Fairfax Station vs Wakefield

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

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

Fairfax Station has the higher population (12,298 vs 12,024 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($221,793 vs $212,128 in Fairfax Station). Fairfax Station has the higher median home value ($863,400 vs $826,100 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
Population	12,298	12,024
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$212,128	$221,793
Median home value	$863,400	$826,100
Median gross rent	$2,737	$3,501
Housing units	4,203	3,765
Homeownership rate	94.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
Population	12,046 → 12,298 (+2.1%)	11,554 → 12,024 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$177,600 → $212,128 (+19.4%)	$155,729 → $221,793 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$662,400 → $863,400 (+30.3%)	$632,600 → $826,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,565 → $2,737 (+6.7%)	$2,877 → $3,501 (+21.7%)

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

Wakefield

Population

11,55412,024

Median household income

$155,729$221,793

Median home value

$632,600$826,100

Median gross rent

$2,877$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.9%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
No high school diploma	1.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	6.4%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	41.5%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
Drove alone	61.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.1%
Public transit	2.2%	2.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	29.3%	26.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	84.2%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax Station	Wakefield
Poverty rate	1.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.96	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1982	1968