Burke, Virginia.
Typical home $718,780 (+1.3% in a year), asking rent $3,003 (+2.7%). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,850 (+96%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,533 +1%
- $709,247$718,780 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $113,366 +19%
- $605,414$718,780 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Burke$3,773
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Burke, VA rose 1.3% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Asking rents in Burke, VA rose 2.7% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Owning the typical home in Burke runs $2,141/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $2,397 in Jan 2025.
That is $5,144 a month against $3,003 rent: a $3,773 mortgage payment, plus $602 property tax and $770 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Burke
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$5,144
- Renting$3,003
- Mortgage only$3,773
Property tax · $602/mo 1.01% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Fairfax County, VA
Insurance & upkeep · $770/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia
Burke, in Fairfax County, had 42,312 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $185,818 a year and half less, against $153,637 across Fairfax County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% 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.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Burke is a community in Fairfax County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people who live there tend to have incomes well above the county's, with very few households living below the poverty line. Most adults hold a four-year degree, and the typical age is somewhat older than in many places. Winters are cold and bring some snow, summers are warm, and rain falls fairly evenly through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in government. Closer to home, the largest workplaces include the Giant grocery store, the Patent and Trademark Office and US Fitness Holdings. Many people spend a fair while commuting, and a good number work from home.
Things to do. Washington's best-known landmarks are a longer drive away, including the National Mall, a park lined with monuments and museums, and the Washington Monument, a protected area at its center. The Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History are museums in the same direction, also a longer drive away.
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- 13,753households
- 68%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 30%work from home
What residents work in
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
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, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Burke
- GiantGrocery stores115
- Patent and Trademark OfficeFederal government · Department of Commerce85
- US Fitness HoldingsHealth and fitness center83
- Sunrise Senior Living, LLC.Assisted living73
- NAI Saturn EasternSupermarkets and other grocery stores70
- BurkeMail and parcel delivery56
- Lidl USRetail25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 422 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Burke’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Burke home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Burke$718,780
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Burke listings, and the typical home goes pending in 9 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Burke28.68%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Burke9
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Burke77
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Burke46
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Burke$672,146
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Burke101.23%
Zip codes with a Burke address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Burke — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.