Fairfax Station vs Huntington

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax Station and Huntington: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfax Station and Huntington are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huntington has the higher population (13,250 vs 12,298 in Fairfax Station). Fairfax Station has the higher median household income ($212,128 vs $99,580 in Huntington). Fairfax Station has the higher median home value ($863,400 vs $536,200 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
Population	12,298	13,250
Median age	44.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$212,128	$99,580
Median home value	$863,400	$536,200
Median gross rent	$2,737	$2,045
Housing units	4,203	7,678
Homeownership rate	94.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
Population	12,046 → 12,298 (+2.1%)	13,334 → 13,250 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$177,600 → $212,128 (+19.4%)	$95,930 → $99,580 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$662,400 → $863,400 (+30.3%)	$403,300 → $536,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,565 → $2,737 (+6.7%)	$1,744 → $2,045 (+17.3%)

Fairfax Station

Population

12,04612,298

Median household income

$177,600$212,128

Median home value

$662,400$863,400

Median gross rent

$2,565$2,737

Huntington

Population

13,33413,250

Median household income

$95,930$99,580

Median home value

$403,300$536,200

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	7.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	24.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.3%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	51.2%
Black or African American	4.0%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	11.4%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
No high school diploma	1.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	6.4%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	41.5%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
Drove alone	61.7%	50.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.3%
Public transit	2.2%	14.2%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	25.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
1-unit, detached	84.2%	9.6%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	59.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax Station	Huntington
Poverty rate	1.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.96	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1982	1978