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Braddock, Virginia.

A community in Fairfax County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Fairfax County’s.

Living in Braddock, Fairfax County, Virginia

Braddock, in Fairfax County, had 6,549 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $211,689 a year and half less, against $153,637 across Fairfax County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Fairfax County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.

People 6,549 in the 2020 census; median age 46.7
Household income $211,689 the median, give or take $47,945 · Fairfax County: $153,637
Unemployment 3.3% Fairfax County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 80% lived in by their owners; 20% rented
  • 2,248households
  • 74%of adults have a degree
  • 1%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 29%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services37%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Government13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Shops (retail)7%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fairfax County had 634,638 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 84° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 23° F M A M J J 84° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 84° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 23° F M A M J J 84° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 67°. About 18 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vienna weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Braddock

  1. Brightview Fair OaksNursing and residential care106
  2. Fairfax University of AmericaUniversity or college62
  3. Ruppert Landscape - FairfaxLandscape care and maintenance services40
  4. Discovery Behavioral Health - 1507 Fairfax (Summit)Behavioral health21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 167 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Braddock’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Fairfax County.