Fair Oaks vs Springfield

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

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

Fair Oaks has the higher population (35,472 vs 30,894 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median household income ($123,691 vs $119,387 in Fair Oaks). Springfield has the higher median home value ($622,200 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
Population	35,472	30,894
Median age	35.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,387	$123,691
Median home value	$580,500	$622,200
Median gross rent	$2,242	$2,643
Housing units	16,021	10,816
Homeownership rate	44.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
Population	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)	32,222 → 30,894 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)	$101,814 → $123,691 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)	$468,100 → $622,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)	$2,102 → $2,643 (+25.7%)

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

Springfield

Population

32,22230,894

Median household income

$101,814$123,691

Median home value

$468,100$622,200

Median gross rent

$2,102$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
Under 5	6.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	19.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.8%
75 and over	3.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	31.9%
Black or African American	11.9%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	29.7%	31.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	8.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
Drove alone	64.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.8%
Public transit	1.6%	7.8%
Walked	2.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.8%	15.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
1-unit, detached	8.9%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	29.3%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	35.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	23.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Springfield
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1998	1974