City of Fairfax, Virginia · Zips 22030, 22031 and 22032, inside the city line
Its own city, its own schools and tax rate, and townhouses that sell for more than houses.
The Historic Fairfax Courthouse· Old Town Fairfax
Artist's renderings of real City of Fairfax places.
Northern Virginia Guide › Fairfax County area › City of Fairfax (independent city)
Updated October 2, 2026Bright MLS, closed January 1 to October 2, 20261
Quick answer
The median single-family home in the City of Fairfax sold for $820,000 in 2026 and went under contract in seven days, and half sold above the asking price. The median townhouse sold for more, $867,500.
The City of Fairfax, often called Fairfax City, is an independent city, not part of Fairfax County. It has its own city government, its own real estate tax rate, its own police department and its own schools, and Fairfax County surrounds it on every side. A "Fairfax, VA" mailing address can be in the city or in the county, and the zip code does not settle it, so check the tax record, not the listing. For the county side of the same address, see the Fairfax (Fairfax County) page. This page is about homes for sale and sold inside the city line: what a house or townhouse costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which schools it feeds, the tax and the commute. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
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Six numbers that describe the City of Fairfax.
★ Closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261
The city's 121 house sales were in zips 22030 (101), 22031 (7) and 22032 (13); its 42 townhouse sales in 22030 (33), 22031 (7) and 22032 (2). Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; homes legally owned as condos (including condo-style townhouses) are left out of both. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, County = Fairfax City, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Why people choose the City of Fairfax
The Orange Line, George Mason, VA financing and newer townhouses.
The Orange Line at Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, with George Mason close by; a VA loan on 12 of the 121 house sales; newer townhouses near Old Town; and the shops along Fairfax Boulevard and Lee Highway.
Buyers choose the city over the county side of Fairfax for about $165,000 less at the median house, a lower tax rate and city services such as leaf collection and the CUE bus. They choose a townhouse here for a newer, bigger home at about the price of an older house. If you are torn between the city and the county, settle schools and commute before price; the price follows.
Prices
A median $820,000 for a house in the City of Fairfax, $165,000 less than the county side.
The median city house sold for $820,000 against $985,000 for a house on the Fairfax County side of the same Fairfax address, and for less than Springfield ($828,857) or Herndon ($879,000). The median townhouse, $867,500, sold for more than the median house.
Houses. 121 sold, from $475,000 (the lowest sale) to $2,100,000 (the highest), and 101 of them in 22030. Many are brick split-levels, ramblers and colonials from the 1950s and 1960s, in neighborhoods such as Mosby Woods and Country Club Hills. Half sold above asking, 62 of 121, and half went under contract within a week.
Townhouses. 42 sold at a median of $867,500, $47,500 more than the median house, because they are bigger and newer: a median of 2,405 square feet above ground against 1,930 for a house. That is more than a townhouse cost in Vienna ($811,557) or Oakton ($798,500), and $132,500 more than on the county side of Fairfax ($735,000). Six in ten went under contract within a week.
The averages meet. The average house sold for $895,737 and the average townhouse for $895,710, a difference of $27. Condo-owned homes are not counted in either.
Median single-family sale price, 20262
McLean $2,300,000; Great Falls $1,885,000; City of Falls Church (independent city) $1,685,000; Vienna $1,453,000; Oakton $1,420,000; Arlington County, all zips, $1,406,000; City of Alexandria (independent city) $1,350,000; Fairfax Station $1,245,000; Reston $1,120,000; Clifton $1,100,000; Falls Church addresses in Fairfax County $1,055,000; Fairfax addresses in Fairfax County $985,000; Fairfax County in September $950,000; Lorton $930,000; Annandale $925,000; Burke $925,000; Chantilly addresses in Fairfax County $923,650; Centreville $904,500; Alexandria addresses in Fairfax County $885,000; Herndon $879,000; Springfield $828,857; City of Fairfax (independent city) $820,000.
Bright MLS closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (City of Alexandria to October 3), except the Fairfax County row (September 2026 alone). The town rows are filtered to 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths and leave out homes legally owned as condos (including condo-style townhouses); the Fairfax County row has no size filter. Fairfax, Alexandria and Falls Church mean the Fairfax County addresses, not the independent cities, and Chantilly means its Fairfax County side. Arlington County, the neighbor to the east, is one row for the whole county (pulled October 3, same filters). The Cities of Fairfax, Falls Church and Alexandria are independent cities next to the county, shown under their own names. Oak Hill (20 sales) and Dunn Loring (12) are too small to chart.
Townhouse view: each place's median townhouse sale price and number of townhouse sales (end-of-row and interior-row townhouses, condo-owned homes left out), from the same Bright MLS searches as each place's own page, closed January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Arlington County and the City of Alexandria to October 3). A gray bar means fewer than 10 townhouses sold, too few to give a median. The Fairfax County, September row is left out of this view: there is no townhouse figure for that month alone.
| Measure | Houses | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 121 | 42 |
| Median sold price | $820,000 | $867,500 |
| Average sold price | $895,737 | $895,710 |
| Median size above ground | 1,930 sq ft | 2,405 sq ft |
| Median price per square foot | $431 | $424 |
| Median days to contract | 7 | 6 |
| Median sale price as a share of the asking price (sold-to-list) | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 62 (51.2%) | 14 (33.3%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 51.2% | 61.9% |
| Lowest sale | $475,000 | $498,000 |
| Highest sale | $2,100,000 | $1,400,000 |
| Total dollar volume | $108,384,163 | $37,619,813 |
| Cash sales | 21 (17.4%) | 7 (16.7%) |
Five houses sold in bidding wars at more than 115% of the list price, up to 118%: $1,210,000 on a $1,025,000 list, $1,116,000 cash on $950,000 and $711,000 cash on $614,950 among them. They lift the average sold-to-list to 101.4%; the median, 100.0%, is the better number. At the other end, one house sold for $640,000 against a $747,000 list, 86%.
City of Fairfax home prices since 2019
Median- 2019: $585,000 median, 171 sales
- 2020: $612,500 median, 162 sales
- 2021: $735,000 median, 164 sales
- 2022: $732,500 median, 154 sales
- 2023: $750,000 median, 108 sales
- 2024: $803,500 median, 104 sales
- 2025: $839,000 median, 104 sales
- 2026: $820,000 median, 121 sales
Median sale price of City of Fairfax single-family homes (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths), January 1 to October 2 each year, 2019 to 2026. Source: Bright MLS closed sales pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah, October 2026. Single-family homes and townhouses only; no condos.
- 2019: $641,250 median, 46 sales
- 2020: $675,000 median, 49 sales
- 2021: $715,000 median, 70 sales
- 2022: $670,000 median, 51 sales
- 2023: $800,000 median, 48 sales
- 2024: $879,000 median, 55 sales
- 2025: $972,490 median, 62 sales
- 2026: $867,500 median, 42 sales
Median sale price of City of Fairfax townhouses (end-of-row and interior-row, not condo-owned), January 1 to October 2 each year, 2019 to 2026. Source: Bright MLS closed sales pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah, October 2026. Single-family homes and townhouses only; no condos.
Lowest and highest sales, 2026
A guide, not a price tag. The median is the middle sale: half the homes sold for more and half for less. It gives you a feel for prices here, not the price of any one home, and you'll always find homes above and below it, like the lowest and highest sales below.
City of Fairfax closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Bright MLS). Single-family means 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths; condo-owned homes, including townhouses sold as condominiums, are not counted.
- LowestCheapest single-family house$475,000lowest of 121 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest single-family house$2,100,000highest of 121 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- LowestCheapest townhouse$498,000lowest of 42 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
- HighestHighest townhouse$1,400,000highest of 42 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
What can you afford in the City of Fairfax? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. The city's tax rate is lower than the county's, and townhouses usually carry HOA dues; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
One house buyer in six paid cash, and cash bought the two top townhouses.
In 2026, 21 of 121 house buyers paid cash, 17.4% of the dollars ($18.9 million of $108.4 million), at a median of $745,000 against $830,660 financed. Cash leaned to the cheaper houses: 8 of the 30 under $732,500 were cash.
Share of sales paid in cash, by price band and home type, 2026
Houses under $732.5K 27% (8 of 30); houses $732.5K to $820K 17% (5 of 29); houses $820K to $950K 6% (2 of 31); houses $950K and up 19% (6 of 31); townhouses 17% (7 of 42).
Cash is more common in the city than on the county side of Fairfax (15.0% of houses) and close to Reston (18.4%) or Oakton (18.5%). Between $820,000 and $950,000 just 2 of 31 house buyers paid cash; above $950,000, 6 of 31 did.
How 121 house purchases were paid for, 2026
121 sales: conventional 84 · cash 21 · VA 12 · FHA and other 4
One house buyer in ten used a VA loan, 12 of 121. Townhouses tell a different cash story: 7 of 42 buyers paid cash, 19.7% of the dollars, at a median of $1,060,000 against $850,000 financed, and the two top townhouse sales, $1,400,000 and $1,300,000, were both cash.
What that means if you need a loan: below $732,500, about one buyer in four you compete with may be paying cash. Across all prices, five houses went more than 15% over list. The offer that wins is a full pre-approval, a short inspection window and an appraisal-gap plan you decided before the open house. Between $820,000 and $950,000 you are competing almost only with other financed buyers.
Townhouses: 30 conventional, 7 cash, 2 VA, 1 FHA, 1 adjustable-rate and 1 assumable plus conventional of 42. Houses: FHA 2, other 1 and mixed 1 are grouped as FHA and other. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
Townhouses sell for $47,500 more than houses in the City of Fairfax.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set the City of Fairfax apart.
City or county? Check the tax record. A listing that says "Fairfax, VA" can be in the City of Fairfax or in Fairfax County. The city has its own tax rate ($1.0725 per $100 of assessed value), police and schools; the county side pays $1.12 plus fees and feeds county schools. City sales closed in all three zips, 22030, 22031 and 22032, and so did county sales, so the zip does not settle it.
Why townhouses cost more here. The city's townhouses are newer and larger than its houses. Recent projects include EYA's Sutton Heights, 50 townhomes on Pickett Road, and Pulte's Overlook at Fairfax Boulevard, four-level townhomes with rooftop terraces. A 1960s rambler can cost less than a new townhouse in the same city, and it rents for less too: a median $3,650 a month for a house against $3,750 for a townhome.
Price it right. Five houses sold more than 15% over list, at least two of them to cash buyers, but one sold at 86% of its asking price. Where half the houses went under contract within a week, a price set above the comparable sales costs a seller time and leverage.
Rent or buy
A house sells for 18.7 times its yearly rent, and townhomes rent for more.
A City of Fairfax house rents for a median of $3,650 a month and sells for $820,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 18.7; a townhome rents for more, $3,750, and sells for $867,500, a ratio of 19.3.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 46 | 49 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,650 | $3,750 |
| Average monthly rent | $3,873 | $3,716 |
| Gross rental yield (a year's rent as a share of the price, before any costs) | 5.3% | 5.2% |
| Rent range, lowest to highest lease | $2,700 to $8,500 | $2,200 to $5,000 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. A ratio under 20 means rent is high for what a home costs, so anyone who plans to stay five years or more has a good case for buying in the city. A city house also rents for $350 a month less than one on the county side of Fairfax ($4,000). House rentals count homes with 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths; townhouse rentals have no bedroom or bath minimum. And the one $8,500 house lease was a large home; it does not change the median.
Own in the City of Fairfax already? Half the houses sold above asking this year. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 163 sales on this page, inside the city line, not a website estimate.
The houses
Mosby Woods brick from the early 1960s, and new townhouses on Pickett Road.
Many of the city's houses date from the 1950s and 1960s, on lots with mature trees, inside 6.24 square miles; the townhouses that lift the median are newer.
Mosby Woods. Yeonas built 467 houses here in the early 1960s, plus apartments and townhouses. The houses are brick split-levels, colonials and ramblers under mature hardwoods.
Country Club Hills. Built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with brick L-shaped ramblers and window walls across the back on large lots. The civic association has been active since 1954.
Sutton Heights. EYA's 50 townhomes at 3500 Pickett Road, on the former Metro Church site, backing to the Army Navy golf course. Five are affordable dwelling units, priced for incomes up to 70% of the area median income; plans run from about 1,820 to 2,380 square feet.
Overlook at Fairfax Boulevard. Pulte's 60 homes, four-level townhomes with rooftop terraces and two-level condos; the townhouse plans run about 2,200 to 2,500 square feet. It is sold out, so homes there come up as resales.
What to check. The jurisdiction on the tax record (City of Fairfax or Fairfax County), whether the address is in the Old Town Service District, the HOA resale package on a townhouse, and the roof, windows, HVAC and electrical panel on a 1960s house.
Schools
Four city-owned schools, run by FCPS, and Fairfax High is #50 in Virginia.
The City of Fairfax owns its four public schools, and Fairfax County Public Schools runs them under a school services agreement signed in 1962. About 5,400 students attend, roughly 2,900 from the city and 2,500 from the county.3
Fairfax High School
On Lion Run, about 2,400 students. US News #50 in Virginia and #12 of FCPS's high schools; 92% graduate on time. County students attend too.
Katherine Johnson Middle School
Grades 7 and 8, about 1,165 students and a 12 to 1 student-teacher ratio. City students go on to Fairfax High.
Daniels Run and Providence
The city's two elementary schools, pre-K to 6th grade: Daniels Run on Blenheim Boulevard (811 students, Niche B+) and Providence on Jermantown Road (954, Niche B).
Elementary renovations
The city has budgeted $177 million to renovate Providence and Daniels Run, neither renovated in more than 25 years. One timeline shown to the School Board has Daniels Run done for September 2030.
Islamic Heritage Center
On Lee Highway near Fairfax Circle, a Sunni mosque since 2001, with the five daily prayers, Jumu'ah and classes in Arabic and tafseer.
ICNVT
The Islamic Center of Northern Virginia Trust on Shirley Gate Road, founded in 1981, with lectures in Arabic, English and Urdu.
Halal Bazar
On Lee Highway inside the city: 100% halal meat, fresh bread, and Pakistani, Indian and South Asian groceries.
Halalway and Fairfax Halal
Halalway International Supermarket on Jermantown Road, family-owned, with a butcher counter; Fairfax Halal & Meat on Lee Highway near Fairfax Circle.
City addresses go to the city's own schools: Daniels Run or Providence, then Katherine Johnson and Fairfax High. FCPS hires the teachers and sets the curriculum, so the programs are the county's; the City School Board owns and keeps up the buildings. Because a Fairfax zip can be city or county, the school on a listing is not proof. FCPS registers city students; confirm the elementary school for a street with the FCPS Boundary Locator before you offer, and ask Ahmed to pull the assigned schools from the MLS record.
Commute
The Orange Line at Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, 29 minutes to Metro Center.
Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road), Route 29 and Route 50 run through the city, I-66 is a few minutes north, and the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Orange Line station is a short drive or CUE bus ride from Old Town.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 45 to 70 min | I-66 east, or the Orange Line from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU |
| Pentagon | 35 to 55 min | I-66 to Route 110, or Route 50 |
| Tysons | 20 to 30 min | Route 123 north |
| Reston Town Center | 25 to 35 min | Route 50 to the Fairfax County Parkway |
| Dulles Airport | 30 to 40 min | Route 50 or I-66 to Route 28 |
Vienna/Fairfax-GMU station sits in the I-66 median at Nutley Street, about 29 minutes from Metro Center, with parking at $4.85 a day. Orange Line trains run every 10 minutes, and weekday fares are $2.25 plus 45 cents a mile after three miles, capped at $6.75.5 The city's CUE bus runs two loops, Green on the east side and Gold on the west, linking Old Town, Fairfax Circle, Fair City Mall, George Mason and the station about every 30 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is fare-free: when the state grant for the zero-fare pilot ran out in June 2026, the city kept zero fares in the FY 2027 budget it adopted on May 5, 2026. On the I-66 Express Lanes, carpools of three ride free with an E-ZPass Flex; everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic. Ahmed will do the 7:45 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
Old Town's Fall Festival, George Mason next door, and halal butchers on Lee Highway.
Old Town. Main Street and Chain Bridge Road are the historic center, with Old Town Square and its splash pad, open April to October. Historic Blenheim on Old Lee Highway is a farmhouse from about 1859 with more than 120 Union soldiers' signatures, drawings and poems on its walls; tours are free on Saturdays at 1 pm. The city's year runs from the Chocolate Lovers Festival in February (the 34th was February 6 to 8, 2026) to the Independence Day parade and fireworks (the 60th parade was canceled for heat in 2026, but the evening show went ahead) and the Fall Festival, held in Old Town on the second Saturday of October; the 50th was on October 10, 2026.
George Mason next door. George Mason University, with about 39,600 students in fall 2025, sits just south of the city line in Fairfax County. EagleBank Arena on its campus seats 10,000 for games and concerts, and the CUE bus ties the campus to Old Town.
Parks and trails. Van Dyck Park, 36 acres, has courts, playgrounds and walking paths; Daniels Run Park, 48 acres, has a wooded trail along the stream. Daniels Run feeds Accotink Creek, and the Cross County Trail follows Accotink Creek south from Fairfax Boulevard toward Wakefield Park.
Food and errands. Fairfax Boulevard is lined with Korean kitchens, and Fair City Mall on Main Street and Fairfax Circle cover errands. Halal Bazar on Lee Highway is a halal butcher inside the city, with Halalway and Fairfax Halal & Meat close by.
Taxes and services.4 The city's 2026 real estate rate is $1.0725 per $100, about $8,800 a year on an $820,000 house and $9,300 on an $867,500 townhouse, before HOA dues and the city's separate stormwater fee. On the county side, the same $820,000 house would pay about $9,460 at the county's roughly $1.15. Homes in the Old Town Service District pay an extra $0.08 per $100 in 2026, the same as in 2025, about $660 on $820,000. The car tax is $4.13 per $100 of value, against $4.57 in the county. The city runs its own police and collects trash, recycling and leaves.
How the City of Fairfax rates
How the City of Fairfax rates: quiet, walkable, transit and more, from 0 to 10.
Each score ranks the City of Fairfax among the 46 towns in this guide: 10 is the top of the list, 0 the bottom. It is not a national score. The real number and its source sit under each one.
92% of the land is under 50 dB of 24-hour road, rail and plane noise; 2% is at 60 dB or more. Check your street’s noise
US DOT National Transportation Noise Map, 2020 (road, rail and aviation)
15.1 of 20 on the EPA walkability index; 57 everyday shops and pharmacies mapped.
EPA National Walkability Index, version 3.0 (2021)
21 bus stops within half a mile of the average home; 0% of people live within 1 mile of a Metro or VRE station.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026, plus Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit and OmniRide schedules; homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
11.2 miles of bike lanes and bike trails (1.8 per square mile); 10 Capital Bikeshare stations.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026; Capital Bikeshare station feed
104 restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters and cinemas within 1 mile of the average home (270 inside the town).
Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
21 grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware and everyday shops within 1 mile of the average home; 100% of people live within 1 mile of a grocery store.
Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)
100% of people live within half a mile of a park; 214 acres of parks and nature preserves, 5% of the land.
OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026
The area is the Census Bureau’s Fairfax city boundary (6.24 square miles). We rate places, never people, so there is no school, safety or “who lives here” score. Map counts are what the sources have mapped and can miss a place. Scored October 22, 2026; updated every six months.
Where to eat
Best restaurants in City of Fairfax, VA: Ahmed's list
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The City of Fairfax list.
Up to five picks in each cuisine, inside the city or within about ten minutes, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Nearly all are on Main Street, Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax Boulevard, Lee Highway and Pickett Road.7
Closed, so not listed: Ornery Beer Company's public house on University Drive, Earp's Ordinary on Main Street and Paradise Biryani Pointe on James Swart Circle all show as closed on Yelp in 2026, and De Clieu's Lee Highway shop has closed (the Main Street one is open). Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count; the halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Questions
What people ask about the City of Fairfax.
How much does a house cost in the City of Fairfax, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home in the City of Fairfax (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) sold for $820,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 121 sales in Bright MLS, at $431 per square foot. Houses sold from $475,000 (the lowest sale) to $2,100,000 (the highest). The median townhouse sold for more, $867,500 across 42 sales, because the townhouses are bigger and newer. Condo-owned homes are not included.
What was the cheapest home sold in the City of Fairfax, Virginia in 2026?
Bright MLS closed sales from January 1 to October 2, 2026, single-family houses (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) and townhouses only, no condos:
- Cheapest single-family house: $475,000, the lowest of 121 single-family sales
- Cheapest townhouse: $498,000, the lowest of 42 townhouse sales
- Highest single-family house: $2,100,000, the highest of 121 single-family sales
- Highest townhouse: $1,400,000, the highest of 42 townhouse sales
Want a home near these prices? Ask Ahmed, or call or text 734.383.6945 or 703.957.0060.
Is the median price what a home in the City of Fairfax will cost?
No. The median is the middle sale of 2026, not a set price: half the single-family houses sold for more and half for less. In the City of Fairfax they sold from $475,000 to $2,100,000. Use the median to get a feel for the market, then look at homes on both sides of it.
What is the difference between Fairfax City and Fairfax County?
The City of Fairfax is an independent city, not part of Fairfax County, with its own government, tax rate, police and schools, and the county surrounds it. A Fairfax, VA address can be in either, even within the same zip code. In 2026 the median city house sold for $820,000 against $985,000 on the county side, and the city's real estate tax rate is $1.0725 per $100 against the county's $1.12 plus fees.
How competitive is the City of Fairfax housing market?
Competitive. In 2026 the median house went under contract in 7 days and 62 of 121 (51%) sold above asking, five of them for more than 115% of the list price. Townhouses went under contract in a median of 6 days, 62% within a week, and a third sold above asking.
Do City of Fairfax buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
About one house buyer in six paid cash: 21 of 121 (17.4%), at a median of $745,000, so cash leaned to the cheaper houses. 84 used a conventional loan and 12 a VA loan. Among townhouses, 7 of 42 buyers paid cash, including the two top sales at $1,400,000 and $1,300,000.
What is rent in the City of Fairfax, and is it better to rent or buy?
In 2026 the median house leased for $3,650 a month (46 leases) and the median townhome for $3,750 (49 leases). A house sells for 18.7 times its annual rent and a townhouse for 19.3, gross yields of 5.3% and 5.2%, so anyone staying five years or more has a good case for buying.
What schools serve the City of Fairfax?
City addresses go to the city's own schools: Daniels Run or Providence Elementary (pre-K to 6), Katherine Johnson Middle (7 and 8) and Fairfax High (Niche A-, US News #50 in Virginia). The city owns the buildings and Fairfax County Public Schools runs them under contract. Confirm the elementary school for a specific street before you offer.
How long is the commute from the City of Fairfax to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 45 to 70 minutes by car from Old Town, the Pentagon 35 to 55, Tysons 20 to 30, Reston Town Center 25 to 35 and Dulles Airport 30 to 40. The Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Orange Line station, a short drive or CUE bus ride away, is about 29 minutes from Metro Center. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in the City of Fairfax, Virginia?
The city's 2026 real estate rate is $1.0725 per $100, roughly $8,800 a year on an $820,000 house and $9,300 on an $867,500 townhouse, plus a separate stormwater fee and any HOA dues. Homes in the Old Town Service District pay an extra $0.08 per $100 in 2026, the same as in 2025. The car tax is $4.13 per $100 of value, against $4.57 in Fairfax County.
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