Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety88#1,887/15,637
Economy97#485/15,631
Housing75#3,734/14,977
Health99#178/15,609
Healthcare88#1,828/15,650
Environment72#4,257/15,453
Education99#219/15,649
Infrastructure97#453/15,650
Community91#1,469/15,651
Leisure & amenities60#6,183/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Burke, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fairfax County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Injury deaths · low37 /100k
100/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Life expectancy · high85.0 yrs
100/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Premature death · low3,682 /100k
100/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Child poverty rate · low2.5%
99/100Virginia 11.8%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
High school diploma or higher · high95.9%
99/100Virginia 91.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.7%
99/100Virginia 83.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
5/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFairfax County value
Drought exposure · high80%
11/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFairfax County value
Job growth · low-1.9%
14/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFairfax County value
Average commute time · high29.4 min
16/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mammography screening · low40.0%
19/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Pharmacies · low1.3 /10k
32/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFairfax County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Public transit commutersWorsening
8.5% (2015-2019) → 2.8% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Median household incomeImproving
$145,234 (2015-2019) → $185,818 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
63.3% (2015-2019) → 68.5% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
44.5% (2015-2019) → 40.4% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.2% (2015-2019) → 24.7% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeImproving
34.0 min (2015-2019) → 29.4 min (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Burke, Virginia improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Commute−4.6 min34.0 min → 29.4 min
Bachelor's++5.1 points63.3% → 68.5%
Household income+28%$145,234 → $185,818

Declined4

Transit use−5.7 points8.5% → 2.8%
Poverty+1 points2.2% → 3.2%
Child poverty+1.3 points1.1% → 2.4%
Price / income+0.3×3.7× → 4.0×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Burke, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	34.0 min2015-2019	29.4 min2020-2024	−4.6 min	Improved	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.3%2015-2019	68.5%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	69%
Broadband subscriptions	97.5%2015-2019	98.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Child poverty rate	1.1%2015-2019	2.4%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Declined	33%
Effective property tax rate	1.02%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	34%
High school diploma or higher	95.2%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3412015-2019	0.3482020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$145,2342015-2019	$185,8182020-2024	+28%	Improved	51%
Poverty rate	2.2%2015-2019	3.2%2020-2024	+1 points	Declined	34%
Public transit commuters	8.5%2015-2019	2.8%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Declined	5%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	44.5%2015-2019	40.4%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.9%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Burke, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Burke, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Burke, Virginia itself moved +4.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

44,029 residents (±1,806)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+1.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

44,029 residents (±1,806)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

White52%23,056
Black7.9%3,475
Hispanic or Latino16%7,161
Asian17%7,422
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†10
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†3
Other or two or more races6.6%2,902

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

29,222 residents (±1,099)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma4.1%1,197
High school or GED11%3,207
Some college11%3,281
Associate degree5.2%1,528
Bachelor's degree34%9,930
Graduate degree34%10,079

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+3.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

13,753 households (±399)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k3.3%454
$25k–50k5.4%736
$50k–75k4.9%668
$75k–100k5.7%781
$100k–150k17%2,386
$150k–200k18%2,513
$200k or more45%6,215

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+18.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

13,753 households (±399)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Own90%12,314
Rent10%1,439

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−2.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,389 households (±219)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7502.2%†30
$750–1,0002.4%†33
$1,000–1,5001.7%†24

Home values

12,314 homes (±442)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k2.0%†250
$150k–250k0.5%†58
$250k–400k2.9%†363

Age of homes

13,878 homes (±414)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later1.3%†186
2000–20091.8%†246
1980–199940%5,533

Size of homes

13,878 homes (±414)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.1%†11
1 bedroom0.3%†38
2 bedrooms2.0%284

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

21,797 workers (±1,213)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone58%12,630
Carpool7.1%1,550
Public transit2.8%607
Walk1.1%†231
Bike0.0%†10
Work from home30%6,538
Other1.1%†231

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+23.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

15,259 workers (±966)

Burke, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min13%2,059
15–29 min32%4,923
30–44 min35%5,386

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fairfax County, the county holding most of Burke's residents.

Fairfax County has 31,931 employer establishments, 279 for every 10,000 residents (1.12× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Virginia's), with 696,002 paid employees at an average annual pay of $100,312. The Census Bureau also counts 130,037 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,931; 130,037 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 279; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 696,002
Average annual pay: $100,312; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fairfax County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Computer systems design and related services	3,683	32.2	7.44×More than typical	117,517	$121,878	3,011
Ambulatory health care services	3,051	26.7	1.28×More than typical	38,495	$75,312	6,211
Restaurants and other eating places	2,207	19.3	1.05×About typical	38,288	$27,027	674
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,016	17.6	2.63×More than typical	46,554	$118,434	9,057
Lessors of real estate	1,696	14.8	1.20×About typical	9,931	$88,564	11,883
Specialty trade contractors	1,404	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	16,724	$81,199	6,665
Limited-service restaurants	1,026	9	1.12×About typical	16,219	$23,525	211
Construction of buildings	990	8.7	1.15×About typical	10,638	$109,712	3,635
Offices of physicians	926	8.1	1.25×More than typical	10,959	$106,612	1,087
Full-service restaurants	908	7.9	1.03×About typical	18,718	$30,849	337
Offices of dentists	812	7.1	1.76×More than typical	5,693	$67,036	472
Personal care services	761	6.7	1.39×More than typical	3,840	$36,818	4,655

Rank places for an industry Open Fairfax County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,143,456 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $84.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Burke, Virginia: $1,910 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $84.1M; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,910; US $1,994
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of State$31.4M37%
Federal Acquisition Service$13.3M16%
Drug Enforcement Administration$12.1M14%
Department of the Army$9.9M12%
Bureau of Engraving and Printing$8.7M10%
Department of the Navy$3.1M3.7%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$2.8M3.3%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$602.3K0.7%

Top recipients

AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC$13.3M16%
SALIENT CRGT, INC.$13.3M16%
TOTAL COMPUTER SOLUTIONS, INC.$9.7M12%
SICPA SECURINK CORP$8.7M10%
OCEAN BAY INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, LLC$4.2M5.0%

Spending by fiscal year

81.8MFY2017
115.4MFY2018
87.2MFY2019
90.3MFY2020
86.1MFY2021
81.4MFY2022
98.6MFY2023
96.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$50.7M60%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$12.1M14%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$8.7M10%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$5.5M6.6%
Investigation and security services · 5616$2.7M3.2%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Burke, Virginia

PROGRAMMATIC AND LOGISTICS SERVICES$27.6M
TOTAL COMPUTER SOLUTIONS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jun 10, 2025 – May 14, 2026· W31P4Q25F0102
SEA06 - NAVY EXPEDITIONARY PROGRAMS (NXP) PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES$14.2M
FIRST DIVISION CONSULTING INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jul 17, 2020 – May 7, 2026· N0017420F3001
PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR THE UTILITY HELICOPTERS PROJECT OFFICE$11.4M
TOTAL COMPUTER SOLUTIONS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Feb 21, 2023 – May 28, 2026· W31P4Q23FD001
CONSULTING SPECIALIST CHIEF

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Burke, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Burke, Virginia's figures are part of those of Fairfax County, VA ($35.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Burke is mostly in Fairfax County.

See federal money in Fairfax County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Burke, Virginia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fairfax County96100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Fairfax County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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