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Fairfax

Virginia · 26,772 residents (2025 est.) · 6.24 sq mi
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Fairfax is a city of 25,026 people in Virginia. This is an unusually credentialed place: 62% of adults have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $722,600, having more than tripled since 2000. That puts it in the top 3% of US cities for household income. 31% of residents were born outside the United States. That is roughly 42% ahead of the Virginia median.

At a glance
Wealthier
above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
62% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 111%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
25,026
+16%since 2000
from 21,498 in 2000
26,772 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
4,010 / sq mi
+7%since 2009
from 3,744 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
36.6
−1%since 2000
from 37.0 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
6.24 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
19K21K22K24K26K19902000201020202024Fairfax
202425K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 58.7%(2,187)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.5%(1,372)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.1%(1,774)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 195.8%(1,449)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247.6%(1,911)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413%(3,246)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.3%(3,317)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.4%(3,111)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.6%(3,141)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 748.2%(2,054)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844%(1,013)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.8%(451)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$132,348
+7%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $67,642 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$63,647
+104%since 2000
from $31,247 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
71.7%
+6.9 ptssince 2009
from 64.9% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
9.1%
+3.4 ptssince 2000
from 5.7% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.462
+21%since 2010
from 0.381 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10.2%
US avg: 10.8%
Other services6.6%
US avg: 6.7%
Wholesale trade6.4%
US avg: 6.9%
Retail trade4%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance3.5%
US avg: 5.9%
Public administration3.4%
US avg: 4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical3.2%
US avg: 5.1%
Arts, entertainment, food2.2%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing0.5%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.3%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.2%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.1%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$722,600
+111%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $188,300 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$2,245
+30%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $945 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
69.9%
+0.8 ptssince 2000
from 69.1% in 2000
30.1% rent
Vacancy rate
1.7%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 2.2% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.68 people
Unchangedsince 2009
from 2.68 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
21.2%
−10.5 ptssince 2009
from 31.8% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
46.4%
+0.4 ptssince 2009
from 45.9% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
5.5
+6%since 2009
from 5.1 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
46
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic66.7%(14,333)
Black4.8%(1,035)
Hispanic / Latino13.6%(2,932)
Asian12.1%(2,609)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic51.1%(12,800)
Black6.3%(1,585)
Hispanic / Latino18.9%(4,728)
Asian18.4%(4,597)
Other5.3%(1,316)
Diversity Score
83
+18%since 2009
from 70 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Salvadoran6.9%(1,728)
South American6.7%(1,667)
Peruvian3.1%(777)
Argentine2.1%(517)
Mexican2%(500)
Bolivian0.9%(228)
Spaniard0.8%(210)
Guatemalan0.5%(114)
Puerto Rican0.5%(113)
Costa Rican0.3%(72)
Ecuadorian0.2%(62)
+ 7 more hispanic origin groups with data
Colombian0.2%(57)
Honduran0.2%(52)
Dominican0.2%(49)
Panamanian0.1%(35)
Chilean0.1%(14)
Asian origin
Chinese3.6%(893)
Vietnamese2.8%(700)
Asian Indian2.3%(587)
Filipino2.3%(578)
Pakistani1.8%(459)
Korean1.7%(425)
Nepalese1.1%(265)
Uzbek0.5%(136)
Taiwanese0.5%(119)
Indonesian0.5%(114)
Thai0.4%(96)
Burmese0.2%(46)
+ 4 more asian origin groups with data
Japanese0.1%(31)
Sri Lankan0.1%(26)
Cambodian0%(10)
Laotian0%(10)
Pacific Islander origin
Ancestry
German11.8%(2,964)
English11.1%(2,767)
Irish10.5%(2,629)
Italian5.6%(1,404)
Arab5.1%(1,278)
American4.1%(1,028)
Scottish2.7%(671)
Polish1.6%(409)
French1.5%(367)
Egyptian1%(253)
Norwegian1%(248)
+ 39 more ancestry groups with data
Lebanese0.8%(207)
Swedish0.7%(187)
Palestinian0.7%(176)
Scotch-Irish0.7%(167)
British0.6%(157)
Russian0.6%(150)
Lithuanian0.6%(149)
Syrian0.6%(145)
West Indian0.5%(127)
Iranian0.5%(122)
Welsh0.5%(121)
Latvian0.5%(117)
Jamaican0.5%(114)
Hungarian0.4%(99)
Ukrainian0.4%(92)
Swiss0.3%(84)
Moroccan0.2%(56)
Danish0.2%(54)
Dutch0.2%(54)
Slovak0.2%(44)
Croatian0.2%(40)
Portuguese0.2%(40)
Iraqi0.1%(32)
Guyanese0.1%(30)
Brazilian0.1%(27)
Finnish0.1%(25)
Ghanaian0.1%(23)
Greek0.1%(22)
Slovene0.1%(22)
Czech0.1%(20)
Canadian0.1%(19)
Kenyan0.1%(19)
Turkish0.1%(19)
Nigerian0.1%(17)
Haitian0.1%(13)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
62.4%
+16.7 ptssince 2000
from 45.7% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
90.7%
+2.1 ptssince 2000
from 88.6% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
29.5%
+8.7 ptssince 2000
from 20.8% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
28.0 min
+28%since 2000
from 21.9 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
52.6%
−19.0 ptssince 2009
from 71.6% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
10.3%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 12.1% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
3.9%
−5.0 ptssince 2009
from 9.0% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
29.1%
+24.3 ptssince 2009
from 4.8% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
2.9%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 1.9% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.0%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.9%
+2.4 ptssince 2009
from 3.6% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
3.3%
−1.2 ptssince 2011
from 4.4% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
70.9%
+2.0 ptssince 2011
from 68.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
83.2%
+4.2 ptssince 2020
from 79.0% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.3%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 13.1% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
59.9%
+6.3 ptssince 2009
from 53.6% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.2%
+0.9 ptssince 2009
from 48.3% in 2009
Female
50.8%
−0.9 ptssince 2009
from 51.7% in 2009
Foreign born
30.6%
+4.5 ptssince 2009
from 26.1% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.4%
−3.5 ptssince 2009
from 11.0% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
7.9%
+0.4 ptssince 2012
from 7.5% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
8.5%
−3.4 ptssince 2013
from 11.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
96.7%
+4.1 ptssince 2017
from 92.6% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
99.3%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 98.1% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
84.3%
−1.1 ptssince 2020
from 85.5% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
61.6%
−5.4 ptssince 2016
from 66.9% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
16.3%
+2.0 ptssince 2016
from 14.3% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married36.7%(3,493)
Married57%(5,417)
Widowed1.1%(109)
Divorced5.2%(492)
Women 15+
Never married31.8%(3,242)
Married50.1%(5,102)
Widowed7.6%(778)
Divorced10.4%(1,060)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
8.5%
−3.4 ptssince 2013
from 11.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
70.6%
−1.7 ptssince 2020
from 72.3% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.4%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 14.4% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
12.3%
−2.1 ptssince 2020
from 14.4% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
9.2%
+2.7 ptssince 2020
from 6.5% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.6%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 1.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
81.1%
−3.5 ptssince 2020
from 84.6% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
22.3%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 20.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)41.4%(578)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)37.1%(518)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.5%(454)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.3%(46)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 1,396 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Fairfax, Virginia?

Fairfax, Virginia has about 25,026 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Fairfax, Virginia?

The typical household in Fairfax, Virginia earns about $132,348 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Fairfax, Virginia expensive?

In Fairfax, Virginia, the median home is worth about $722,600, and the typical rent is about $2,245 a month.

How educated are people in Fairfax, Virginia?

About 62.4% of adults age 25 and over in Fairfax, Virginia hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Fairfax, Virginia?

About 9.1% of people in Fairfax, Virginia live below the federal poverty line.

Has Fairfax, Virginia grown since 1990?

Yes, Fairfax, Virginia has grown since 1990. The population has added about 5,404 residents, a change of about 28 percent over that period.

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