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Washington, DC vs Fairfax, VA

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- The median age of a home in Washington is 18.2% older than the median age of a home in Fairfax.
 Washington, DCFairfax, VAUnited States
 Median Home Age66  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$654,200$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months7.0%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock32.2%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.83.8%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$9.4$11.0
 Homes Owned37.4%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock2.2%11.2%
 Homes Rented52.7%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Washington, DCFairfax, VAUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$2,810$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,680  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,000$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,940  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,850$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,900  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Washington, DCFairfax, VAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock0.5%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.5%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock1.2%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.4%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Washington, DCFairfax, VAUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock0.2%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.4%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.3%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.2%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock0.2%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9991.0%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock1.6%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,9997.5%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock7.0%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99912.7%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock45.4%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,99917.3%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock3.7%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9994.2%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.3%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Washington, DCFairfax, VAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock7.0%13.6%
 2000 to 20097.9%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock7.9%13.6%
 1980 to 19894.7%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock12.1%14.8%
 1960 to 19693.1%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock28.8%10.0%
 1940 to 194910.8%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock0.3%12.2%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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