In Arlington, goldendoodles are top dog.
That’s according to a new ranking from Rover, which found that the curly-haired mix between a poodle and a golden retriever was the most popular dog in the county.
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Virginia’s best public school system, middle school and elementary school are all in Falls Church or Arlington this year, according to one ranking.
Overall, Arlington Public Schools clocked in at No. 3 in the state in a new ranking from Niche, while Falls Church City Public Schools held onto its spot at No. 1.
An Arlington pie shop is now, by at least one measure, the best in the country.
Livin’ The Pie Life, at 2166 N. Glebe Road, finished first among the 10 winners of Newsweek’s “America’s Best Pie 2026” Readers’ Choice Awards. The magazine published the results on Sept. 9.
A ZIP code on the western end of Arlington has one of the highest concentrations of wealth in the entire D.C. area, by one metric.
The 22205 ZIP code, home to neighborhoods including Westover Village, Tara-Leeway Heights, Madison Manor and Dominion Hills, was named the wealthiest in Arlington in a new ranking by the Washington Business Journal.
Is there anything Falls Church residents love as much as dogs? Cats, apparently.
Just months after being named the most “dog-loving” city in Virginia, the Little City has ranked top in the state for its residents’ love of cats.
Arlington has once again been named America’s fittest “city,” extending its streak to nine years in a row.
The county — which the ranking counts as a city — finished first among the 100 largest U.S. cities in the 19th annual American Fitness Index, released today (Tuesday) by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Elevance Health Foundation.
Virginia has climbed a spot in CNBC’s annual ranking of the best states for business, a year after federal job cuts helped knock it out of the No. 1 position.
The state placed third in the 2026 rankings released today (Thursday), up from fourth last year. Ohio took the top spot for the first time, followed by North Carolina, with Texas and Minnesota rounding out the top five. CNBC scored all 50 states on 138 metrics across 10 categories in the study, now in its 20th year.
Arlington added a company to the Fortune 500 this year, bringing to four the number of the nation’s 500 largest public companies headquartered in the county.
Liquefied natural gas company Venture Global debuted at No. 328 on the 2026 list, which Fortune released Wednesday morning. The Arlington-based firm, public since early 2025, reported $13.8 billion in revenue, according to the Washington Business Journal.
An iconic Irish pub in Courthouse has been crowned champion in a nationwide competition to name the nation’s best soccer bar.
Ireland’s Four Courts (2051 Wilson Blvd) beat out competition from around the country in an online voting contest organized by the soccer media company Men in Blazers. The selection process for America’s Best Soccer Bar included thousands of votes and hundreds of nominees from all 50 states.
Arlington has maintained its No. 4 spot in a ranking of the United States’ best “cities” to live.
It’s the third year in a row that Arlington has placed fourth in the annual Niche ranking of the nation’s localities. As in 2025 and 2024, several of the county’s neighborhoods also earned high honors.
Falls Church is top dog in Virginia when it comes to devotion to adopting canines and showering them with purchases, according to one metric.
The Little City was crowned the No. 1 most “dog-loving” city in the commonwealth and No. 5 in the nation in a new ranking from PetSmart.
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Arlington has claimed the crown in a new ranking of the most educated “cities” in the United States.
A new report from Northern Kentucky University found that 41.8% of Arlington residents over age 25 have a graduate degree — the highest number in the nation, above 38.3% of D.C. residents and 32% of residents in the Bay Area city of Fremont.