housing costs · Virginia
Housing costs in Fairfax city
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $2,245 | ± $107 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,122 | ± $100 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,972 | ± $107 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,841 | ± $70 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $722,600 | ± $27,332 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $677,400 | ± $14,476 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $649,600 | ± $12,469 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $596,800 | ± $15,786 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.6 % | ± 4.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.8 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.5 % | ± 6.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.9 % | ± 6.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Fairfax city is $2,245, above the Virginia median of $1,059 across 133 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.