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Laurel Hill, 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 Laurel Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia

Laurel Hill, in Fairfax County, had 8,307 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $155,667 a year and half less, against $153,637 across Fairfax County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% 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 government, then professional services.

People 8,307 in the 2020 census; median age 40.4
Household income $155,667 the median, give or take $13,983 · Fairfax County: $153,637
Unemployment 3.3% Fairfax County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 78% lived in by their owners; 22% rented
  • 2,806households
  • 62%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 37%work from home

What residents work in

  • Government25%
  • Professional and business services19%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care12%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%
  • Other services8%

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, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Laurel Hill

  1. Bode Cellmark ForensicsDna testing laboratories219
  2. Qinetiq North AmericaWarfare countermeasures equipment manufacturing111
  3. Reworld FairfaxSolid waste combustors and incinerators104
  4. Lorton Operations72
  5. Occoquan Regional ParkBanquet halls with catering staff30

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 536 people in all. 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. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  2. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Laurel Hill’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.