Fair Lakes vs Greenbriar

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Lakes and Greenbriar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fair Lakes has the higher population (8,617 vs 7,989 in Greenbriar). Greenbriar has the higher median household income ($134,284 vs $130,789 in Fair Lakes). Greenbriar has the higher median home value ($627,600 vs $575,500 in Fair Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
Population	8,617	7,989
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$130,789	$134,284
Median home value	$575,500	$627,600
Median gross rent	$2,325	$2,167
Housing units	3,643	3,003
Homeownership rate	61.6%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.8%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
Population	8,399 → 8,617 (+2.6%)	8,686 → 7,989 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$119,967 → $130,789 (+9.0%)	$101,494 → $134,284 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$536,000 → $575,500 (+7.4%)	$519,800 → $627,600 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,918 → $2,325 (+21.2%)	$1,980 → $2,167 (+9.4%)

Fair Lakes

Population

8,3998,617

Median household income

$119,967$130,789

Median home value

$536,000$575,500

Median gross rent

$1,918$2,325

Greenbriar

Population

8,6867,989

Median household income

$101,494$134,284

Median home value

$519,800$627,600

Median gross rent

$1,980$2,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
Under 5	2.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	57.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	39.2%	23.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	9.7%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
Drove alone	63.0%	65.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.7%
Public transit	4.0%	4.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	21.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
1-unit, detached	18.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	29.0%	26.5%
20 or more units	16.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Lakes	Greenbriar
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1998	1977