The 10 Snobbiest Places In Virginia For 2025


The Snobbiest places in Virginia are Vienna and Falls Church for 2025 based on Saturday Night Science.

There are all types when it comes to being a snob in Virginia. You’ve got your Wine Snobs, Book Snobs, and, of course, Clothes Snobs. Then there are the Technology Snobs, Car Snobs, and yes, even City Snobsas in, I’m better than you because I live in (insert snooty city here).

How can we tell which Virginia cities are the snobbiest? By measuring snobby things, that’s how.

We used Saturday Night Science to look at things like expensive homes, high incomes, and overly educated populations by city in Virginia. These are the criteria you’d argue with a friend over a foodie dinner about who’s snobbier.

After analyzing 63 of the state’s most populous areas over 5,000 people, we came up with this ranking of the ten snobbiest places in the state of Virginia.

The Virginian in these places aren’t snobby, they just know they’re better than you.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


Snobbiest Cities In Virginia Map

Don’t freak out.

What’s the snobbiest place in Virginia? The snobbiest place in Virginia is Vienna based on the data. If we had their wealth and lifestyle, we’d probably be a little snobby, too.

The most laid back? That would be Richlands.

We’re not so full of ourselves as to make this ranking up from nowhere. So here’s a look at the top ten and more on how we did it. And if you’re curious, Virginia is the 6th snobbiest in the United States.

For more Virginia reading, check out:

The 10 Snobbiest Places In Virginia For 2025

Vienna, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Idawriter | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 16,369
% Highly Educated: 73.0%
Median Income: $223,571
Median Home Price: $961,100
More on Vienna: Data

Falls Church, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Payton Chung | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 14,593
% Highly Educated: 80.0%
Median Income: $154,734
Median Home Price: $1,005,400
More on Falls Church: Data

Fairfax, VA

Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Population: 24,478
% Highly Educated: 63.0%
Median Income: $132,774
Median Home Price: $677,400
More on Fairfax: Data

Alexandria, VA

Source: Wikipedia User ALXCHO | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Population: 156,788
% Highly Educated: 66.0%
Median Income: $113,638
Median Home Price: $696,800
More on Alexandria: Data

Purcellville, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Scott Harris | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 8,974
% Highly Educated: 58.0%
Median Income: $162,981
Median Home Price: $594,000
More on Purcellville: Data

Leesburg, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Wallygva | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 48,788
% Highly Educated: 56.0%
Median Income: $140,668
Median Home Price: $617,700
More on Leesburg: Data

Herndon, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Dion Hinchcliffe | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Population: 24,529
% Highly Educated: 50.0%
Median Income: $141,418
Median Home Price: $568,700
More on Herndon: Data

Poquoson, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Chrisfortier at English Wikipedia | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 12,556
% Highly Educated: 41.0%
Median Income: $120,919
Median Home Price: $403,000
More on Poquoson: Data

Fredericksburg, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 28,383
% Highly Educated: 47.0%
Median Income: $85,368
Median Home Price: $461,500
More on Fredericksburg: Data

Charlottesville, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Billy Hathorn | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10
Population: 45,863
% Highly Educated: 60.0%
Median Income: $69,829
Median Home Price: $448,400
More on Charlottesville: Data

Methodology: How we determined the snobbiest cities in the Old Dominion

Do you think wed just come up with this list willy-nilly? Not a chance – we only use Saturday Night Science around here.

We gathered up all of the places in Virginia with populations of 5,000 people or more. This left us with a total of 63 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria (And no, its not a word. English snob.):

  • Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
  • Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
  • Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)

Incomes and college education levels come from the American Community Survey. Home prices come from Zillow.

Turned out this simple criteria was much better at sniffing out the snobby places then more snobby criteria like:

  • Libaries per capita (Higher is snobbier)
  • Museums per capita (Higher is snobbier)
  • Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)

From there, we ranked each of our 63 places in each category with scores from one to 63. We then averaged each places ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Virginia. So lets all flip a table in honor of Vienna (with our pinkies up, of course.)

Before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, lets remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course, we would.

And it’s not like your real estate agent would ever point out how snobby the town you’re moving to is. We’re here to keep you grounded, even if you’re wearing a monocle.

There You Have It – Now That You’re On Your High Horse

When it comes to snobbery, these places in Virginia are heading ever upward. Residents in these communities are well educated, well paid, and appear to have all the sophisticated culture and entertainment of an Ernst Lubitsch film right at their fingertips.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

The snobbiest cities in Virginia are Vienna, Falls Church, Fairfax, Alexandria, Purcellville, Leesburg, Herndon, Poquoson, Fredericksburg, and Charlottesville.

If you’re also curious enough, here are the most laid back places in Virginia, according to science:

  1. Richlands
  2. Covington
  3. Galax

For more Virginia reading, check out:

Table: The Snobbiest Cities In Virginia For 2025

Rank City Population Median Income Average Home Prices Adult Highly Educated
1 Vienna, VA 16,369 $223,571 $961,100 73.0%
2 Falls Church, VA 14,593 $154,734 $1,005,400 80.0%
3 Fairfax, VA 24,478 $132,774 $677,400 63.0%
4 Alexandria, VA 156,788 $113,638 $696,800 66.0%
5 Purcellville, VA 8,974 $162,981 $594,000 58.0%
6 Leesburg, VA 48,788 $140,668 $617,700 56.0%
7 Herndon, VA 24,529 $141,418 $568,700 50.0%
8 Poquoson, VA 12,556 $120,919 $403,000 41.0%
9 Fredericksburg, VA 28,383 $85,368 $461,500 47.0%
10 Charlottesville, VA 45,863 $69,829 $448,400 60.0%
11 Manassas, VA 42,674 $117,919 $434,700 33.0%
12 Warrenton, VA 10,151 $80,441 $423,500 44.0%
13 Bridgewater, VA 6,650 $81,012 $372,400 49.0%
14 Williamsburg, VA 15,564 $70,206 $393,200 49.0%
15 Virginia Beach, VA 457,066 $90,685 $366,300 40.0%
16 Lexington, VA 7,420 $89,598 $275,300 58.0%
17 Chesapeake, VA 251,153 $94,189 $359,100 36.0%
18 Smithfield, VA 8,729 $110,182 $358,100 35.0%
19 Culpeper, VA 20,437 $91,429 $366,300 30.0%
20 Suffolk, VA 96,638 $90,089 $329,600 32.0%
21 Manassas Park, VA 16,923 $100,668 $381,200 26.0%
22 Blacksburg, VA 45,288 $48,070 $417,200 70.0%
23 Christiansburg, VA 22,820 $75,451 $242,900 47.0%
24 Richmond, VA 227,595 $62,671 $328,100 44.0%
25 Ashland, VA 7,667 $65,000 $272,600 35.0%
26 Winchester, VA 27,981 $64,648 $325,900 32.0%
27 Harrisonburg, VA 51,492 $59,752 $278,200 36.0%
28 Norfolk, VA 235,037 $64,017 $271,900 32.0%
29 Salem, VA 25,477 $66,716 $244,800 31.0%
30 Colonial Heights, VA 18,210 $76,250 $231,700 29.0%
31 Newport News, VA 184,774 $66,718 $243,300 29.0%
32 Staunton, VA 25,765 $62,586 $239,300 35.0%
33 Dumfries, VA 5,749 $78,373 $303,700 18.0%
34 Lynchburg, VA 79,255 $59,808 $211,800 38.0%
35 Hampton, VA 137,334 $67,758 $234,100 27.0%
36 Orange, VA 5,000 $68,833 $252,800 20.0%
37 Abingdon, VA 8,332 $54,976 $217,700 37.0%
38 Franklin, VA 8,212 $65,125 $227,200 27.0%
39 Radford, VA 16,505 $52,791 $211,700 40.0%
40 Front Royal, VA 15,152 $64,025 $284,900 18.0%
41 Woodstock, VA 5,851 $61,364 $248,300 24.0%
42 Waynesboro, VA 22,574 $56,364 $236,600 27.0%
43 Strasburg, VA 7,162 $59,614 $247,300 19.0%
44 Bluefield, VA 5,016 $53,500 $161,100 32.0%
45 Portsmouth, VA 97,299 $58,972 $229,400 24.0%
46 Roanoke, VA 98,677 $52,671 $180,500 29.0%
47 Vinton, VA 8,038 $64,643 $179,400 16.0%
48 Farmville, VA 7,613 $40,282 $223,700 28.0%
49 Buena Vista, VA 6,612 $54,458 $153,500 25.0%
50 Wytheville, VA 8,224 $43,283 $193,000 25.0%
51 Bristol, VA 17,024 $44,706 $168,700 24.0%
52 Petersburg, VA 33,365 $50,741 $157,900 24.0%
53 Big Stone Gap, VA 5,193 $51,059 $169,900 19.0%
54 Marion, VA 5,694 $37,357 $160,600 23.0%
55 Hopewell, VA 22,944 $48,681 $165,100 13.0%
56 Pulaski, VA 8,937 $50,409 $152,800 15.0%
57 South Boston, VA 7,896 $41,102 $157,300 19.0%
58 Danville, VA 42,239 $42,778 $110,200 19.0%
59 Martinsville, VA 13,584 $42,434 $92,500 21.0%
60 Emporia, VA 5,633 $49,375 $131,100 15.0%
61 Galax, VA 6,698 $41,438 $126,800 18.0%
62 Covington, VA 5,671 $42,724 $80,200 9.0%
63 Richlands, VA 5,188 $37,382 $107,300 15.0%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

13 thoughts on “The 10 Snobbiest Places In Virginia For 2025

  1. By Vienna “Art Gallery” you mean the kids drawings hanging up at the Post Office? This list is hilarious. Have you ever even been to any of these places?!

  2. are you kidding? what happened to Middleburg… the snobbiest of all…. pure horse country… Liz Taylor’s old home, etc…..

  3. Fact, none of the stated facts and statistics prove the general attitudes of a community. But if the person who wrote this is from Vienba. Congratulations, you are the snobbiest person I know.

  4. This was so poorly written and researched. All your photos are off Google Images and you say nothing about the offerings of each town itself. All that you conclude are that all of the towns listed are, in fact, “snobby,” as mentioned in the title. Didn’t see that one coming, Nick James from “roadsnacks.net” a website I have never heard of which is the first thing that discredits everything in this article. It doesn’t sound like you’ve even been to Virginia, you just decided to picked a random place to shame people who work extremely hard for their successes and fortunes to call them “snobby.” I hope you’re content with the near 60,000 views you got on this article, even if it was a dishonest way of getting them writing something you know nothing about!

  5. Roadsnacks.net knows nothing about Virginia, Northern Virginia, etc. And why are Middleburg and Charlottesville, VA not on the list? Two of the snootiest places around. Ever hear of UVA?

    1. Totally agree about those two places! Northern VA, especially within fairfax and louden counties, are is a pretty well rounded place overall. There is an issue with people going too fast, and being too stressed out, sometimes too snob and comfortable, and too much of a corporate element. It is an amazing place, where diversity thrives, and issues with racism are so small you will likely never encounter them.

  6. Vienna are you kidding me?? I agree with the other person. I don’t think you have visited some of these places. I lived there for a long time. I live in Richmond now. But Vienna is not snobby. And what about the rest of Virginia???

  7. “… and who needs a million dollar home unless you’re an actor or celebrity”? What kind of idiot (oozing class envy) thinks because you’re a celebrity you NEED a million dollar home? I lived in a rented townhouse in Reston when I was struggling. A friend lived in a working class old neighborhood in Vienna. What a bunch of crap. Written by a cultural Marxist about an area that’s mostly culturally Marxist.

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