ZIP 22031
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 22031 usually run 1.5% below trend in January and 1.6% above it in June, about $77 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 22031 is 1% below its high of $2,496 in March 2025, at $2,472 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 22031 changed +0.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 169 Virginia ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 22031 rose 22.5% while median household income rose 20.3% ($111,858 to $134,577). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 22031 is 22.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($134,577) is $3,364 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,720); a 3-bedroom is $3,430.
3rd cheapest of 4 ZIP codes in Fairfax.
ZIP 22044, 6 miles away, rents for 17% less ($2,060/mo), about $4,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 22031. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 22031 (Fairfax, VA) is roughly split between renters and owners, has a median income above the national average, 73.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 22031 in Fairfax, VA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 22031 in Fairfax, VA has climbed by $536 per month, settling near $2,472 after starting the period at $1,936. Median household income grew from $124,925 to $134,577 between 2021 and 2024, a 7.7% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 20.0 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 35,494 to 37,276 between 2021 and 2024, a 5.0% change. About 51.6% of households rent today, against 49.9% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 22031 in Fairfax, VA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 22031 covers Fairfax, VA. The median rent here is $2,472/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,440/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,720/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($134,577/yr), ZIP 22031 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.7% over the past year.
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At $2,472/mo, rent takes ~22% of ZIP 22031's median household income ($134,577/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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