Potomac Station, Leesburg: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: Loudoun County’s residential communities map and address points, the Town of Leesburg’s town boundary and trash collection areas, Loudoun County Public Schools’ 2026-27 attendance zone layers, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profiles, Zillow Research, Loudoun County Transit’s schedule data and OpenStreetMap.

Potomac Station is a planned community on Leesburg’s east side, north of Route 7 between Battlefield Parkway and River Creek Parkway. Loudoun County’s residential communities map counts 1,553 homes in it as of July 2025: 872 detached houses, 529 townhouses and 152 multifamily homes, on about 473 acres. The separate Potomac Station Marketplace community, on Potomac Station Drive, adds 61 townhouses and 97 multifamily homes, some of them age-restricted. OpenStreetMap names Potomac Station as a neighborhood.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Heritage High for every address.
• Home value: $828,624 in ZIP 20176 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest highway interchange: Route 7 at Battlefield Parkway, about 1.5 miles by road.
• Check the town line: about half the community is outside the Town of Leesburg.

Part of our Leesburg neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On the county’s map, Potomac Station is bounded by Fort Evans Road on the north, Battlefield Parkway on the west and Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) on the south, with River Creek Parkway and Riverside Parkway on its eastern side. Potomac Station Drive, Bonnie Ridge Drive and Vermillion Drive run through it. All of it is in ZIP code 20176.

The town line runs through it. Laying the town’s boundary over the county’s address points, 592 of the 1,418 addresses in the main community are inside the Town of Leesburg, as are all 109 in Potomac Station Marketplace. Addresses in town carry the NE quadrant, such as Bonnie Ridge Drive NE and Edmonton Terrace NE. Streets toward Riverside Parkway, such as Shadow Terrace, Candlewick Square and Longhouse Place, are in unincorporated Loudoun County. The difference matters for taxes and services: owners in town also pay the town’s real estate rate, $0.1774 per $100 of value in 2026, and get town trash pickup. See our property taxes guide.

Schools

Laying Loudoun County Public Schools’ 2026-27 attendance zones over the county’s address points:

All four are Fully Accredited. Tolbert Elementary and Harper Park Middle sit side by side on Potomac Station Drive. Check any address in the district’s LABEL lookup. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 20176 was $828,624 in September 2026, up $19,793, or 2.4%, from September 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. Zillow’s figure for Leesburg as a whole was $848,639. These are modeled values for the middle third of homes, not sale prices, and ZIP 20176 reaches well beyond the community. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

The Town of Leesburg’s parks layer lists no town park inside Potomac Station. OpenStreetMap maps Keep Loudoun Beautiful Park inside the community. The nearest town parks are Tuscarora Park and the Washington and Old Dominion Trail, south of Route 7 by Kincaid Forest. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Highways: the Route 7 interchange at Battlefield Parkway is about 1.5 miles away and the Leesburg Bypass interchange at East Market Street about 2.3 miles.
• Downtown and airport: Market and King streets are about 3.6 miles away and Washington Dulles International about 15.8 miles. These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, from the middle of the community, not drive times.
• Buses: Loudoun County Transit’s schedule data shows fare-free Route 57 on Potomac Station Drive and Route 70 on Riverside Parkway and Fort Evans Road, with Route 54 at Fort Evans Road and Battlefield Parkway. See the bus schedules.

More in our getting around guide.

Trash pickup

Inside the town limits, the Town of Leesburg collects trash and recycling on Wednesday, its Northeast Outside the Bypass day. Outside the town, households arrange pickup with one of the county’s permitted private collectors. See our trash and recycling guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap shows no supermarket inside the community. The nearest, within about a mile of its middle in a straight line:

• Wegmans and Wegmans Pharmacy, Crosstrail Boulevard, south of Route 7
• Giant and Giant Pharmacy, Potomac Station Drive NE
• Aldi, Robinson Mill Plaza

How we drew this area

The edges are Potomac Station’s outline in Loudoun County’s residential communities map; OpenStreetMap names the same place. School zones, the ZIP code, the town line and trash areas come from laying the school, Census and town layers over the county’s address points. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Potomac Station in the town of Leesburg?

Partly. On the town’s boundary map, the western part, with NE in its street addresses, is inside the town limits; the eastern part toward Riverside Parkway is in unincorporated Loudoun County. All of it has Leesburg mailing addresses in ZIP 20176.

What schools serve Potomac Station?

About 90% of addresses are zoned for John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary and the rest for Frederick Douglass Elementary. All go to Harper Park Middle and Heritage High, on Loudoun County Public Schools’ 2026-27 zone maps.

How many homes are in Potomac Station?

Loudoun County’s residential communities map counts 1,553: 872 detached houses, 529 townhouses and 152 multifamily homes, plus 158 more in Potomac Station Marketplace, as of July 2025.

Is Potomac Station a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Potomac Station has two public schools on Potomac Station Drive, Heritage High as its zoned high school (Distinguished on the state’s 2025-26 ratings) and Route 7 at its south edge. The typical home value in ZIP 20176 was $828,624 in September 2026, according to Zillow.