Annandale vs Fair Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Annandale and Fair Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

Annandale and Fair Oaks are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Annandale has the higher population (41,982 vs 35,472 in Fair Oaks). Fair Oaks has the higher median household income ($119,387 vs $112,872 in Annandale). Annandale has the higher median home value ($650,100 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
Population	41,982	35,472
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,872	$119,387
Median home value	$650,100	$580,500
Median gross rent	$1,932	$2,242
Housing units	14,509	16,021
Homeownership rate	64.4%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
Population	43,295 → 41,982 (-3.0%)	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$96,533 → $112,872 (+16.9%)	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$489,100 → $650,100 (+32.9%)	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,695 → $1,932 (+14.0%)	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)

Annandale

Population

43,29541,982

Median household income

$96,533$112,872

Median home value

$489,100$650,100

Median gross rent

$1,695$1,932

Fair Oaks

Population

33,48135,472

Median household income

$106,875$119,387

Median home value

$453,500$580,500

Median gross rent

$1,963$2,242

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
Under 5	6.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.7%
75 and over	6.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	42.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	21.4%	29.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
No high school diploma	15.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.9%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
Drove alone	60.3%	64.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	3.7%
Public transit	4.9%	1.6%
Walked	2.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	26.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
1-unit, detached	47.5%	8.9%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	29.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	35.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Annandale	Fair Oaks
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1968	1998