Fairfax County Virginia

In the heart of Virginia, Fairfax County is home to over 1 million people. It is an attractive place to live and over one quarter of the county's population was born outside of the US. Many people move to the region to enjoy the quality of life and to work in the Washington DC area. Education standards are high, there is excellent health care facilities and services and excellent shopping centers. Fairfax is served by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority which operate a rail and bus service to the region. Fairfax county has 5 Metro transit stations including park and ride facilities.

Fairfax County however has a thriving economy. There are almost 5,000 technology firms located in Fairfax County and 30,000 businesses. The US federal government is a big spender in the region with yearly expenditures of almost 13 Billion. Unemployment is lower than other major urban centers including New York, Boston, Atlanta and Los Angeles, and there is a large pool of workers which means conditions for business here are excellent.

Technology businesses find Fairfax Virginia to be to there liking. In comparison to other leading technology driven areas of the US such as Silicon Valley in California, and Middlesex County in Massachusetts, Fairfax County has over 115,000 high tech workers working in almost 3600 tech companies. That is a much higher percentage than other high technology regions. Employment growth in the last few years has been much higher in the Washington DC area than in other areas of the country.

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The cost of living in the area is in the middle range in comparison with other major urban areas and is lower in food, housing and healthcare than in Silicon Valley, California. The median household income is $81,000 and a per capita income of $37,000 which is 16% higher than in Silicon Valley.

There is a wide variety of housing available in Fairfax County including condos, single family homes, townhouses, apartments, and million dollar estates. It is an excellent time to buy or invest in Fairfax County Real Estate. Single family homes are priced near $425,000 while condos and townhouse units average around $260,000. The average apartment rental rate is one thousand to one thousand four hundred per month. The average price for a home in the greater Washington DC area is about $440,000.

Fairfax City VA

Fairfax City is the urban heart of Fairfax County, in Northern Virginia. It includes the cities and towns of Oakton VA, Burke VA, Dunn Loring VA, Wolf Trap VA, Annandale VA, Mantua VA, Vienna VA, Merrifield VA , and Arlington Virginia. Washington DC is only 20 miles southeast of Fairfax City and only 50 miles from Baltimore Maryland.

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