal school lists place 11 public and 10 private schools within Reston. Within about 15 miles: Park Service units in the area: Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Clara Barton National Historic Site, Manassas National Battlefield Park and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. 1 state park or recreation area: Seneca Creek State Park.
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Reston
Gun shops
No gun shops with a public storefront are on the map inside the Reston city limits. There is 1 licensed dealer without a public storefront (not shown).
Liquor stores
2 liquor stores are on the map inside the Reston city limits: Virginia ABC and Virginia ABC (Reston). Virginia has no complete public liquor licence list we can use, so this count also draws on OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps and may miss some stores or include closed ones.
Planned Parenthood
There is no Planned Parenthood health center inside the Reston city limits on the map.
See them on the map: liquor stores →
Sources: ATF licensee list (Sept 2026); state liquor licence lists, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (non-official; partial in some states); HHS Title X directory and CMS NPPES.
Common questions
What is the median household income in Reston?
$148,710 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024), compared with $93,170 for Virginia.
How much do homes cost in Reston?
The median value of owner-occupied homes is $642,000 (Census ACS 2020-2024), against $383,700 statewide.
What natural hazards affect Reston?
Fairfax County carries a “Relatively High” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. Among the hazards we show, the highest-rated are river flooding (Relatively High) and heat waves (Relatively High).
Nearby cities
Centreville, VA (9 mi) · Bethesda, MD (13 mi) · Rockville, MD (14 mi) · Arlington, VA (14 mi) · Gaithersburg, MD (16 mi) · Germantown, MD (16 mi)
More: Virginia statewide numbers · county page: Fairfax County · Sex-offender registry search (NSOPW)
Where do these numbers come from?
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, agency counts 2021-2025 (Return A); state and national rates: FBI estimated crimes.
- Income, housing, education: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013 (median household income) and related tables, for the Census place Reston CDP.
- Land area: Census 2024 Gazetteer. Hazards: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores (county level).
- Superfund: U.S. EPA, Superfund site boundaries and NPL status (October 2026). Dams: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Inventory of Dams (public map service, October 2026).
- Work zones: State departments of transportation, via the U.S. DOT Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) and state 511 feeds; refreshed every morning (snapshot October 11, 2026).
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE public school locations 2024-25; budgets: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE Private School geocodes (Private School Survey 2023-24). Nursing homes: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Provider Information and Penalties (September 2026).
- Parks: USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US 4.1); state park agencies' open data (CA, NY, PA, TN, TX, FL, NJ, KY, HI, UT, MT and others); OpenStreetMap contributors for some hours, phones, fees and camping; U.S. National Park Service: unit boundaries (Land Resources Division), Acreage Report (Sept 30, 2026), park pages on nps.gov (hours, fees), Visitor Use Statistics (2025).
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