Maybe the best way to evaluate what it’s like to live in Loudoun is to ask the people who live here. A 2005 survey of residents reported that 91 percent of respondents rated Loudoun’s quality of life as good or excellent. The county offers:

• A fast-growing, young, family-oriented, highly educated, affluent population (the county consistently ranks among the top in the nation for household median income)

• Ranked 5th for Quality-of-Life among all U.S. counties in a national study conducted by American City Business Journals, Inc.

• A breadth of housing options including clean, contemporary master-planned communities, historic town homes, and rural estates

• Schools consistently among the best in the state and nation

• Beautiful landscape, open countryside

• Our unique geography provides a full spectrum of amenities including hotels, shopping and dining opportunities in the suburban east to wineries, bed-and-breakfasts, pick-your-own fruit and vegetable gardens, historic small-town shops, and equestrian facilities in the rural west.