About Sterling
Set in the northern part of Virginia, Sterling is a small unincorporated community.
Sterling holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.45 square miles.
📰 Sterling News Today
- Truck crashes into Virginia home after chase FOX 5 DC · Jul 22
- Truck crashes into home in Sterling during ICE pursuit NBC4 Washington · Jul 22
- 46269 Mount Kellogg Ter, Sterling, VA 20164 Realtor.com · Aug 13
- LCSO Investigating Single-Vehicle Crash at Sterling Goodwill Loudoun County (.gov) · Aug 1
- Virginia couldn't stop Sterling data center's 24-hour diesel generator use, regulator says WUSA9 · Jul 20
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Sterling Unique
- One of 11 places in the US named Sterling — but the Virginia one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Sterling
- Buffalo Wing Factory — wings
- Cheeburger Cheeburger — burger
- King Pollo — peruvian
- Pei Wei — asian
- Rahama — african
- Siam Spice — thai
- Suhair’s Kitchen — mediterranean
- Tommy's Place II — pizza
- EL MERCADITO HISPANO II
- El Paso Pupuseria & Mexican Grill — salvadoran
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Sterling
- Cabin Branch Park reviews ★
- Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park reviews ★
- Sterling Community Center Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Sterling
- Algonkian Elementary
- Forest Grove Elementary
- Guilford Elementary
- Horizon Elementary
- Lowes Island Elementary
- Meadowland Elementary
- Park View High
- Potowmack Elementary
- Rolling Ridge Elementary
- Seneca Ridge Middle
- Sterling Elementary
- Sterling Middle
- Sugarland Elementary
- Sully Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateVirginia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area5.45 sq mi
Coordinates39.0047, -77.4054