Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFairfax StationVirginiaUnited States
English14.9%12.0%9.5%
German14.8%10.1%12.5%
Irish13.9%9.1%9.4%
Italian6.6%3.9%4.8%
American4.8%8.4%5.3%
Polish3.4%1.6%2.2%
Scottish2.8%1.9%1.3%
French2.3%1.3%1.6%
Asian Indian2.6%1.8%1.4%
Korean2.0%0.8%0.4%
Chinese1.6%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese1.6%0.7%0.6%
Filipino0.8%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani0.7%0.5%—
Bangladeshi0.2%——
Nepalese0.2%——
Salvadoran2.5%2.1%0.7%
Mexican1.3%2.4%11.3%
Bolivian1.1%0.4%—
Guatemalan1.1%0.7%0.5%
Honduran1.0%0.7%0.3%
Peruvian0.9%0.5%—
Puerto Rican0.8%1.4%1.8%
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
African American†3.3%15.6%9.9%
Ethiopian1.0%0.5%—
African0.4%0.9%0.5%
Ghanaian0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fairfax Station
Virginia
United States
Median age
43.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fairfax Station
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$212,224
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
1.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
74.5%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fairfax Station
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
20.8%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.7%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.8%
0.7%
1.1%
Other languages
2.3%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fairfax Station
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−13.6%
2008
+0.6%
2012
−2.4%
2016
+16.4%
2020
+26.4%
2024
+23.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
60.0%Harris4,880
36.4%Trump2,963
3.5%
D+23.6
R+2.8
D+25.1
8,129
D
62.2%Biden5,167
35.8%Trump2,972
2.1%
D+26.4
D+10.0
D+22.0
8,312
D
54.5%Clinton4,265
38.1%Trump2,979
7.4%
D+16.4
D+18.8
D+14.4
7,820
R
48.1%Obama3,630
50.5%Romney3,808
1.4%
R+2.4
R+2.9
R+6.2
7,541
D
49.9%Obama3,759
49.3%McCain3,715
0.7%
D+0.6
D+14.2
R+6.7
7,529
R
42.9%Kerry2,979
56.4%Bush3,923
0.7%
R+13.6
—
R+11.1
6,951
Fairfax Station is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County with household incomes well above state and national medians, and a workforce heavily tied to federal agencies and defense contracting in the greater Washington corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.4 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 13.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.6 points.
A population of 12,566, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $212,224 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Great Falls and Crosspointe.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fairfax Station, Virginia voted Democratic by 23.6 points (D+23.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,129 votes cast, 4,880 went Democratic and 2,963 went Republican.
When did Fairfax Station, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Fairfax Station, Virginia voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Fairfax Station, Virginia?
Fairfax Station, Virginia has a population of 12,566 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairfax Station, Virginia?
Median household income in Fairfax Station, Virginia is $212,224 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Fairfax Station, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fairfax Station, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
