Broadlands is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is a

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started and developed by Van Metre Homes in the 1990s. It is built on

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and is certified as a Community Wildlife Habitat by the

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. The population as of the 2010 Census was 12,313. According to Data US, which includes US Census

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data, between 2012 and 2016 Broadlands had an estimated population of 13,872 people, with a median age of 33.9 and a median household income of $169,353.

Homeowners association

The Broadlands community is managed by Broadlands Association, Inc., a homeowners association that incorporated in 1995. Its Board of Directors is composed of nine resident members. Broadlands became homeowner-controlled in 2009. Broadlands also includes two apartment complexes with rental units: The Arbors at Broadlands and the Van Metre Broadlands Apartments. The median property value in Broadlands is $569,800, and the homeownership rate is 85%.

Education

Broadlands is home to four Loudoun County Public Schools: Hillside Elementary, Mill Run Elementary, Waxpool Elementary, and Eagle Ridge Middle School. High school students attend

Briar Woods High School Briar Woods High School is a public secondary school located in Ashburn, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, and is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. The school serves students who live in the Broadlands, Bra ...

Geography

Broadlands is located in eastern Loudoun County, just off the

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at Claiborne Parkway (Exit 5) or Ashburn Village Blvd/Moorview Parkway (Exit 6), midway between

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and the town of Leesburg, close to AOL's headquarters and other corporate centers. It is bordered to the northeast, across the Dulles Greenway, by

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, and to the south it is bordered by Brambleton. From the center of Broadlands, by car, it is to

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and to the main terminal of

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.Google Maps According to the

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, the Broadlands CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.50%, are water. The CDP includes the pre-Broadlands community of Waxpool in the west. Most of the CDP drains via Beaverdam Run east toward Broad Run, a north-flowing tributary of the

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. The westernmost part of the community drains west to Beaverdam Creek Reservoir, which flows to Goose Creek, another north-flowing tributary of the Potomac.

Demographics

Broadlands was first listed as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census.

References

External links

Broadlands Homeowners Association
Census-designated places in Loudoun County, Virginia Planned communities in the United States Census-designated places in Virginia Washington metropolitan area {{LoudounCountyVA-geo-stub