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Manassas Park, VA (independent city): population growth, jobs and income

Manassas Park gained 132 residents between 2024 and 2025 (+0.8%).

Manassas Park had an estimated 16,560 residents in 2025, down 3.5% (601 fewer people) since 2020. That is slower than Virginia as a whole (+2.8%), and the 125th fastest growth of 133 counties in Virginia.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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  • Median gross rent$2,146/mo2020–24
  • Vacant homes, incl. seasonal and second homes6.8%2020–24
  • New homes permitted, last 12 months612025-10/2026-09
  • Rent growth, 5 yearsIn the report
  • Permits in 5+ unit buildingsIn the report
  • IRS income moving in (net AGI)In the report
  • Neighbouring-county comparison tableIn the report

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Headline numbers

New homes permitted

8

2025

0.5 per 1,000 residents

Small base: the change swings on a few homes or people, so we don't show it.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2025. Housing units authorized by building permits in the year.

What the numbers say

Net domestic migration was negative in 2025: 21 more people moved out to other U.S. counties than moved in.

Private employers had 3,201 paid employees in mid-March 2023, −1.6% since 2018 (County Business Patterns).

Unemployment averaged 3.0% in 2025, 0.9 points higher than in 2019 (before the pandemic).

Builders were authorized to start 8 new homes in 2025, or 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Median household income was $103,250 in the 2020–24 American Community Survey, +26.5% since 2016–20.

Across the 3,107 U.S. counties with a comparable estimate, its population growth ranks 2,751st.

Part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area.

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Manassas Park city population by year

Resident population, July 1 estimate (Census Bureau)
YearPopulationChange
202516,560+132
202416,428+112
202316,316−312
202216,628−464
202117,092−69
202017,161–

Census Bureau population estimates, July 1 of each year.

What drove the change in Manassas Park city

Manassas Park city lost 601 people since 2020; the biggest drag was domestic migration (−1,211).

Components of population change, people (Census Bureau)
Component20252020–25Share
Natural changebirths minus deaths−27−109
International migrationfrom and to other countries+179+684
Domestic migrationfrom and to other U.S. counties−21−1,211
Census adjustmentbalancing residual+1+35
Total change+132−601

Census Bureau population estimates, components of change, each year July 1 to June 30. The components add up to the change in the estimate; the Census adjustment is the small balancing figure the Bureau publishes.

How it ranks

MeasureIn VirginiaAmong U.S. counties
Population growth125th of 1332,751st of 3,107
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents109th of 1332,116th of 3,108
Private-sector job growth88th of 1332,105th of 3,092
Median household income22nd of 133141st of 3,107
Lowest unemployment rate23rd of 133446th of 3,108
New homes permitted per 1,000 residents123rd of 1322,434th of 3,005

1st = highest (lowest for unemployment). Counties are ranked only against others with a figure for the same period.

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Neighbouring counties

Manassas Park lost population faster than all 2 of its neighbouring counties (−3.5%, 2020–25).

Its median household income ($103,250, 2020–24) is lower than in all 2 of its neighbouring counties.

Manassas Park city, VA and its 2 neighbouring counties: public federal figures
CountyPopulation2025Population change2020–25Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2025Homes permitted per 1,000 residents2025Median household income2020–24
Manassas Park, VA This county16,560−3.5%−1.30.5$103,250
Prince William County, VA502,966+4.2%−6.12.7$131,402
Manassas, VA44,332+3.8%−16.52.6$113,590

Census Bureau population estimates and building permits, American Community Survey 5-year income. Rates per 1,000 residents. – means no figure, or a base too small for a change or rate (it would swing on a few people). A figure from another period shows its year and is left out of the comparison.

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Questions

Is Manassas Park growing?

No. Its population fell 3.5% between 2020 and 2025, about 601 fewer people (Census Bureau population estimates). Virginia as a whole changed +2.8% over the same years. That ranks 125th of 133 counties in Virginia for population growth.

How many people moved to Manassas Park?

On net, none in 2025: about 21 more people moved out to other U.S. counties than moved in (Census Bureau net domestic migration estimate).

What is the unemployment rate in Manassas Park?

It averaged 3.0% in 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, annual average).

What is the population of Manassas Park?

About 16,560 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimate for July 1, 2025.

How many jobs are in Manassas Park?

Private employers there had 3,201 paid employees in mid-March 2023, −1.6% since 2018 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns; government jobs and the self-employed are not counted).

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Sources and method

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