Web Mapping Application
This web mapping application graphically illustrates the nine identified Opportunity Zones (census tracts) in Fairfax County. Click on each opportunity zone on the map to access a pop up with more information on that census tract, including an interactive infographic with information on the population and businesses located there. You can also access each infographic directly below.
The twenty-eight undesignated low income community tracts (census tracts that were eligible to be opportunity zones but were not selected), commercial revitalization areas and districts, and neighboring county opportunity zones are also included in the application.
Infographics
An interactive infographic was created for each of the nine opportunity zones in Fairfax County. Each infographic contains information on demographics, race and Hispanic origin, housing, at risk populations, education and employment. Click below to access each infographic by location, including an infographic on Fairfax County as a whole.
Infographics
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DATA AND METHODOLOGY
The data contained in the Opportunity Zone web mapping application was created using Esri's Business Analyst Desktop. The data on health insurance coverage, households with at least one person with a disability, households without a vehicle, households below the poverty level and burdened renters comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. All other data comes from Esri's Updated Demographics.
Details on the methodology behind the American Community Survey are available here. Details on the methodology behind Esri's Updated Demographics are available here. The splash screen in the web mapping application also provides link(s) to source information for the data displayed in the application. As a side by side comparison, the table below contains the data for all of the variables for each of the nine opportunity zones, as well as Fairfax County as a whole.
For questions about the application or data, please email: OSMDataAnalytics@fairfaxcounty.gov.
| Variable | Census Tract 4154.01: North Hill | Census Tract 4215: Hybla Valley | Census Tract 4218: South County Center | Census Tract 4216: Mount Vernon Woods | Census Tract 4514: Willston Center | Census Tract 4515.02: Bailey's North / Glen Forest | Census Tract 4528.01: Skyline Plaza | Census Tract 4810: Herndon South | Census Tract 4821: Lake Anne | Fairfax County, VA |
| 2018 Total Population | 5,339 | 7,125 | 6,315 | 6,418 | 3,272 | 4,726 | 5,106 | 5,822 | 3,343 | 1,127,497 |
| 2018 Median Household Income | $54,072 | $46,806 | $71,713 | $54,490 | $53,297 | $78,226 | $86,072 | $76,706 | $86,540 | $115,786 |
| 2018 Median Age | 33.3 | 30.2 | 34.7 | 32.6 | 36.2 | 39.5 | 37.7 | 32.8 | 40.2 | 38.7 |
| 2018 Total (SIC01-99) Businesses | 82 | 161 | 135 | 83 | 106 | 350 | 146 | 57 | 102 | 36,615 |
| 2018 Total Households | 2,104 | 2,269 | 2,472 | 2,083 | 1,309 | 1,811 | 2,446 | 1,857 | 1,586 | 406,692 |
| 2018 Median Home Value | $548,349 | $231,316 | $327,708 | $238,274 | $411,364 | $539,391 | $316,736 | $318,725 | $444,528 | $532,624 |
| 2018 Vacant Housing Units (%) | 2.86% | 4.94% | 3.85% | 6.38% | 2.60% | 19.48% | 5.85% | 4.38% | 3.88% | 3.79% |
| 2018 Renter Occupied Housing Units (%) | 77.71% | 51.30% | 55.38% | 55.59% | 86.33% | 67.15% | 55.52% | 65.64% | 35.31% | 33.83% |
| Burdened Renter Households (%) | 50.99% | 62.05% | 35.68% | 66.54% | 59.14% | 56.31% | 53.40% | 43.82% | 47.54% | 45.09% |
| 2018 White Population (%) | 35.62% | 33.19% | 33.81% | 21.11% | 37.59% | 50.51% | 53.45% | 43.23% | 66.47% | 58.32% |
| 2018 Black/African American Population (%) | 35.70% | 27.28% | 34.96% | 40.64% | 4.58% | 15.15% | 21.39% | 12.26% | 11.88% | 9.90% |
| 2018 Asian Population (%) | 8.39% | 10.16% | 10.40% | 5.98% | 23.96% | 13.14% | 13.30% | 22.86% | 10.05% | 20.14% |
| 2018 American Indian/Alaska Native Population (%) | 0.49% | 0.51% | 0.55% | 0.87% | 1.38% | 0.49% | 0.35% | 0.57% | 0.30% | 0.33% |
| 2018 Pacific Islander Population (%) | 0.24% | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.23% | 0.12% | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| 2018 Other Race Population (%) | 14.23% | 24.34% | 14.16% | 25.48% | 26.65% | 15.74% | 7.58% | 16.23% | 6.34% | 6.52% |
| 2018 Population of Two or More Races (%) | 5.32% | 4.51% | 6.00% | 5.91% | 5.84% | 4.74% | 3.82% | 4.76% | 4.97% | 4.70% |
| 2018 Hispanic Population (%) | 26.92% | 47.26% | 29.01% | 43.02% | 55.53% | 36.84% | 16.67% | 37.62% | 17.38% | 16.65% |
| Percent Households without a Vehicle (%) | 8.08% | 16.13% | 11.93% | 13.97% | 30.48% | 18.99% | 6.46% | 5.71% | 2.71% | 4.33% |
| Percent Population without Health Insurance (%) | 23.96% | 35.72% | 38.17% | 31.38% | 45.01% | 39.88% | 30.20% | 20.79% | 25.75% | 10.26% |
| 2012-2016 ACS Households Below the Poverty Level (%) | 8.95% | 18.78% | 14.37% | 20.68% | 25.12% | 8.71% | 12.26% | 3.93% | 8.52% | 5.51% |
| 2012-2016 ACS Households with 1+ Persons with a Disability (%) | 12.40% | 27.39% | 19.43% | 20.82% | 15.30% | 23.79% | 10.10% | 15.46% | 21.36% | 15.39% |
| No High School Diploma (%) | 15.96% | 34.31% | 22.06% | 37.38% | 33.71% | 20.63% | 4.42% | 17.08% | 1.94% | 7.35% |
| High School Diploma (%) | 20.47% | 23.55% | 20.26% | 21.97% | 23.62% | 19.17% | 17.02% | 15.66% | 14.27% | 11.85% |
| Some College (%) | 25.75% | 20.06% | 28.62% | 23.65% | 12.03% | 19.53% | 15.03% | 19.06% | 24.62% | 18.15% |
| Bachelor's/Grad/Prof Degree (%) | 37.82% | 22.07% | 29.07% | 16.99% | 30.65% | 40.67% | 63.53% | 48.19% | 59.17% | 62.65% |
| White Collar (%) | 64.27% | 45.04% | 52.53% | 38.49% | 48.68% | 55.01% | 75.35% | 62.04% | 75.74% | 76.41% |
| Blue Collar (%) | 18.03% | 32.94% | 22.43% | 30.59% | 24.01% | 25.50% | 9.70% | 14.52% | 10.18% | 9.86% |
| Services (%) | 17.69% | 22.02% | 25.04% | 30.92% | 27.31% | 19.49% | 14.95% | 23.43% | 14.07% | 13.73% |
| 2018 Unemployment Rate | 1.7% | 3.1% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 2.9% |