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Southern Gateway is a small town of 2,771 people in Stafford County, Virginia. It's about 47 miles from Washington, DC. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $345k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,771people
$345kTypical home
$2,073/moRent
88° / 45°Summer / winter
11"Snow
238Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,771
- Part of a metro area
- About 862 people per sq mi
- 47 mi to Washington, DC
- 47 mi to Washington, DC
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $345k (≈$2,173/mo)
- Median rent $2,073/mo
- Median household income $95k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (84 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (175 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (639 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 36% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to IAD airport
- 42 mi to IAD (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 223 ft
- 9 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 68 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 346 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 58 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of Virginia districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Stafford County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Virginia: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk