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Home values, rents and more in Fairfax County, VA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$756,000
Metro: $570,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+1.2%
Metro: +0.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$2,507/mo
Metro: $2,407 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+1.3%
Metro: +1.6% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
1,167,873
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$153,637
Metro: $126,684 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Fairfax County, VA, shaded by typical home valueFairfaxFauquierLoudounMontgomeryPrince George'sCharlesPrince WilliamStaffordHowardJefferson
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Counties around Fairfax County, VA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Fairfax County, VA is outlined.

How Fairfax County, VA compares

The typical home in Fairfax County, VA is worth about $756,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fairfax County, VA are 33% above the typical value in the Washington metro area ($570,000) and 2.1 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Fairfax County, VA rose 1.2%, compared with +0.2% in the Washington metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $2,507 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% above the Washington metro area ($2,407) and 30% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.3% over the past year.

The median household income is $153,637, against $126,684 in the Washington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,167,873 people live in Fairfax County, VA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Fairfax County, VA has the 5th-highest typical home value of the 23 counties in the Washington metro area and the 5th-highest of 133 in Virginia with Zillow figures.

Part of: Washington metro area · Virginia

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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