Fairfax is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 24,835 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Fairfax is the 42nd largest community in Virginia.

Fairfax home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Fairfax real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Fairfax, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Fairfax is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Fairfax area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fairfax, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fairfax is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 60.05% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Fairfax in 2018 was $59,688, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $238,752 for a family of four. However, Fairfax contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fairfax is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairfax home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairfax residents report their race to be 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 18.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairfax include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European.

Fairfax also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.58%.

The most common language spoken in Fairfax is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.