Burke vs Fair Oaks

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

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

Burke has the higher population (43,336 vs 35,472 in Fair Oaks). Burke has the higher median household income ($179,063 vs $119,387 in Fair Oaks). Burke has the higher median home value ($696,800 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	Fair Oaks
Population	43,336	35,472
Median age	40.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$179,063	$119,387
Median home value	$696,800	$580,500
Median gross rent	$2,715	$2,242
Housing units	13,873	16,021
Homeownership rate	89.6%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	Fair Oaks
Population	42,806 → 43,336 (+1.2%)	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$145,234 → $179,063 (+23.3%)	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$541,900 → $696,800 (+28.6%)	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,424 → $2,715 (+12.0%)	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)

Burke

Population

42,80643,336

Median household income

$145,234$179,063

Median home value

$541,900$696,800

Median gross rent

$2,424$2,715

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)

	Burke	Fair Oaks
Under 5	6.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	19.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	17.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.7%
75 and over	6.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	Fair Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	42.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	17.1%	29.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	Fair Oaks
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	10.7%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	Fair Oaks
Drove alone	61.3%	64.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.7%
Public transit	3.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.2%	26.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	Fair Oaks
1-unit, detached	63.6%	8.9%
1-unit, attached	34.4%	29.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	35.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burke	Fair Oaks
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1979	1998