Dahlgren vs Fairview Beach

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

Dahlgren 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 has the higher population (3,417 vs 204 in Fairview Beach). Dahlgren has the higher median household income ($106,071 vs $97,308 in Fairview Beach). Since 2019, Dahlgren's population has grown faster (+10.5% vs -57.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
Population	3,417	204
Median age	34.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$106,071	$97,308
Median home value	$383,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,306
Housing units	1,335	148
Homeownership rate	61.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
Population	3,093 → 3,417 (+10.5%)	479 → 204 (-57.4%)
Median household income	$81,215 → $106,071 (+30.6%)	—
Median home value	$266,000 → $383,400 (+44.1%)	$342,100 → $450,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,291 (+13.2%)	$742 → $1,306 (+76.0%)

Dahlgren

Population

3,0933,417

Median household income

$81,215$106,071

Median home value

$266,000$383,400

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,291

Fairview Beach

Population

479204

Median home value

$342,100$450,900

Median gross rent

$742$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	18.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	21.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	30.9%
75 and over	6.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	88.2%
Black or African American	23.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	32.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
Drove alone	76.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
1-unit, detached	79.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dahlgren	Fairview Beach
Poverty rate	4.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.72	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	48
Median year structure built	1989	1983