One downside of living in Fairfax, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.53 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
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 2022 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.
In addition, Fairfax has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.58%).
The most common language spoken in Fairfax is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
