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Fairlawn, VA

2,555 Population
3.1 square miles 812.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±13.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,040 ±$9,416 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $34,816 ±$1,027
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$67,549 ±$9,939 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $64,627 ±$2,441
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

4.5% ±4.2% (116  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.9% 33,063 (±0.9% / ±1,547)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

20.8 minutes ±0.9 (19,315  ±6,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,599,225 (±0.6 / ±56,078)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,258 ±243 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,035 ±866
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2 ±0.2 (2,553  ±549) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,614 (±0 / ±221)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

6.1% ±6.8% (25  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 3.4% † 1,586 (±0.6% / ±286)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,470 ±263 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 81,987 ±128
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$257,000 ±$47,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $228,400 ±$5,106
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

13.8% ±7.3% (349  ±200.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.7% 31,877 (±1% / ±1,862.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

94.8% ±24% (1,833  ±315) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.5% 105,492 (±2.2% / ±2,488.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
47.7% ±8% (922  ±231.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,462 (±1.3% / ±1,487.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

2.6% ±2.2% (66  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.9% 10,770
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

12.9% ±5.5% (264  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.5% 8,420 (±0.3% / ±512)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
264 Total veterans ±122 254 Male ±121 10 Female ±19

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