Fairfax is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 21,498 people and 19 constituent neighborhoods, Fairfax is the 46th largest community in Virginia.

Fairfax is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fairfax is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairfax who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.06%), management occupations (13.64%), and computer science and math (9.17%).

Also of interest is that Fairfax has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Fairfax is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Fairfax is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Fairfax Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Fairfax. 45.65% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fairfax in 2000 was $31,247, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,988 for a family of four. However, Fairfax contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fairfax is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairfax home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fairfax is White, followed by Asian. Fairfax also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.52% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairfax include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

Fairfax also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.36%.

The languages spoken by people in Fairfax are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Fairfax is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Korean, and Chinese.