Welcome to Clarendon
- Living here is having a lively, pedestrian-friendly lifestyle
- Perfect for those wanting an active neighborhood, walkable retail, entertainment options, and easy access to downtown DC
- Not ideal for those wanting large yards and more privacy
- A typical home: 81% of closed sales in 2022 were attached townhomes/condos
- Median sold price: $612,500 (2023 year to date, all properties)
- Transit: Clarendon Metro station is served by Metrorail's Orange and Silver Lines, and the area is served by several ART and Metrobus routes. Plenty of bike lanes, wide bicycle lanes on the main roads to and from DC
Clarendon: is it a city or is it a suburb? It’s an urban village. It is hard to overstate the popularity of this neighborhood. Clarendon is located between the Ballston and Rosslyn communities. There is a mix of apartments, condos, townhomes, and even a sprinkle of single-family homes. These single-family homes span a wide range of styles, from contemporary to Cape Cod to colonial and Tudor. Prices here are among the highest in the county for detached and attached options.
The community is walkable and accessible to points west and east. Clarendon is on Metro’s Orange and Silver Line, and has both Metro and ART bus options. Traffic can be a nuisance at times, but Clarendon is in close proximity to the George Washington Parkway, I-66, and Route 50 for those needed to get into or out of town. Clarendon is as pedestrian-friendly as you can get, where restaurants, bars, grocery stores, retail stores, parks, dog parks, and coffee shops are all within a short stroll. There is a mix of mega-chains, such as Whole Foods, Starbucks, Pottery Barn and the Apple Store, with a number of home-grown and trendy businesses like Liberty Tavern, Northside Social, Lyon Hall, Whitlow’s on Wilson, Bake Shop, Boccato Gelato and Espresso and Kinder Haus Toys.
Mixed among the new eye-candy retail, you catch glimpses of Clarendon’s history. Built in 1937, the Arlington Post Office is the first known federal building constructed in the county after the American Civil War. The building is a designated Arlington County landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clarendon’s biggest yearly event is the Clarendon Day street fair in September. Other annual celebrations include the Clarendon Mardi Gras Parade, and it hosts the Clarendon Cup, part of the Armed Forces Cycling Classic. Wednesday afternoons from March through December, check out their small farmers’ market at Clarendon Central Park.
Clarendon may be pricey, but it does offer a bit of everything – city convenience with a healthy dose of neighborhood charm. It’s simply impossible to ever be bored when you’re living in Clarendon.
