With a packed development pipeline and a large, affluent and highly educated population of over 1 million, Fairfax County has unequivocally become one of the most desirable places to live, work and play.
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The Silver Line’s arrival has helped fuel a development boom that has created cosmopolitan, mixed-use communities to rival those found in D.C. Fairfax recently landed a place on the list of 20 finalists for Amazon’s HQ2 as part of Northern Virginia. But the county still has some filling in to do, some growing pains to endure and some problems to address.
Population: 1,140,000
Size: 406 square miles
Median Age: 37.3
Unemployment Rate: 3.2%
Median Household Income: $116K
Average Household Size: 2.81
Total Housing Units: 416,000
Median Home Value: $505K
62.6% of men and 57.3% of women over 25 years old have a bachelor’s degree.
87.5% of men and 73.5% of women between 20 and 64 are employed.
1,590 SF is the median size of owned housing.
37.7% of residents older than 5 speak a foreign language at home.
Sources: Fairfax County and U.S. Census Bureau
