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Newington, 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 Newington, Fairfax County, Virginia

Newington, in Fairfax County, had 13,223 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $155,027 a year and half less, against $153,637 across Fairfax County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% 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 13,223 in the 2020 census; median age 37.6
Household income $155,027 the median, give or take $16,652 · Fairfax County: $153,637
Unemployment 3.3% Fairfax County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 4,587households
  • 63%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 30%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services28%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Government15%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%
  • Building trades6%

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, 44° and 27°; warmest in July, 88° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 27° F M A M J J 88° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 27°; warmest in July, 88° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 27° F M A M J J 88° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 69°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Oxon Hill weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Newington

  1. UPSCouriers and express delivery services448
  2. TransdevLocal transit system293
  3. Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer292
  4. Midwest Medical Transport CompanyAmbulance services206
  5. LortonBeverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers130
  6. SICPA SecurinkPrinting inks manufacturing114
  7. VSC Fire & SecurityPlumbing heating and air-conditioning contractors105
  8. Dominion EnergyElectric power distribution97

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,323 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

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