Fair Oaks vs West Falls Church

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

Fair Oaks and West Falls Church 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 30,660 in West Falls Church). West Falls Church has the higher median household income ($131,236 vs $119,387 in Fair Oaks). West Falls Church has the higher median home value ($658,700 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
Population	35,472	30,660
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$119,387	$131,236
Median home value	$580,500	$658,700
Median gross rent	$2,242	$2,140
Housing units	16,021	10,905
Homeownership rate	44.0%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
Population	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)	29,623 → 30,660 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)	$103,867 → $131,236 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)	$514,900 → $658,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)	$1,764 → $2,140 (+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

West Falls Church

Population

29,62330,660

Median household income

$103,867$131,236

Median home value

$514,900$658,700

Median gross rent

$1,764$2,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
Under 5	6.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	19.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.1%
75 and over	3.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	39.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	29.7%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
No high school diploma	4.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	8.3%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
Drove alone	64.1%	58.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.3%
Public transit	1.6%	5.7%
Walked	2.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.8%	19.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
1-unit, detached	8.9%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	29.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	35.6%	22.9%
20 or more units	23.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	West Falls Church
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1998	1962