Your Guide to Buying a Home in Fairfax, VA

Buying a Home in Fairfax, Virginia

Fairfax is located in Independent City County

Incredible growth and activity in and around the city, thriving local businesses, the development in neighboring Fairfax County near the city's border, and the expansion of George Mason University expand the total population of the city during business and school hours to about 100,000. Though this creates a need for more city services, the mix of commercial and residential property means city homeowners generate less than half of the city's revenues. City residents enjoy many advantages that people in neighboring jurisdictions do not, including refuse collection and snow removal by the local government at no additional cost and tax rates as much as 30 percent lower. The residents of the city's 7,824 households have a median age of 33.5 years and an estimated median household income of $59,453 (more than 20 percent higher than the state median). A third of the adult population has a college degree.