| Fair Lakes, Virginia | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Fair Lakes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fairfax |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.26 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.19 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 8404 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1357.7 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 400 |
| Coordinates: | 38.8631°N -77.3819°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 22033 |
| Area Code: | 703, 571 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 51-26701 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2584844 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 3561.3 |
Fair Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) and business park located west of Fairfax in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Fair Lakes had a population of 8,404 in 2020.[1]
Fair Lakes is a mixed-use development of upscale residential apartments and commercial buildings, built by the Peterson Companies.[2]
The main road in Fair Lakes is the Fair Lakes Parkway. Other major roads that pass through the area are the Fairfax County Parkway (SR 286); West Ox Road (SR 608), and SR 6751 / Monument Drive. SR 645 / Stringfellow Road forms the western boundary of Fair Lakes, and is also the western terminus for the Fair Lakes Parkway. An interchange with Interstate 66 is at the center of the Fair Lakes CDP. The southern border of the CDP follows U.S. Route 29 (Lee Highway).
Fair Lakes is bordered by Centreville to the west, Greenbriar to the north, and Fair Oaks to the east. Unincorporated land that is not part of any census-designated place is to the south across Route 29, including Cobbs Corner and Blevinstown. The center of Fairfax is 5miles to the east, and downtown Washington, D.C. is to the east along I-66.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fair Lakes CDP has a total area of 6.26sqkm, of which 6.19sqkm is land and 0.06sqkm, or 1.00%, is water.[3]
The area was farm land until planned development of the office parks and neighborhoods began in the 1980s and 1990s.
At the 2020 census (some information from the 2022 American Community Survey) there were 8,404 people, 3,563 housing units and 3,621 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 3516.3/mi2. The average housing unit density was 1490.8/mi2. The racial makeup of the CDP was 40.29% White, 9.61% African American, 0.19% Native American, 37.24% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.22% from other races, and 9.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.41% of the population.
Of the households, 57.7% were married couple families, 17.2% were a male family householder with no spouse, and 19.0% were a female family householder with no spouse. The average family household had 2.99 people.
The median age was 38.2, 18.2% of people were under the age of 18, and 11.4% were 65 years of age or older. The largest ancestry is the 7.4% who had German ancestry, 45.2% spoke a language other than English at home, and 38.9% were born outside the United States, 67.4% of whom were naturalized citizens.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $123,387, and the median income for a family was $140,921. 7.8% of the population were military veterans, and 67.4% had a batchelor's degree or higher. In the CDP 7.3% of the population was below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under the age of 18 and 20.1% of those aged 65 or over, with 4.7% of the population without health insurance.
Fair Lakes had a population of 7,942 at the 2010 census.