housing costs · Virginia
Housing costs in Fairfax County
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 | $2,276 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,230 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,159 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,977 | ± $16 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $732,800 | ± $4,766 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $699,700 | ± $3,872 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $666,900 | ± $3,567 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $594,500 | ± $3,180 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.3 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.3 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.4 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.4 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Fairfax County is $2,276, 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.