Fair Oaks vs Tysons

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Oaks and Tysons: population, income, housing, and more.

Fair Oaks and Tysons are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fair Oaks has the higher population (35,472 vs 28,022 in Tysons). Tysons has the higher median household income ($129,189 vs $119,387 in Fair Oaks). Tysons has the higher median home value ($640,500 vs $580,500 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
Population	35,472	28,022
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,387	$129,189
Median home value	$580,500	$640,500
Median gross rent	$2,242	$2,478
Housing units	16,021	15,152
Homeownership rate	44.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
Population	33,481 → 35,472 (+5.9%)	24,261 → 28,022 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $119,387 (+11.7%)	$107,388 → $129,189 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$453,500 → $580,500 (+28.0%)	$563,000 → $640,500 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,963 → $2,242 (+14.2%)	$2,004 → $2,478 (+23.7%)

Fair Oaks

Population

33,48135,472

Median household income

$106,875$119,387

Median home value

$453,500$580,500

Median gross rent

$1,963$2,242

Tysons

Population

24,26128,022

Median household income

$107,388$129,189

Median home value

$563,000$640,500

Median gross rent

$2,004$2,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	19.6%	23.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.6%
75 and over	3.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	42.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	29.7%	30.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	8.3%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	42.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
Drove alone	64.1%	50.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.3%
Public transit	1.6%	4.8%
Walked	2.7%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	26.8%	31.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
1-unit, detached	8.9%	9.1%
1-unit, attached	29.3%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	35.6%	16.4%
20 or more units	23.0%	62.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Tysons
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1998	1995