Manassas Park city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 91 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51685

Within Virginia
Manassas Park city, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Manassas Park city, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
16,560
-601 (-3.5%) since 2020
Land area
3.0
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
5,474
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Manassas Park city
Manassas Park city is its own seat.
Established
1975
50 years ago
Largest city
Manassas Park city
Population 16,560.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Manassas Park city with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Manassas Park city, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
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Where Manassas Park city ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population16,56091st of 1332,002nd of 3,144
Land area3.0 sq mi131st of 1333,142nd of 3,144
Population density5,474 per sq mi4th of 13318th of 3,144
Median household income$103,25022nd of 133141st of 3,143

Full data for Manassas Park city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,560Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,161Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,217Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water arealess than 0.01 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5,474 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$103,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$395,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,193American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,569American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-27
9 births, 36 deaths
Net migration
+158
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 2 areas bordering Manassas Park city

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Prince William CountyVirginia13 mi502,966
Manassas cityVirginia1.1 mi44,332

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.