Fair Oaks vs McLean

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

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

McLean has the higher population (50,232 vs 35,472 in Fair Oaks). McLean has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $119,387 in Fair Oaks). McLean has the higher median home value ($1,304,900 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	McLean
Population	35,472	50,232
Median age	35.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,387	$250,001
Median home value	$580,500	$1,304,900
Median gross rent	$2,242	$3,376
Housing units	16,021	17,765
Homeownership rate	44.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	85.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	McLean
Population	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)	47,682 → 50,232 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)	$207,184 → $250,001 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)	$1,031,200 → $1,304,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)	$3,065 → $3,376 (+10.1%)

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

McLean

Population

47,68250,232

Median household income

$207,184$250,001

Median home value

$1,031,200$1,304,900

Median gross rent

$3,065$3,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	McLean
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	19.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.0%
75 and over	3.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	McLean
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	65.8%
Black or African American	11.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	29.7%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	McLean
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	8.3%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	56.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	McLean
Drove alone	64.1%	53.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.9%
Public transit	1.6%	3.8%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.8%	35.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	McLean
1-unit, detached	8.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	29.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	35.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	23.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	McLean
Poverty rate	5.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1998	1976