Tara-Leeway Heights

Tara-Leeway Heights in Arlington, Virginia

Tara-Leeway Heights, located just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, has been hailed by the Washington Post as a place where “quaint charm meets modern-day growth” when it comes to living near the nation’s capital. Located in the 22205 zip code and with a population of 2,190, Tara-Leeway Heights offers a family-friendly setting with a stable housing market, exceptionally low crime rates, and neighborhood with a profound sense of community spirit and identity.

Lifestyle

A Washington Post article describes Tara-Leeway Heights as a place where the homes have character, neighbors become friends, and local shop owners know their customers’ names. Only a 10-minute drive away from the nation’s Capital and the most important political center in the world, Tara-Leeway Heights boasts a low crime rate (80% lower than the national average), excellent schools, active community involvement and a place where people can enjoy the city-close and country-quiet environment.

Set among hundred-year old trees, and amid rolling hills rich in Civil War history, this quiet neighborhood is much like its developers envisioned when it was initially carved out of farmland in 1936. It is an area that is not only convenient to Washington, D.C, but provides its residents schools and shops within an easy walking distance to their homes.

The Tara-Leeway Heights Civic Association is an active group of residents dedicated to maintaining the strengths of the community while constantly striving to improve the neighborhood. They also maintain a website where community members are informed for neighborhood events, gathering, sales, and other items of interest.

For history buffs, Tara-Leeway Heights is a place that is steeped in Civil War history. After the battle of Bull Run, Union forces shored up defenses near Arlington, and “Halls’ Hill” as the home of Basil Hall’s home was called, was the site of the only major defensive battle in Arlington County during the Civil War.

Arlington, Virginia Real Estate

An Arlington enclave of 821 Cape Cods, the neighborhood is mainly composed of colonials and ramblers built in the 1940s during World War II. Tara-Leeway Heights is only 10 minutes by car to Downtown Washington, and the Metro East Falls Church and Ballston stations are conveniently located about a mile from either end of the neighborhood.

Buying and Selling Homes in Tara-Leeway Heights

As a Real Estate Consultant with more than 30 years as a licensed Realtor, Mike Pugh helps clients successfully buy and sell homes and condos in the Tara-Leeway Heights neighborhood and throughout the Arlington, Virginia area. See below for homes currently on the market in Tara-Leeway Heights below. You can contact Mike at mike@mikesellsvirginia.com, or by phone at 703.593.6320. And be sure to click through to Mike’s blog at www.mikesellsvirginia.com/blog to learn more about life and real estate in the greater Washington, DC and Northern Virginia area.