Fairfax city, Virginia: New American county. In 2024, voted D+33%. Republican peak: R+49 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 25,0262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $132,3482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fairfax County, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Fairfax cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Fairfax city, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | No data |
| 1964 | −26.4% |
| 1968 | −13.3% |
| 1972 | −49.2% |
| 1976 | −9.1% |
| 1980 | −23.3% |
| 1984 | −31.1% |
| 1988 | −23.6% |
| 1992 | −4.6% |
| 1996 | −4.7% |
| 2000 | −4.2% |
| 2004 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | +16.5% |
| 2012 | +16.1% |
| 2016 | +30.5% |
| 2020 | +38.3% |
| 2024 | +33.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 8,797 | 4,302 | 13,567 | ||
| D | 9,174 | 4,007 | 13,483 | ||
| D | 7,367 | 3,702 | 12,028 | ||
| D | 6,651 | 4,775 | 11,629 | ||
| D | 6,575 | 4,691 | 11,398 | ||
| D | 5,395 | 5,045 | 10,546 | ||
| R | 4,361 | 4,762 | 9,556 | ||
| R | 3,909 | 4,319 | 8,745 | ||
| R | 3,884 | 4,333 | 9,693 | ||
| R | 3,430 | 5,576 | 9,101 | ||
| R | 3,263 | 6,234 | 9,538 | ||
| R | 2,614 | 4,475 | 8,004 | ||
| R | 3,464 | 4,174 | 7,823 | ||
| R | 4,148 | 12,463 | 16,916 | ||
| R | 2,153 | 2,963 | 6,084 | ||
| R | 4,539 | 7,900 | 12,724 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.8%
English
11.1%
Irish
10.5%
Italian
5.6%
American
4.1%
Scottish
2.7%
Polish
1.6%
African American
5.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$132,348
Fairfax city ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Fairfax city$132,348
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Fairfax city ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.7%
Working age (18–64)9.7%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
61.6%
speak English only
Spanish16.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander11.5%
Other Indo-European6.7%
Other languages3.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 5.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Fairfax City, one of Virginia's independent cities, recorded a 33-point Democratic margin in 2024, reflecting the broader leftward shift seen across the dense, education-heavy Washington suburbs over the past decade.
Fairfax city has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-eight points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $132,348, and a population of 25,026. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairfax County and Albemarle County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Fairfax city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fairfax city, Virginia voted Democratic by 33.1 points (D+33), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 13,567 votes cast, 8,797 went Democratic and 4,302 went Republican.
What is Fairfax city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Fairfax city, Virginia in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Fairfax city, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Fairfax city, Virginia voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Fairfax city, Virginia?
Fairfax city, Virginia has a population of 25,026 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairfax city, Virginia?
Median household income in Fairfax city, Virginia is $132,348 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Fairfax city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fairfax city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.