What is the #1 most diverse cities in virginia?

#	City	Population	Diversity Index
1	Lorton	21,961	0.729
2	Dulles Town Center	5,541	0.723
3	Laurel Hill	7,551	0.717
4	McNair	22,451	0.707
5	Springfield	30,894	0.701
6	County Center	4,233	0.700
7	George Mason	9,954	0.700
8	Arcola	2,858	0.698
9	Lincolnia	19,913	0.698
10	Stone Ridge	16,340	0.689
11	South Riding	34,200	0.687
12	Triangle	11,265	0.686
13	Merrifield	20,549	0.685
14	Leesylvania	22,848	0.684
15	Laurel	18,180	0.679
16	Fair Oaks	35,472	0.677
17	Fort Lee	8,318	0.674
18	Newington	13,824	0.672
19	Franconia	18,141	0.665
20	Tysons	28,022	0.662
21	Centreville	71,885	0.661
22	Bailey's Crossroads	25,458	0.660
23	Fair Lakes	8,617	0.659
24	Amelia Court House	1,192	0.658
25	Moorefield	5,598	0.658
26	Montclair	22,295	0.656
27	Lake Ridge	45,007	0.656
28	Dale City	72,793	0.656
29	Stafford Courthouse	5,780	0.651
30	Potomac Mills	6,122	0.651
31	Annandale	41,982	0.641
32	Oak Grove	2,452	0.640
33	Gainesville	18,036	0.638
34	Passapatanzy	1,015	0.635
35	Brambleton	23,999	0.635
36	Chantilly	23,744	0.634
37	Cherry Hill	23,443	0.634
38	Idylwood	17,469	0.633
39	Exmore	1,742	0.632
40	Kingstowne	17,436	0.632
41	Newport News	184,774	0.629
42	Norfolk	235,037	0.629
43	Piney Mountain	2,478	0.627
44	University Center	4,107	0.626
45	Pimmit Hills	6,395	0.626
46	Falmouth	5,036	0.625
47	Bellwood	8,489	0.625
48	North Springfield	7,511	0.624
49	Huntington	13,250	0.623
50	Loudoun Valley Estates	10,323	0.622
51	Innsbrook	8,559	0.622
52	One Loudoun	3,126	0.621
53	Meadowbrook	20,383	0.621
54	Navy	3,787	0.620
55	Richmond	227,595	0.618
56	Groveton	13,563	0.617
57	Alexandria	156,788	0.612
58	West Springfield	22,905	0.611
59	Dumbarton	8,407	0.609
60	Benns Church	1,443	0.608
61	Newington Forest	12,434	0.606
62	Cascades	12,489	0.606
63	Hampton	137,334	0.606
64	Hopewell	22,944	0.605
65	Sandston	7,011	0.604
66	Martinsville	13,584	0.604
67	Southern Gateway	2,224	0.602
68	Herndon	24,529	0.602
69	Glen Allen	16,630	0.602
70	Hybla Valley	17,877	0.599
71	West Falls Church	30,660	0.597
72	Floris	7,135	0.597
73	South Hill	4,737	0.596
74	Woodburn	10,046	0.596
75	Union Mill	4,351	0.596
76	Kenbridge	1,348	0.595
77	Oakton	36,776	0.595
78	Fairfax	24,478	0.595
79	Culpeper	20,437	0.594
80	Sugarland Run	12,920	0.594
81	Blackstone	3,341	0.593
82	Suffolk	96,638	0.590
83	Manchester	12,347	0.590
84	Fort Belvoir	8,107	0.590
85	Portsmouth	97,299	0.588
86	Chesapeake	251,153	0.586
87	Bull Run	7,513	0.585
88	Wyndham	12,084	0.584
89	Chester	23,519	0.584
90	Onancock	1,323	0.583
91	Arrington	1,084	0.583
92	Fredericksburg	28,383	0.581
93	Rose Hill	21,484	0.581
94	Franklin	8,212	0.581
95	Broadlands	14,673	0.579
96	Ashburn	45,551	0.578
97	Dumfries	5,749	0.578
98	Greenbriar	7,989	0.576
99	Belmont	9,525	0.576
100	Independent Hill	10,217	0.576
101	Enon	4,035	0.575
102	Burke	43,336	0.575
103	Danville	42,239	0.573
104	Tappahannock	1,865	0.573
105	Lake Barcroft	10,678	0.572
106	Mount Vernon	13,120	0.571
107	Roanoke	98,677	0.570
108	Burke Centre	17,447	0.567
109	Haymarket	1,591	0.566
110	University of Virginia	9,159	0.566
111	Bethel Manor	4,512	0.564
112	Woodbridge	43,443	0.563
113	South Run	6,714	0.563
114	Virginia Beach	457,066	0.562
115	Short Pump	28,177	0.560
116	Leesburg	48,788	0.560
117	Dahlgren	3,417	0.558
118	Crosspointe	5,632	0.552
119	Bensley	5,819	0.551
120	Arlington	235,463	0.547
121	Reston	63,542	0.546
122	Twin Lakes	1,794	0.545
123	Goose Creek Village	2,519	0.543
124	Manassas Park	16,923	0.543
125	Lakeside	12,845	0.543
126	Seven Corners	9,171	0.542
127	Bassett	1,020	0.541
128	Wakefield	12,024	0.540
129	Gretna	1,275	0.540
130	Lake Caroline	2,708	0.539
131	Wattsville	1,425	0.538
132	Linton Hall	42,077	0.538
133	Kings Park West	13,281	0.537
134	Franklin Farm	18,509	0.535
135	Chamberlayne	5,000	0.535
136	Courtland	1,784	0.533
137	Great Falls Crossing	1,384	0.532
138	Braddock	6,404	0.532
139	Rocky Mount	4,926	0.531
140	Ravensworth	2,566	0.531
141	Lynchburg	79,255	0.530
142	Lansdowne	12,603	0.529
143	Appomattox	2,085	0.528
144	Ashland	7,667	0.523
145	Crewe	2,795	0.522
146	Chase City	2,530	0.521
147	Buckhall	20,447	0.521
148	South Boston	7,896	0.520
149	Prince George	2,066	0.519
150	Emporia	5,633	0.519
151	Dunn Loring	8,782	0.516
152	Chatmoss	1,503	0.515
153	Lowes Island	11,199	0.513
154	Innovation	1,139	0.510
155	Matoaca	2,448	0.509
156	Carrollton	7,903	0.508
157	King George	4,833	0.505
158	Long Branch	7,066	0.505
159	Countryside	9,521	0.504
160	Great Falls	14,854	0.504
161	Vienna	16,369	0.501
162	Ridgeway	1,082	0.499
163	Sterling	31,251	0.498
164	McLean	50,232	0.496
165	Aquia Harbour	6,917	0.495
166	Charlottesville	45,863	0.494
167	Ruckersville	1,314	0.494
168	Williamsburg	15,564	0.494
169	Horse Pasture	2,193	0.491
170	Mantua	7,447	0.490
171	Hutchison	6,936	0.490
172	Louisa	2,249	0.490
173	Spotsylvania Courthouse	6,793	0.489
174	Altavista	3,356	0.489
175	Manassas	42,674	0.488
176	Windsor	2,808	0.488
177	Quantico Base	5,491	0.488
178	Victoria	1,844	0.487
179	Lake Land'Or	3,581	0.487
180	Rockwood	8,834	0.485
181	Orange	5,000	0.484
182	Brookneal	1,275	0.482
183	Farmville	7,613	0.479
184	Ferrum	1,622	0.479
185	Rushmere	1,087	0.478
186	Kilmarnock	1,361	0.477
187	Mason Neck	2,059	0.476
188	Colonial Heights	18,210	0.475
189	Harrisonburg	51,492	0.471
190	Halifax	1,348	0.467
191	Mountain Road	1,517	0.467
192	Ettrick	5,760	0.465
193	Montrose	8,624	0.462
194	Falls Church	14,593	0.462
195	Midlothian	18,702	0.460
196	Merrimac	2,955	0.457
197	Winchester	27,981	0.455
198	Dranesville	11,860	0.454
199	Harriston	1,252	0.454
200	Warsaw	2,324	0.452
201	Madison Heights	10,398	0.451
202	Pantops	4,328	0.448
203	Stephens City	2,338	0.448
204	Wolf Trap	16,020	0.445
205	Collinsville	7,645	0.442
206	Apple Mountain Lake	1,801	0.441
207	Fairfax Station	12,298	0.440
208	Woodstock	5,851	0.438
209	Front Royal	15,152	0.434
210	Brandermill	13,938	0.434
211	Tuckahoe	48,610	0.432
212	Sully Square	2,668	0.428
213	Warrenton	10,151	0.427
214	Rio	1,213	0.426
215	Lovettsville	2,697	0.424
216	Highland Springs	15,091	0.420
217	Boswell's Corner	1,459	0.417
218	Hurt	1,382	0.416
219	Hayfield	4,252	0.415
220	Hampden-Sydney	1,942	0.415
221	Central Garage	1,364	0.415
222	Smithfield	8,729	0.410
223	Bealeton	5,193	0.409
224	Occoquan	1,089	0.406
225	Blairs	1,001	0.406
226	Kings Park	4,206	0.404
227	Hollymead	8,566	0.404
228	Clarksville	1,723	0.402
229	Big Stone Gap	5,193	0.402
230	Chatham	1,535	0.402
231	Waynesboro	22,574	0.398
232	Timberlake	12,833	0.393
233	West Point	3,439	0.392
234	Weyers Cave	2,243	0.391
235	Lawrenceville	1,149	0.390
236	Glasgow	1,253	0.390
237	Concord	1,367	0.389
238	Purcellville	8,974	0.389
239	Hollins	17,005	0.386
240	Forest	12,476	0.382
241	Middletown	1,634	0.380
242	Bedford	6,703	0.380
243	Blacksburg	45,288	0.378
244	Bon Air	17,302	0.377
245	Petersburg	33,365	0.372
246	Lake Wilderness	3,255	0.372
247	Camp Barrett	1,569	0.371
248	Colonial Beach	3,930	0.370
249	Gordonsville	1,527	0.366
250	Lake of the Woods	8,165	0.364
251	Bull Run Mountain Estates	1,582	0.363
252	Difficult Run	10,202	0.358
253	Emory	1,135	0.358
254	Waverly	2,629	0.357
255	Woodlake	7,373	0.354
256	Edinburg	1,544	0.347
257	Bowling Green	1,455	0.346
258	Dayton	2,023	0.345
259	Staunton	25,765	0.341
260	Covington	5,671	0.341
261	Clifton Forge	3,483	0.337
262	Gloucester Point	11,159	0.337
263	Sudley	18,420	0.332
264	Lake Monticello	10,820	0.331
265	Stuart	1,681	0.330
266	East Lexington	2,020	0.328
267	Yorkshire	10,678	0.325
268	New Baltimore	11,595	0.325
269	Lexington	7,420	0.320
270	Galax	6,698	0.316
271	Riverdale	1,129	0.316
272	Cluster Springs	1,038	0.314
273	Mount Hermon	4,326	0.310
274	Mechanicsville	38,437	0.306
275	Earlysville	1,217	0.305
276	Dublin	2,671	0.302
277	Appalachia	1,612	0.300
278	Fishersville	9,546	0.300
279	Nokesville	1,179	0.297
280	Cave Spring	26,014	0.297
281	Radford	16,505	0.295
282	Elliston	1,041	0.295
283	Plum Creek	1,067	0.289
284	Dooms	1,360	0.288
285	Salem	25,477	0.285
286	Christiansburg	22,820	0.283
287	Tazewell	4,419	0.280
288	Amherst	2,124	0.279
289	Marshall	3,213	0.278
290	Cloverdale	3,095	0.275
291	Rustburg	1,276	0.275
292	Berryville	4,667	0.270
293	Massanetta Springs	6,028	0.265
294	Shenandoah	3,131	0.262
295	Mount Jackson	2,048	0.256
296	Penhook	1,253	0.255
297	Rivanna	2,258	0.253
298	Bristol	17,024	0.253
299	Buena Vista	6,612	0.248
300	Bluefield	5,016	0.243
301	Blue Ridge	3,112	0.240
302	Pulaski	8,937	0.231
303	Fort Hunt	16,519	0.230
304	Strasburg	7,162	0.230
305	East Highland Park	16,071	0.228
306	Massanutten	2,215	0.227
307	New Market	2,159	0.224
308	Cape Charles	1,278	0.219
309	Bridgewater	6,650	0.219
310	Loch Lomond	4,460	0.218
311	Timberville	2,998	0.216
312	Marion	5,694	0.214
313	Shawsville	1,725	0.207
314	Broadway	4,221	0.207
315	Stanleytown	1,323	0.203
316	Vinton	8,038	0.203
317	Woodlawn	2,461	0.198
318	Bracey	1,243	0.197
319	Greenville	1,187	0.194
320	Crozet	9,211	0.192
321	Chilhowie	2,462	0.190
322	Daleville	3,166	0.188
323	Pembroke	1,130	0.187
324	Verona	4,274	0.186
325	Grottoes	2,926	0.186
326	Maurertown	1,138	0.185
327	Luray	4,836	0.175
328	Pearisburg	2,864	0.172
329	Gloucester Courthouse	3,509	0.170
330	Gate City	1,939	0.170
331	Abingdon	8,332	0.164
332	Weber City	1,478	0.163
333	Wytheville	8,224	0.163
334	Elkton	2,973	0.158
335	Nellysford	1,623	0.158
336	Stuarts Draft	11,920	0.156
337	Union Hall	1,468	0.153
338	Poquoson	12,556	0.150
339	Patrick Springs	2,094	0.146
340	Independence	1,144	0.144
341	Hillsville	2,869	0.138
342	Basye	1,416	0.136
343	Buchanan	1,271	0.118
344	Lyndhurst	1,401	0.116
345	Fairlawn	2,555	0.114
346	North Shore	3,708	0.114
347	Shawneeland	2,653	0.110
348	Pennington Gap	2,020	0.103
349	Wise	2,940	0.101
350	Clintwood	1,478	0.101
351	Chincoteague	3,300	0.095
352	Belmont Estates	1,037	0.094
353	Norton	3,620	0.093
354	McGaheysville	1,155	0.093
355	Mathews	1,145	0.093
356	Honaker	1,218	0.091
357	Brightwood	1,436	0.091
358	Lake Holiday	2,059	0.088
359	Rural Retreat	1,614	0.086
360	Shenandoah Farms	3,956	0.081
361	Claypool Hill	1,332	0.077
362	Jolivue	1,135	0.076
363	Stanley	1,976	0.066
364	Coeburn	1,606	0.064
365	Glade Spring	2,224	0.061
366	Craigsville	1,052	0.056
367	Lebanon	3,133	0.053
368	Westlake Corner	1,824	0.051
369	Raven	1,826	0.049
370	Richlands	5,188	0.046
371	Adwolf	1,001	0.045
372	Cana	1,164	0.044
373	Narrows	2,064	0.041
374	St. Paul	1,046	0.041
375	Laymantown	1,843	0.032
376	Cedar Bluff	1,156	0.027
377	Jonesville	1,290	0.023
378	Captains Cove	1,676	0.020
379	Saltville	2,056	0.013
380	Castlewood	1,120	0.004
381	Atkins	1,026	0.000
382	Goochland	1,301	0.000
383	Riner	1,037	0.000
384	Crimora	1,823	0.000

Methodology

Cities in Virginia are ranked by diversity index. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most diverse cities in virginia?: Lorton ranks #1 with 0.729 (diversity index).
What are the top 5 most diverse cities in virginia?: 1. Lorton (0.729), 2. Dulles Town Center (0.723), 3. Laurel Hill (0.717), 4. McNair (0.707), 5. Springfield (0.701)
How many cities in Virginia are ranked?: This ranking includes 384 cities in Virginia with available data.

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