What is the median rent in Fairfax Station, VA?

Name: Median rent in Fairfax Station, VA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Fairfax Station, VA is $2,794 (±$126) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 220 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Fairfax Station, the median gross rent went from $2,565 in 2015–2019 to $2,794 in 2020–2024 (+8.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,794 (±$126)
Rented homes: 220 (±111)
$2,000 or more: 93.2%
Since 2015–2019: +8.9%

How much rent costs in Fairfax Station

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Fairfax Station	Fairfax County	Virginia	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±16.6 points)	2.2%	5.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±16.6 points)	2.4%	16.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±16.6 points)	6.3%	25.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	6.8% (±9.1 points)	21.9%	24.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	5.0% (±8.3 points)	31.2%	15.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	65.0% (±23.4 points)	17.7%	6.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	23.2% (±23.3 points)	18.3%	7.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,500 to $2,999, paid by 65.0% of renting households.

93.2% of rented homes in Fairfax Station cost $2,000 or more a month.

Fairfax Station against Fairfax County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Fairfax Station	Fairfax County	Virginia	United States
Median gross rent	$2,794 (±$126)	$2,276 (±$15)	$1,579 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	220 (±111)	126,406 (±2,242)	1,045,770 (±8,216)	42,849,984

In Fairfax Station, median gross rent is higher than in Fairfax County ($2,276).

It is also higher than in Virginia ($1,579).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Fairfax County, Fairfax Station ranks 18 of 66 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 24 of 428.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Fairfax Station has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$2,565 (±$283)	$2,794 (±$126)	+8.9%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	5.8% (±1.9 points)	5.7% (±2.7 points)	−0.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	2.9% (±4.5 points)	0.0% (±15.5 points)	−2.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Fairfax Station

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Fairfax Station
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Fairfax Station	—	$2,794 (±$126)	—
Burke Centre	2.1 mi	$2,515 (±$148)	Lower
Union Mill	2.7 mi	$2,365 (±$1,707)	Not measurably different
Kings Park West	2.7 mi	$2,560 (±$348)	Not measurably different
Braddock	2.7 mi	$2,419 (±$1,506)	Not measurably different
George Mason	3.2 mi	$2,426 (±$370)	Not measurably different
Burke	4.3 mi	$2,894 (±$119)	Not measurably different
Long Branch	4.4 mi	$1,229 (±$891)	Lower
Fairfax	4.6 mi	$2,245 (±$107)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Burke Centre, VA ($2,515), Long Branch, VA ($1,229), Fairfax, VA ($2,245).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Fairfax County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
12	Fort Belvoir	$3,236 (±$74)
13	Dranesville	$3,187 (±$195)
14	Hayfield	$3,114 (±$570)
15	Difficult Run	$3,066 (±$1,188)
16	Burke	$2,894 (±$119)
17	Newington	$2,805 (±$161)
18	Fairfax Station	$2,794 (±$126)
19	Springfield	$2,656 (±$189)
20	Franklin Farm	$2,625 (±$232)
21	Newington Forest	$2,618 (±$135)
22	Franconia	$2,605 (±$132)
23	Kings Park West	$2,560 (±$348)
24	Lorton	$2,548 (±$211)

Showing 13 of 66 places in Fairfax County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Fairfax Station is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Fairfax Station

What is the average rent in Fairfax Station, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Fairfax Station is $2,794 (±$126) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Fairfax Station?

In Fairfax Station, the median gross rent went from $2,565 in 2015–2019 to $2,794 in 2020–2024 (+8.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Fairfax Station cost more than $2,000 a month?

93.2% of rented homes in Fairfax Station have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Fairfax Station higher than in Fairfax County?

In Fairfax Station, median gross rent is higher than in Fairfax County ($2,276).

It is also higher than in Virginia ($1,579).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Fairfax Station CDP, Virginia (place:26592, in state:51).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.