What is the population of Fairfax Station CDP?

Fairfax Station CDP has 12,298 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #112 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Fairfax Station CDP?

Median household income in Fairfax Station CDP is $212,128 a year, 170.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairfax Station CDP?

Median gross rent is $2,737 a month and the median home value is $863,400, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.

Is Fairfax Station CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairfax Station CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fairfax Station, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fairfax Station, Virginia (Fairfax Station, VA — Census place “Fairfax Station CDP”) is 12,298 residents, ranking #112 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $212,128, the median home is worth $863,400 and median gross rent runs $2,737 a month. Looking for the Fairfax Station Virginia ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Fairfax Station, VA: 22030, 22032, 22039.

Population: 12,298Fairfax Station CDP residents
Median household income: $212,128Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $863,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,737Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 94.4%Owner-occupied households

Fairfax Station ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fairfax Station.

The Fairfax Station VA ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fairfax Station CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fairfax Station CDP median would spend about 15.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.3% of residents and 94.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fairfax Station CDP, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fairfax Station CDP is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 12,298 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #112 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 44.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fairfax Station CDP earn a median of $212,128 a year, 170.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 156% above the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 1.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fairfax Station CDP is valued at $863,400, 184.6% above the national figure and 196% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,737 a month, 94.7% above the national figure, or roughly $32,844 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 94.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fairfax Station CDP?: Fairfax Station CDP has 12,298 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #112 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Fairfax Station CDP?: Median household income in Fairfax Station CDP is $212,128 a year, 170.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairfax Station CDP?: Median gross rent is $2,737 a month and the median home value is $863,400, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.
Is Fairfax Station CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairfax Station CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fairfax Station CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.