Manassas Park city area

Manassas Park city, Virginia covers 3.026 square miles: 3.025 square miles of land and 0.001 square miles of water. An estimated 16,560 people lived there in 2025.

Official Census measurements · GEOID 516852026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area3.025 mi²
Water area0.001 mi²
Population (2025)16,560
People per mi²5,474

County outline

Generalized outline of Manassas Park city, Virginia
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Manassas Park city is located

Manassas Park city highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 100% of Manassas Park city’s measured area and water for 0%. Its combined area converts to 7.8 square kilometers or approximately 1,937 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land3.0257.8351,936
Water0.0010.0030.6
Total3.0267.8371,936.6

How Manassas Park city compares

By original Census land area, Manassas Park city ranks #131 of 133 in Virginia and #3220 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.01 times the Virginia county-equivalent median of 310 square miles. It accounts for 0% of the combined county land area in the state.

See the complete Virginia ranking · What counts as a county equivalent?

Population and density of Manassas Park city

The Census Bureau estimates that 16,560 people lived in Manassas Park city on July 1, 2025. That ranks #2,066 of 3,222 county equivalents nationally and #91 of 133 in Virginia. Since the April 1, 2020 estimates base of 17,217, the population has declined by 657 (−3.8%), compared with +2.9% for Virginia as a whole.

With 3 square miles of land, that is 5,474 people per square mile (2,114 per km²), placing Manassas Park city #19 nationally for density and #4 in Virginia. The median county equivalent has 47 people per square mile; the Virginia median is 109. Put another way, there are about 0.117 acres of land per resident.

Estimated population, 2020–2025 · line scaled to this county’s own range
July 1202020212022202320242025
Estimate17,16117,09216,62816,31616,42816,560
Change—−69−464−312+112+132

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. Estimates are revised each year and are not decennial census counts. Density divides the whole population by the whole county’s land area, so it describes an average, not how settlement is distributed within the county. Population sources and methods.

Cities and towns in Manassas Park city

Every resident of Manassas Park city lives within Manassas Park city. The city and the county equivalent cover the same territory, 3.025 square miles of land in the 2026 place Gazetteer, so there are no separate towns or unincorporated areas to list.

Metropolitan area

Manassas Park city is a central county of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, in the Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV metropolitan division. Its 23 county equivalents have 6,465,724 residents on 6,033.7 square miles of land; Manassas Park city accounts for 0.1% of the land and 0.3% of the residents. By combined land it ranks #35 of 393 metropolitan areas, and #7 by population. It belongs to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.

County equivalentPopulation 2025Land mi²
Fairfax County1,167,873391
Montgomery CountyMaryland1,074,582493.1
Prince George's CountyMaryland970,374482.6
District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia693,64561.1
Prince William County502,966335.3
Loudoun County449,749515.7
Frederick CountyMaryland302,883660.7
Arlington County243,93126
Charles CountyMaryland176,593457.8
Stafford County170,803268.5
Alexandria city160,66214.9
Spotsylvania County155,388401.9
Fauquier County76,503648
Jefferson CountyWest Virginia63,102209.3
Culpeper County57,666379.2
Manassas city44,3329.8
Warren County42,740214.6
Fredericksburg city30,39310.5
Fairfax city26,7726.2
Manassas Park city16,5603
Clarke County15,609176
Falls Church city15,1592
Rappahannock County7,439266.4

ZIP codes

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area has land in Manassas Park city; 0 of them have most of their land inside the county, and the others mainly cover neighboring areas.

20111

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas, from the 2020 Census relationship files. Lighter codes have less than half of their land in this county. Post-office-box and single-address ZIP Codes have no tabulation area.

Counties bordering Manassas Park city

Manassas Park city shares a land border with 2 county equivalents. Each of them has more land than Manassas Park city. The largest neighbor is Prince William County (335.3 mi²) and the smallest is Manassas city (9.8 mi²). Together with its neighbors, Manassas Park city forms a block of 348.1 mi² of land, of which it holds 0.9%.

Map of Manassas Park city and the 2 county equivalents that border it Prince William County, Virginia: 335.3 mi² landManassas city, Virginia: 9.8 mi² land
Manassas Park city (dark) and its bordering county equivalents. Select a neighbor to open its profile. Drawn from the 2025 Census cartographic boundaries in an equal-area projection. How borders are determined.
Bordering county equivalentLand mi²Size vs. Manassas Park cityCompare
Prince William County335.3110.8× largerCompare
Manassas city9.83.3× largerCompare

How big is Manassas Park city compared with U.S. states?

Manassas Park city has less land than any of the 50 states. Rhode Island, the smallest state by land area, has 1,033.9 mi², about 342 times as much. Virginia’s county land could hold about 13,052 areas the size of Manassas Park city.

Land area: Manassas Park city and the closest-sized states
Manassas Park city3 mi²
Rhode Island1,033.9 mi²

Another way to picture it: the same land area would fill a square about 1.74 miles (2.8 km) on each side. Real county shapes are rarely square, so this is a scale reference rather than a width or driving distance.

State figures are the sums of each state’s county-equivalent land measurements in the same Census release, so states and counties are compared on the same basis. Published state totals can differ slightly because of rounding. Compare all states · Counties bigger than entire states.

What stands out about Manassas Park city?

Manassas Park city has more land than 2 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Manassas Park city3 mi²
Virginia median310 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Manassas Park city at #3,220 nationally by total area, the same position as its land rank. Changing the area definition does not change its position in this release.

Its water share is 0%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 1.1 percentage points lower. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Manassas Park city in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#3219Cataño Municipio, Puerto Rico4.8Compare
#3220Manassas Park city, Virginia3This county
#3221Lexington city, Virginia2.5Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 38.769423, -77.440263. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 7,835,186 m²; AWATER: 1,609 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How big is Manassas Park city?

Manassas Park city, Virginia has 3.025 square miles (7.8 km²) of land and 0.001 square miles of water, for a total area of 3.026 square miles. It ranks #3220 of 3,222 U.S. county equivalents by land area.

Is Manassas Park city the largest county in Virginia?

No. Manassas Park city ranks #131 of 133 in Virginia by land area. The largest is Pittsylvania County, with 969 square miles of land.

What counties border Manassas Park city?

Manassas Park city shares a land border with Prince William County and Manassas city.

What is the population of Manassas Park city?

The Census Bureau estimates Manassas Park city had 16,560 residents on July 1, 2025, ranking #2,066 of 3,222 county equivalents. That is 5,474 people per square mile of land.

Is Manassas Park city part of a metropolitan area?

Yes. It is a central county of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has 23 county equivalents and 6,465,724 residents.

How many ZIP codes are in Manassas Park city?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area has land in Manassas Park city, and 0 of them have most of their land inside the county. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate USPS ZIP Code areas.

How does Manassas Park city compare with U.S. states?

It has less land than every state. Rhode Island, the smallest, has 341.8 times as much land.

How many acres of land are in Manassas Park city?

The land measurement converts to approximately 1,936 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 1,937 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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