Pimmit Hills, Virginia
Encyclopedia
Pimmit Hills is a census-designated place
(CDP) in Fairfax County
, Virginia
, United States
. The population was 6,152 at the 2000 census. In practical terms, it is more of a neighborhood within a densely-populated urban area
than a traditional town
.
It is found within the triangle made by the intersection of three highway
s: Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway
), Interstate 66, and State Route 267 (the Dulles Toll Road). Within this triangle, the actual bounds of the neighborhood are Lemon Road Creek, State Route 7, and Magarity Road. Although Pimmit Hills is politically part of Fairfax County, Pimmit Hills addresses use Falls Church
as their mailing address.
and Korean War
veteran
s and their families. The houses are mostly single-family detached dwellings, with an average property size of 1/4 acre
(1,000 m²). The neighborhood diverges from surrounding areas in that almost all houses are built using a very similar style. When the houses were first built, all tree
s in the area were removed. However, 50 years later the area is known for its population of large oak
s, Tulip trees
and other trees.
During the 1970s the area suffered from depressed real estate
values. This began to turn around in the 1990s. Current real estate values mirror the rest of northern Virginia
, with extreme value appreciation within the last several years. Like most of the rest of northern Virginia, the ethnic mix in the neighborhood is quite varied.
Several attempts have been made by commercial developers to buy up Pimmit properties and convert them to higher-density housing such as condominium
s or town houses, but so far these have been resisted by homeowners. Add-ons to the original houses such as second floors, basement
s, and same-floor expansions are common.
The trailer park
in the NBC
sitcom My Name Is Earl
is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia
, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km²), all of it land.
Population, 2010 6,094
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 -0.90%
Population, 2000 6,152
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.40%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.60%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.10%
Female persons, percent, 2010 48.90%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 69.50%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.70%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.90%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 15.40%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.10%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.00%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 19.90%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 58.00%
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 85.70%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 27.90%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 38.00%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 91.60%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 53.40%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 28.4
Housing units, 2010 2,324
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 76.10%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 18.00%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $489,100
Households, 2005-2009 2,101
Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.75
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $39,257
Median household income 2005-2009 $93,068
People of all ages in poverty - percent, 2005-2009 5.00%
Business QuickFacts Pimmit Hills CDP
Total number of firms, 2007 759
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.50%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 F
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 11.30%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 F
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.50%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 41.20%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 45,550
Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,207
Geography QuickFacts Pimmit Hills CDP
Land area in square miles, 2010 1.48
Persons per square mile, 2010 4,120.40
FIPS Code 62264
Counties Fairfax County
operates public schools.
Fairfax County Public Library
operates the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in the Pimmit Hills CDP, serving Pimmit Hills and Tysons Corner
.
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...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 6,152 at the 2000 census. In practical terms, it is more of a neighborhood within a densely-populated urban area
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
than a traditional town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
.
It is found within the triangle made by the intersection of three highway
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
s: Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
Interstate 495 is a Interstate Highway that surrounds the United States' capital of Washington, D.C., and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia. I-495 is widely known as the Capital Beltway or simply the Beltway, especially when the context of Washington, D.C., is clear...
), Interstate 66, and State Route 267 (the Dulles Toll Road). Within this triangle, the actual bounds of the neighborhood are Lemon Road Creek, State Route 7, and Magarity Road. Although Pimmit Hills is politically part of Fairfax County, Pimmit Hills addresses use Falls Church
Falls Church, Virginia
The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...
as their mailing address.
History
The houses in Pimmit Hills were mostly built during the late 1940s and early 1950s for World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
veteran
Veteran
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
s and their families. The houses are mostly single-family detached dwellings, with an average property size of 1/4 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
(1,000 m²). The neighborhood diverges from surrounding areas in that almost all houses are built using a very similar style. When the houses were first built, all tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s in the area were removed. However, 50 years later the area is known for its population of large oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
s, Tulip trees
Liriodendron
Liriodendron is a genus of two species of characteristically large deciduous trees in the magnolia family .These trees are widely known by the common name tulip tree or tuliptree for their large flowers superficially resembling tulips, but are closely related to magnolias rather than lilies, the...
and other trees.
During the 1970s the area suffered from depressed real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
values. This began to turn around in the 1990s. Current real estate values mirror the rest of northern Virginia
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...
, with extreme value appreciation within the last several years. Like most of the rest of northern Virginia, the ethnic mix in the neighborhood is quite varied.
Several attempts have been made by commercial developers to buy up Pimmit properties and convert them to higher-density housing such as condominium
Condominium
A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
s or town houses, but so far these have been resisted by homeowners. Add-ons to the original houses such as second floors, basement
Basement
__FORCETOC__A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system...
s, and same-floor expansions are common.
The trailer park
Trailer park
A trailer park is a semi-permanent or permanent area for mobile homes or travel trailers. The main reasons for living in such trailer parks are the often lower cost compared to other housing, and the ability to move to a new area more quickly and easily, for example when changing jobs to another...
in the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
sitcom My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia
Gregory Thomas Garcia
Gregory Thomas García , is an American television director, producer and writer. He was the creator/executive producer on the long-running sitcom Yes, Dear and the creator/executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning My Name Is Earl...
, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.
Geography
Pimmit Hills is located at 38°54′42"N 77°12′5"W (38.911644, -77.201321).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the 2010 CensusPopulation, 2010 6,094
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 -0.90%
Population, 2000 6,152
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.40%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.60%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.10%
Female persons, percent, 2010 48.90%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 69.50%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.70%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.90%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 15.40%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.10%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.00%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 19.90%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 58.00%
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 85.70%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 27.90%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 38.00%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 91.60%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 53.40%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 28.4
Housing units, 2010 2,324
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 76.10%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 18.00%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $489,100
Households, 2005-2009 2,101
Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.75
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $39,257
Median household income 2005-2009 $93,068
People of all ages in poverty - percent, 2005-2009 5.00%
Business QuickFacts Pimmit Hills CDP
Total number of firms, 2007 759
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.50%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 F
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 11.30%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 F
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.50%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 41.20%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 45,550
Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,207
Geography QuickFacts Pimmit Hills CDP
Land area in square miles, 2010 1.48
Persons per square mile, 2010 4,120.40
FIPS Code 62264
Counties Fairfax County
Education
Fairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax...
operates public schools.
Fairfax County Public Library
Fairfax County Public Library
The Fairfax County Public Library is a public library system headquartered in Suite 324 in the Fairfax County Government Center at 12000 Government Center Parkway in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States....
operates the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in the Pimmit Hills CDP, serving Pimmit Hills and Tysons Corner
Tysons Corner, Virginia
Tysons Corner is an unincorporated census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Part of the Washington Metropolitan Area located in Northern Virginia, Tysons Corner lies between the community of McLean and the town of Vienna along the Capital Beltway . The population was...
.