Living in Woodbridge, VA

When you're living in Woodbridge, you won't have to go far for a little retail therapy. The community is home to Virginia's largest outlet mall, which also contains an 18-screen movie theater. The streets surrounding the mall are lined with retailers, big box stores, and a large selection of chain restaurants.

However, Woodbridge, Virginia, is far from a concrete jungle. This town has several beautiful parks, including the stunning Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which offers visitors more than 3 miles of hiking trails. Woodbridge is also home to Leesylvania State Park, a local treasure situated on the Potomac River. At Leesylvania, you can enjoy a variety of activities, including fishing, hiking and boating.

Woodbridge is also a great place to live for baseball lovers, as the home field for the Potomac Nationals minor league team is located in a Woodbridge neighborhood.

You'll find a number of communities that are in Woodbridge itself or that bear a Woodbridge address, including Belmont at the Bay. This waterfront neighborhood, which is located at the confluence of the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, offers a mix of condos, single-family homes, and townhomes. You can also find homes for sale in Woodbridge in the Lake Ridge neighborhood.

Overall, Woodbridge real estate is a healthy mix of small, older homes, and newer planned communities filled with large single-family houses and townhomes. Because housing prices in Woodbridge are lower than they are in suburbs closer to D.C., this community is popular with first-time buyers as well as homeowners looking to get a little more bang for their housing buck.

Commuters living in Woodbridge, Virginia, enjoy easy access to Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. You can also find commuter lots for bus service to D.C. in this suburb. Additionally, Woodbridge also has two stations where you can catch either an Amtrak or Virginia Railway Express train.