Taxes in Leesburg
Virginia's near-flat 5.75% income tax applies to Leesburg residents the same as anywhere else in the state, layered with a 6.0% combined sales tax and a real, genuine cost advantage: Loudoun County's real estate tax rate ($0.805/$100, FY2026) runs meaningfully below Fairfax County's rate, driven by a decade of Data Center Alley tax revenue.
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Learn moreVirginia's income tax -- restated as place-level context
Virginia applies a four-bracket schedule (2% on the first $3,000, 3% on $3,001-$5,000, 5% on $5,001-$17,000, 5.75% above $17,000) that functions as a near-flat 5.75% tax for most working filers, since the top bracket starts at just $17,000. Social Security is fully exempt at any age; filers 65+ can claim an age deduction of up to $12,000, phased out above $50,000 (single) / $75,000 (married) federal AGI.
Loudoun County's real, dated property-tax decline
Loudoun County's real estate tax rate has fallen every year for the past decade, from $1.145 per $100 of assessed value in 2016 to $0.805 in 2026 -- driven substantially by data-center tax revenue, which generated an estimated 38% of the county's FY2026 General Fund. This runs meaningfully below Fairfax County's own FY2026 rate of $1.1225 per $100, documented across this build's other five NoVA sibling records. See ashburn-va.js for the fuller Data Center Alley disclosure, including the real political tension around data-center growth that underlies this tax benefit.
Confirm any Town of Leesburg supplemental rate
Town of Leesburg property taxes are administered via centralized billing with Loudoun County, with combined semi-annual bills itemizing county and town taxes/fees as separate line items -- a specific current Town of Leesburg supplemental rate, if any, on top of the county's $0.805/$100 rate was not independently confirmed to one figure this research pass. Confirm directly with the Town of Leesburg Finance Department for a specific property.
Leesburg's combined 6.0% sales tax
Leesburg's combined 2026 sales tax rate is 6.0%: Virginia's 4.3% state rate, Loudoun County's 1.0% local-option rate, and a 0.7% Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) regional transportation tax.
Key takeaways
- Virginia's near-flat 5.75% income tax applies uniformly to Leesburg residents.
- Loudoun County's real estate tax rate ($0.805/$100, FY2026) has fallen from $1.145/$100 in 2016, driven by data-center tax revenue -- meaningfully below Fairfax County's rate.
- Confirm any additional Town of Leesburg supplemental real estate tax rate directly with the town, since a specific figure was not confirmed this pass.
- Leesburg's combined sales tax is 6.0% (4.3% state + 1.0% Loudoun County + 0.7% NVTA regional).
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