Fair Lakes vs Laurel Hill

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

Fair Lakes and Laurel Hill 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 7,551 in Laurel Hill). Laurel Hill has the higher median household income ($139,803 vs $130,789 in Fair Lakes). Laurel Hill has the higher median home value ($625,900 vs $575,500 in Fair Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
Population	8,617	7,551
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$130,789	$139,803
Median home value	$575,500	$625,900
Median gross rent	$2,325	$2,335
Housing units	3,643	2,937
Homeownership rate	61.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.8%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
Population	8,399 → 8,617 (+2.6%)	8,020 → 7,551 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$119,967 → $130,789 (+9.0%)	$117,614 → $139,803 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$536,000 → $575,500 (+7.4%)	$496,600 → $625,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,918 → $2,325 (+21.2%)	$2,294 → $2,335 (+1.8%)

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

Laurel Hill

Population

8,0207,551

Median household income

$117,614$139,803

Median home value

$496,600$625,900

Median gross rent

$2,294$2,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
Under 5	2.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	20.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.9%
75 and over	4.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	32.5%
Black or African American	7.3%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	39.2%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	2.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.1%
High school graduate	9.7%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
Drove alone	63.0%	56.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.8%
Public transit	4.0%	3.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	31.9%
Other means	0.6%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
1-unit, detached	18.4%	38.0%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	29.0%	18.7%
20 or more units	16.1%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Lakes	Laurel Hill
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1998	2002