Dranesville vs Fairfax Station

A side-by-side comparison of Dranesville and Fairfax Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Dranesville and Fairfax Station are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfax Station has the higher population (12,298 vs 11,860 in Dranesville). Fairfax Station has the higher median household income ($212,128 vs $210,766 in Dranesville). Fairfax Station has the higher median home value ($863,400 vs $713,100 in Dranesville).

Population, income & housing

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
Population	11,860	12,298
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$210,766	$212,128
Median home value	$713,100	$863,400
Median gross rent	$3,105	$2,737
Housing units	3,924	4,203
Homeownership rate	94.3%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	75.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
Population	11,661 → 11,860 (+1.7%)	12,046 → 12,298 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$179,031 → $210,766 (+17.7%)	$177,600 → $212,128 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$576,100 → $713,100 (+23.8%)	$662,400 → $863,400 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,901 → $3,105 (+7.0%)	$2,565 → $2,737 (+6.7%)

Dranesville

Population

11,66111,860

Median household income

$179,031$210,766

Median home value

$576,100$713,100

Median gross rent

$2,901$3,105

Fairfax Station

Population

12,04612,298

Median household income

$177,600$212,128

Median home value

$662,400$863,400

Median gross rent

$2,565$2,737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
Under 5	6.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.6%
75 and over	4.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	69.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.4%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	5.5%	6.4%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	41.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
Drove alone	57.7%	61.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.8%	2.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	36.2%	29.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
1-unit, detached	98.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dranesville	Fairfax Station
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.3%
Average household size	3.10	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1984	1982