Fairfax city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,263
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 5,551
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,424 (it was 2,484 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 31% |
State: | 33% |
Land area: 6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 3868 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (26.0%), Educational, health and social services (23.2%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 73%
- Government: 22%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 12,72651.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,60418.7%Hispanic or Latino
- 4,34717.6%Asian alone
- 1,4165.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,2795.2%Two or more races
- 2481.0%Some other race alone
- 300.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 37.8 years |
Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
Males: 12,030 | (49.3%) |
Females: 12,378 | (50.7%) |
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Fairfax city: | 2.0 people |
Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $126,678 ($67,642 in 1999)
This county: | $126,678 |
Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $1,884 (lower quartile is $1,505, upper quartile is $2,470)
This county: | $1884 |
State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $699,113 (it was $188,300 in 2000)
Fairfax city: | $699,113 |
Virginia: | $365,700 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,957Detached houses: $754,994
Here: $754,994 State: $472,865 Townhouses or other attached units: $634,833
Here: $634,833 State: $457,437 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $306,753
Here: $306,753 State: $252,346 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $371,611
Here: $371,611 State: $382,551
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $857
Institutionalized population: 313
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $6,190 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $6,269 (1.0%)
Fairfax city: | 10.6% |
Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 37.8 years old
(Males: 36.7 years old, Females: 38.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.0 years old, Black residents: 31.2 years old, American Indian residents: 70.9 years old, Asian residents: 36.6 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 33.0 years old, Other race residents: 29.8 years old)
Area name: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Fairfax city is $1080 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1225 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1580 a month.
Cities in this county include: Fairfax.
Neighboring counties: Sussex County, Delaware , Crowley County, Colorado , Kiowa County, Colorado , Geary County, Kansas , Rush County, Kansas , Wallace County, Kansas .
Here: | 2.4% |
Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 1,693
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 60.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 7,272 (57.4% naturalized citizens)
Fairfax city: | 29.8% |
Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 2,8652010 or later
- 1,6052000 to 2009
- 1,3651990 to 1999
- 1,6151980 to 1989
- 5791970 to 1979
- 384Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,123
- One, attached: 1,575
- Two: 58
- 3 or 4: 153
- 5 to 9: 475
- 10 to 19: 1,391
- 20 to 49: 125
- 50 or more: 540
Housing units in Fairfax city with a mortgage: 4,819 (660 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 526 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
Here: | 8.3% with mortgage |
State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Fairfax city
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 9,953 | 1 |
Evangelical Protestant | 8,012 | 25 |
Mainline Protestant | 4,150 | 5 |
Orthodox | 3,000 | 1 |
Other | 2,244 | 11 |
Black Protestant | 178 | 1 |
None | - | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Fairfax city: | 7.32 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 3.87 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Fairfax city: | 6.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 32.29 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Fairfax city: | 9.4% |
Virginia: | 9.3% |
Fairfax city: | 27.2% |
State: | 26.7% |
Here: | 12.0% |
State: | 18.6% |
Earthquake activity:
Fairfax city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 55% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 73.7 miles away from Fairfax city center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 72.2 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 86.2 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 93.4 miles away from the county center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 122.5 miles away from Fairfax city center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 244.9 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 22,931 (70.9%)
- Carpooled: 3,391 (10.5%)
- Bus: 461 (1.4%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 94 (0.3%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 23 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 531 (1.6%)
- Bicycle: 45 (0.1%)
- Walked: 666 (2.1%)
- Worked at home: 3,500 (10.8%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care and social assistance (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Retail trade (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care and social assistance (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (8%)
- Retail trade (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Management occupations (15%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (15%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (8%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (5%)
- Transportation occupations (5%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (14%)
- Management occupations (11%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (11%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- El Salvador (11%)
- Peru (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Bolivia (6%)
- Argentina (6%)
- American (6%)
- English (6%)
- Irish (5%)
- German (5%)
- European (3%)
- Egyptian (2%)
- Italian (2%)
People in group quarters in Fairfax city, Virginia in 2010:
- 313 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 119 people in college/university student housing
- 80 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 4 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 3 people in group homes intended for adults
- 2 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
People in group quarters in Fairfax city, Virginia in 2000:
- 360 people in nursing homes
- 130 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
14.66% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($80,999 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 14.66% |
Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10.62% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($59,134 average AGI)
4.05% relocated from other states ($21,866 average AGI)
Fairfax city: 4.05% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Fairfax County, VA | 7.11% ($83,727 average AGI) |
from Arlington County, VA | 0.78% ($113,012) |
from Prince William County, VA | 0.77% ($66,600) |
from Loudoun County, VA | 0.51% ($59,906) |
from Alexandria city, VA | 0.47% ($91,102) |
from Montgomery County, MD | 0.44% ($82,978) |
from Prince George's County, MD | 0.30% ($34,516) |
16.33% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($92,185 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 16.33% |
Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
11.61% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($65,031 average AGI)
4.72% relocated to other states ($27,154 average AGI)
Fairfax city: 4.72% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Fairfax County, VA | 7.52% ($91,692 average AGI) |
to Loudoun County, VA | 0.89% ($103,266) |
to Prince William County, VA | 0.89% ($64,255) |
to Alexandria city, VA | 0.43% ($84,152) |
to Arlington County, VA | 0.33% ($88,800) |
to District of Columbia, DC | 0.21% ($59,182) |
to Manassas city, VA | 0.20% ($56,714) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 14.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 5.3%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 3,280 (3,043 aged, 237 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 764 (15%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Fairfax city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Unspecified dementia (206)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (143)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (140)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (41)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (40)
- Congestive heart failure (30)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (23)
- Septicaemia, unspecified (13)
- Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (11)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 58,997
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 789
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 166,032
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 715
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,166
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 50
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 396
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 355
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 64
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,408- Male householders: 5,344 (858 living alone), Female householders: 4,027 (1,282 living alone)
4,927 spouses (4,906 opposite-sex spouses), 619 unmarried partners, (619 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,179 children (5,835 natural, 83 adopted, 265 stepchildren), 390 grandchildren, 186 brothers or sisters, 267 parents, 0 foster children, 254 other relatives, 1,492 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 664
Size of family households: 2,240 2-persons, 1,466 3-persons, 1,511 4-persons, 518 5-persons, 107 6-persons, 152 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,141 1-person, 770 2-persons, 289 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 39 6-persons.
4,181 married couples with children.
711 single-parent households (311 men, 400 women).
63.6% of residents of Fairfax city speak English at home.
15.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
12.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% don't speak English at all).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $3,045,881,000 ($138,060 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,616,453,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $359,972,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $56,716,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,407,000
Federal grants: $100,652,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,450,710,000 ($1,374,980,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $76,424,000 ($18,040,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $109,035,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,921,000
Federal Government insurance: $22,244,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,559Here: | 71 per 1000 residents |
State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 906
Here: | 41 per 1000 residents |
State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,550
Here: | +71 per 1000 residents |
State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,705
Here: | -78 per 1000 residents |
State: | +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 7.5 |
State: | 7.0 |
Here: | 4.3 |
State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Fairfax city, Virginia
- 762020 or later
- 8862010 to 2019
- 5662000 to 2009
- 6251990 to 1999
- 8721980 to 1989
- 8731970 to 1979
- 2,3221960 to 1969
- 2,7341950 to 1959
- 2721940 to 1949
- 591939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fairfax city, Virginia
- 91 room
- 02 rooms
- 1983 rooms
- 5454 rooms
- 4845 rooms
- 9226 rooms
- 1,1027 rooms
- 1,1098 rooms
- 2,1049+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fairfax city, Virginia
- 951 room
- 2002 rooms
- 4353 rooms
- 8404 rooms
- 3085 rooms
- 6336 rooms
- 1387 rooms
- 1728 rooms
- 1029+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Fairfax city, Virginia
- 16no bedroom
- 2271 bedroom
- 6402 bedrooms
- 2,2983 bedrooms
- 2,1354 bedrooms
- 1,1595+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fairfax city, Virginia
- 96no bedroom
- 6591 bedroom
- 1,1832 bedrooms
- 7263 bedrooms
- 2064 bedrooms
- 555+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Fairfax city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 128no vehicle
- 1,6011 vehicle
- 2,8872 vehicles
- 1,1383 vehicles
- 4944 vehicles
- 2145+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Fairfax city in renter-occupied apartments
- 453no vehicle
- 1,2451 vehicle
- 7082 vehicles
- 3693 vehicles
- 1244 vehicles
- 225+ vehicles
83.0% of Fairfax city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Virginia.
Fairfax city: | 83.0% |
State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7,517
- Other state: 9,068
- Northeast: 3,136
- Midwest: 1,475
- South: 3,400
- West: 1,055
- 65.5%Utility gas
- 26.3%Electricity
- 6.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.9%No fuel used
- 0.3%Solar energy
- 56.1%Electricity
- 35.9%Utility gas
- 2.8%No fuel used
- 2.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 14.0% |
Virginia: | 13.2% |
Here: | 13.5% |
Virginia: | 10.2% |
Here: | 16.6% |
Virginia: | 18.7% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 986
- Number of aged recipients: 466
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 520
- Number of recipients under 18: 66
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 376
- Number of recipients older than 64: 544
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 179
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 411
Most common first names in Fairfax city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Mary | 377 | 80.6 years |
John | 371 | 73.2 years |
William | 310 | 74.3 years |
James | 284 | 71.1 years |
Robert | 248 | 72.2 years |
Charles | 188 | 73.0 years |
Helen | 167 | 80.9 years |
Dorothy | 157 | 80.2 years |
Margaret | 156 | 80.8 years |
George | 150 | 75.8 years |
Most common last names in Fairfax city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 139 | 76.8 years |
Johnson | 74 | 78.3 years |
Brown | 59 | 76.4 years |
Williams | 56 | 76.7 years |
Thompson | 55 | 74.1 years |
Jones | 55 | 75.1 years |
Anderson | 48 | 79.2 years |
Miller | 47 | 76.6 years |
Lee | 42 | 74.1 years |
Davis | 41 | 75.0 years |
Businesses in Fairfax city, VA | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
7-Eleven | 4 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 8 | |
AT&T | 1 | McDonald's | 1 | |
BMW | 1 | Old Country Buffet | 1 | |
Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
CVS | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 1 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Chuck E. Cheese's | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
DressBarn | 1 | Ruby Tuesday | 1 | |
Dressbarn | 1 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
Dunkin Donuts | 1 | Safeway | 1 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Staples | 1 | |
Famous Footwear | 1 | Starbucks | 2 | |
FedEx | 19 | Subway | 3 | |
GNC | 1 | T-Mobile | 2 | |
GameStop | 1 | Trader Joe's | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | U-Haul | 2 | |
Home Depot | 1 | UPS | 10 | |
Homestead Studio Suites | 1 | Vons | 1 | |
IHOP | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
Marshalls | 1 |
Fairfax city on our top lists:
- #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
- #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"