Fairfax City, Virginia is in Virginia, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both violent crime and homicides, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and job proximity, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, and pollution exposure.

• median household income ($105,297)
• average weekly wage ($1,045)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($923.24)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (100%)
• households with internet access (96.83%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (89.15%)
• labor-force participation (70.27%)
• homeownership rate (70.0%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (60.35%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (55.54%)
• pre-school enrollment (45.35%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (33.23%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (29.66%)
• adult obesity (21.50%)
• heart disease among older adults (20.30%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (15.70%)
• racial integration (14.00%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (13.26%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.02%)
• population without health insurance (11.30%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (10.73%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (10.52%)
• new-business growth rate (8.56%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (8.45%)
• cancer among older adults (7.74%)
• newborns with low birth weight (7.60%)
• poverty rate (6.99%)
• adult diabetes (6.8%)
• households with no vehicle (5.79%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (5.34%)
• overcrowded households (3.01%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (3.0%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (2.68%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.51%)
• change in median household value (+1.12%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.91%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.81%)
• vacant houses (0.30%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-87.50)
• food environment index (9.8)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (233,688)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (8.7)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (94.0)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.78)
• walkability index (14.77)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (51.87)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (4.70)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (3,673)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (2.74)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (34.18)
• homicides per 100,000 population (1.680)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (2,919)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,274)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.35)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.40)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (0.17)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.12)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.11)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (2.50)
• very-hot days per year (10)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (127.57)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.750)
• population (24,097)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (8.17)

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