Fair Oaks vs Oakton

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

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

Oakton has the higher population (36,776 vs 35,472 in Fair Oaks). Oakton has the higher median household income ($163,662 vs $119,387 in Fair Oaks). Oakton has the higher median home value ($776,700 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
Population	35,472	36,776
Median age	35.3 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,387	$163,662
Median home value	$580,500	$776,700
Median gross rent	$2,242	$2,333
Housing units	16,021	14,328
Homeownership rate	44.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
Population	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)	36,997 → 36,776 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)	$132,256 → $163,662 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)	$631,700 → $776,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)	$1,923 → $2,333 (+21.3%)

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

Oakton

Population

36,99736,776

Median household income

$132,256$163,662

Median home value

$631,700$776,700

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	19.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.9%
75 and over	3.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	53.5%
Black or African American	11.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	29.7%	22.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	8.3%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
Drove alone	64.1%	51.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.1%
Public transit	1.6%	8.1%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.8%	30.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
1-unit, detached	8.9%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	29.3%	28.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	35.6%	18.4%
20 or more units	23.0%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Oakton
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1998	1983