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Census Tract 4617, Fairfax, VA

6,974 Population
0.9 square miles 7,894 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Merrifield: 34.6 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fairfax County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$63,612 ±$9,351 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Merrifield: $73,653 ±$6,647
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fairfax County: $71,828 ±$695
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$154,987 ±$36,847 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrifield: $136,373 † ±$16,108
  • about the same as the amount in Fairfax County: $153,637 ±$1,635
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

5.6% ±3.7% (393  ±269) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrifield: 5.1% † 1,052 (±2.2% / ±454)
  • a little less than the rate in Fairfax County: 5.9% 67,523 (±0.4% / ±3,923)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

28.3 minutes ±12.8 (74,720  ±18,917) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Merrifield: 28.1 † 242,990 (±4.8 / ±24,390)
  • about the same as the figure in Fairfax County: 28.9 12,632,660 (±0.3 / ±177,510)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

2,665 ±442 Number of households
  • Merrifield: 9,435 ±537
  • Fairfax County: 414,101 ±1,274
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.6 ±0.1 (6,974  ±1,170) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Merrifield: 2.2 20,686 (±0.1 / ±1,349)
  • a little less than the figure in Fairfax County: 2.8 1,137,439 (±0 / ±401)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

4.2% ±4.1% (78  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Merrifield: 6.6% † 400 (±3.5% / ±215)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fairfax County: 5.2% 14,180 (±0.4% / ±1,044)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

2,805 ±423 Number of housing units
  • Merrifield: 9,853 ±519
  • Fairfax County: 430,047 ±184
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$686,900 ±$39,643 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Merrifield: $660,800 ±$41,518
  • a little less than the amount in Fairfax County: $732,800 ±$4,766
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

24.7% ±11.7% (1,705  ±859) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Merrifield: 24.6% † 5,019 (±5.3% / ±1,138.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Fairfax County: 13.1% 148,066 (±0.5% / ±5,309.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

96.9% ±23.1% (4,959  ±820.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrifield: 95.1% 14,807 (±4.5% / ±1,159.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Fairfax County: 93.2% 736,613 (±0.8% / ±5,954.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
77.2% ±5.9% (3,951  ±743.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrifield: 76.2% 11,865 (±4.7% / ±1,037.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fairfax County: 65% 513,757 (±0.6% / ±4,716.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

53.3% ±11.9% (3,716  ±1,039) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Merrifield: 45.7% † 9,460 (±6.2% / ±1,420)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fairfax County: 30.8% 354,016
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

6.9% ±3.4% (365  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Merrifield: 4.4% † 744 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fairfax County: 7.5% 65,722 (±0.2% / ±1,716)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
365 Total veterans ±192 351 Male ±188 14 Female ±23

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