Fairfax Station is a census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Fairfax County

Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...

, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 22039. The population as of the 2010 Census

United States Census, 2010

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 was 12,030. As a suburb of Washington, DC, it is a bedroom community for many who work in the federal government

Federal government

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Averages

The average lifestyle for residents of Fairfax Station rates above those of the national index in categories including but not limited to: total household expenditure, insurance

Insurance

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, clothing

Clothing

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, education

Education

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, entertainment

Entertainment

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, food

Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...

, health care

Health care

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, personal care, tobacco

Tobacco

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, transportation, utilities, and gifts. The factors that are below average when compared to the national (lowest in the state for many of them): Crime Rate, Personal Crime Risk, murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

 risk, rape

Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...

 risk, larceny

Larceny

Larceny is a crime involving the wrongful acquisition of the personal property of another person. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law. It has been abolished in England and Wales,...

 risk, and automotive theft

Motor vehicle theft

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 risk.

Demographics

In the 2000 census, Fairfax Station (i.e. the Zip Code Tabulation Area

ZIP Code Tabulation Area

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 for 22039) had a population of 18,471. In 2007, the estimate was 20,124. The community is 83.5% white

White

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, 3.7 % African-American, 9.6% Asian-American, 0.2% Native American

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 and 0.04% Native Hawaiian. 2.96% of the population was of two or more races. In 2004, the adjusted gross income

Adjusted Gross Income

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 per household was $158,241 annually, and the median house price was about $700,000 (Q1 of 2009).

Schools

The education system in Fairfax County is among the top public school counties in the country. The children of Fairfax Station go to 5 elementary schools; William Halley Elementary for the southern part of Fairfax Station and Silverbrook Elementary for the northern part. They can also attend Fairview Elementary, Oak View Elementary, or Sangster Elementary. The children who live in the area of Fairfax Station that is nearest to the town of Clifton, VA attend Clifton Elementary. After 6th grade, the last year in all of the elementary schools, the students of Fairfax Station go to South County Secondary School

South County Secondary School

South County Secondary School is a secondary school in Lorton, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system, opened in September 2005...

, Robinson Secondary School

Robinson Secondary School

James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....

, Robert Frost Middle School (feeder school for W.T. Woodson High School), or Lake Braddock Secondary School

Lake Braddock Secondary School

Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools . It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other three are Hayfield, Robinson, and South County.Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock...

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Transportation

Many of these residents use their own transportation to commute. Fairfax Station encompasses large areas of green forest in which many of deer and fox reside. Local roads include Virginia State Route 123

Virginia State Route 123

Virginia State Route 123 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 1 in Woodbridge north to the Chain Bridge across the Potomac River into Washington from Arlington...

, or Ox Road and Fairfax County Parkway

Fairfax County Parkway

The Fairfax County Parkway, signed as State Route 7100, is a secondary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It provides a north–south arterial route in Fairfax County with a mix of interchanges and signalized and unsignalized intersections. Its alignment roughly corresponds to part of...

. Some commuters also opt to ride the nearby VRE

Virginia Railway Express

The Virginia Railway Express is a regional/ commuter rail service that connects the Northern Virginia suburbs to Union Station in Washington, D.C., via two lines: the Fredericksburg Line from Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the Manassas Line from Broad Run/Airport station in Bristow,...

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History

Fairfax Station was originally a railroad station, with proximity to Fairfax, the county seat. Clara Barton

Clara Barton

Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was a pioneer American teacher, patent clerk, nurse, and humanitarian. She is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.-Youth, education, and family nursing:...

 tended to Union and Confederate troops in Fairfax Station. A small skirmish was fought at Brimstone Hill near Fairfax Station during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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; during the War, near Fairfax Station Confederate

Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...

 General J. E. B. Stuart telegraphed President Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

 complaining of the poor quality of the Federal mule

Mule

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny...

s he had stolen.

External links

• The Fairfax Station Railroad Museum