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Place dossier plate
SheetVA-BULL-RUN-CDP-FAIRFAX-COUNTY-VA · Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), VA 7,513 pop · income 99th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Farmville · lowest
40,282
Farmville · lowest
40,282 median HH income
16.9% of the leader · rank #1
Tamalpais-Hom… · near
238,158
Tamalpais-Hom… · near
238,158 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
East Lynn · near
238,281
East Lynn · near
238,281 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Clarkson Vall… · near
238,333
Clarkson Vall… · near
238,333 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Boxford · near
238,375
Boxford · near
238,375 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Bull Run CDP… · this city · highest
238,500
Bull Run CDP… · this city · highest
238,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,513.
Nationally, Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) sits in the 99th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
99th
percentile, household income
96th
percentile, home value
62nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), VA
Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) is a small town in Virginia, home to 7,513 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) households earn a median of $238,500 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.6%. Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)'s housing stock carries a median value of $879,000, and the median resident age is 41.7 years. About 71.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 68.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Virginia scores 101.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,369 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $235 across Virginia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 33.3 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are North Springfield (7,511 residents, $124,118 income); Laurel Hill (7,551 residents, $139,803 income); Mantua (7,447 residents, $197,677 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Longboat Key, FL (7,512 residents); Hastings, MI (7,515 residents); River Oaks, TX (7,516 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
A-
City profile score · Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), VA
81/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$238,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
71.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A
1.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
101.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $238,500
Bachelor's+ share: 98/100 (A+) · 71.7%
Poverty rate: 89/100 (A) · 1.6%
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income99% higher than other cities
Home value96% pricier than other cities
Median rent62% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#13 of 558
98th percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#21 of 567
96th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#447 of 616
27th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#55 of 618
91st percentile in Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
99th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$879,0004th percentilemore affordable than 4% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,670 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,699 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,670 of 15,516 and #7,699 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$238,500Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County), VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)71.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,513
Median Income
$238,500
Median Home Value
$879,000
Median Age
41.7
Poverty Rate
1.6%
Labor force participation
68.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
71.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
63.3%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
0.8%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
29.7%
Other
0.8%
Based on 3,990 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bull Run CDP (Fairfax County) compares to similar-size Virginia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.