Dahlgren Center vs Fairview Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Dahlgren Center and Fairview Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Dahlgren Center and Fairview Beach are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dahlgren Center has the higher population (658 vs 204 in Fairview Beach). Dahlgren Center has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $97,308 in Fairview Beach). Since 2019, Dahlgren Center's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -57.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
Population	658	204
Median age	24.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$97,308
Median gross rent	$1,940	$1,306
Housing units	222	148
Homeownership rate	0.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
Population	628 → 658 (+4.8%)	479 → 204 (-57.4%)
Median household income	$58,500 → $99,375 (+69.9%)	—
Median home value	—	$342,100 → $450,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,768 → $1,940 (+9.7%)	$742 → $1,306 (+76.0%)

Dahlgren Center

Population

628658

Median household income

$58,500$99,375

Median gross rent

$1,768$1,940

Fairview Beach

Population

479204

Median home value

$342,100$450,900

Median gross rent

$742$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
Under 5	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	27.7%	18.1%
25 to 34	23.6%	21.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	0.3%	30.9%
75 and over	0.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	88.2%
Black or African American	12.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.9%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
No high school diploma	1.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	11.5%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
Drove alone	57.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
1-unit, detached	35.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	51.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dahlgren Center	Fairview Beach
Poverty rate	1.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	12	48
Median year structure built	1988	1983