The name, “Springfield” brings to mind an everything-at-your-doorstep community where everyone from the local grocer to the post office staff knows your name, a Main Street town with American flags waving proudly from homes and businesses, and potted flowers at every door.
To be sure, Springfield, VA, 14 miles from downtown, Washington, DC; one-half hour by Metro Subway during rush hour, offers both a classic American community and the amenities of life near a modern metropolis.
Buy one of the Springfield, VA, condos for sale and you’ll own real estate in a family town, rising along with DC’s solid economy, but affordable. Lease one of the Springfield, VA, condominiums for rent and you’ll fit right in with your neighbors. Rent a Springfield, condo for vacation accommodations and you’ll enjoy quiet times just footsteps from DC and Northern VA prime nightclubs, dining, theater, concerts and more.
Springfield’s “mixing bowl” centers I-95; 495, the Capital Beltway; and I-395, to, respectively, points north and south of Virginia, other locations in suburban Maryland and Virginia; and to Alexandria, and it’s waterfront in Old Town; and Washington’s Capitol area.
Take 495 east to Maryland’s Oxon Hill and nearby farmland and horseback riding. Or, branch off to 295 to head north to Bolling Air Force Base. You’ll be 11 miles from Woodbridge, VA, and adjacent Occoquan Bay and Potomac Mills’ shopping outlets. Historic Fredericksburg, now considered the southern-most hub of metro DC in Virginia is 1 hour from Springfield, VA, condos for sale.
National Airport is 11 miles away; Dulles International double that.
Rolling plush green carpets in Northern Virginia provide outdoor/indoor concert venues, such as at the Nissan Pavilion off of I-66 from 495/Beltway or Wolf Trap off the Dulles Toll Road from the Beltway. Fine arts can be savored in luxury throughout the arts season at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University.
Join one of a variety of swim clubs when you make a Springfield, VA, condominium for sale your home. Membership is also available for residents who lease a Springfield, VA, condo for rent as are short-term options for those renting a Springfield, VA, condo for vacation. Or, take classes at the nearby division of Northern Virginia Community College or George Mason University.
In DC, Springfield is a destination for its large mall filled with affordable national anchor retailers, multi-screen movie theaters and family dining from national and local chains to ethnic mom-and-pops.
An unincorporated community in Fairfax County, consistently rated as one of the most affluent in the country, Springfield is a diverse mix of 30,000 residents. Median family income is $74,000. One-third include children under age 18; eight percent were made up of singles 65 years or older.
Not far from the Pentagon and Fort Belvoir, you’ll find a military population as well as teachers, computer engineers, sales specialists and many commuting to Washington for work while others use flex-time or work at home.
A lawn community, the Springfield, VA, real estate and Springfield, VA, condos for rent sport lush grass in mid- and high-rise buildings as well as converted town homes. Enjoy the Farmers’ Market, Fairfax County trails and streams, a solid school system, senior and single activities, community groups, special events and more when you buy a Springfield, VA, condo for sale. |
