City safety & data profile

McLeanVA

McLean, VA is a 48K-resident city in Fairfax County with a median household income of $250,000+.

Fairfax County, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for McLean, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. McLean has a population larger than 78% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $1,412,700.

Data updated 2026-09-03

48K
Population (place)
Top 22%
By size
$250,000+
Median income (place)
$1,412,700
Median home (place)
2.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on McLean

McLean posts a median household income higher than 99% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 1%
by median income, US cities

Where McLean income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$250,001 Top 1% higher than 99% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

McLean $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in VA

Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Virginia Beach is the largest VA city on this list; Great Falls leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in VA

Median household income among the same 102-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading McLean, VA beyond the headline numbers

McLean sits inside Fairfax County, Virginia, at roughly 38.93°N, -77.18°W. Population 48,115, $250,000+ median household income. Median home value $1,412,700, median rent $3,422. Poverty rate 2.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 2.9% of McLean, VA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in McLean costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

38.3% of McLean workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 10.1% in McLean, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.4% of McLean workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 46.6 years, McLean's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for McLean from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
48,115
McLean · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$250,000+
+180% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,412,700
+242% vs avg
Median Age (place)
46.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fairfax County): McLean's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.1M+4%
Median Income
$153,637+39%
Median Home Value
$732,800+54%
Poverty Rate
5.9%+0%
Unemployment
4.2%-18%

Economics

Economics indicators for McLean, VA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$3,422/mo
Poverty Rate
2.9% -77% vs avg
Unemployment 2.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 84.3%
Work From Home 38.3%
Public Transit 3.4%

Population

White 65.9%
African American 1.7%
Asian 20.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
30.9%
Short Sleep Duration
30.1%
Obesity
21.1%
Physical Inactivity
15.6%
Binge Drinking
13.1%
Diabetes
10.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
10.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.3%
Current Asthma
8.8%
Current Smoking
5.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 81.1%
Annual Checkup 80.9%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
4%
Stroke
2.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect McLean?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for McLean right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet VA-MCLEAN · McLean

McLean: 4 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: McLean

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for McLean.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to McLean; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Las Vegas, NV 4 alerts Kansas City, MO 4 alerts Salisbury, NC 4 alerts Woodstock, GA 4 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of McLean, VA? ▼
McLean, VA has a population of 48,115 people, located in Fairfax County, Virginia.
What is the median household income in McLean? ▼
The median household income in McLean, VA is $250,000+ per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 2.9%.
What is the median home value in McLean? ▼
The median home value in McLean, VA is $1,412,700. Median rent is $3,422/month.
What are the top health concerns in McLean? ▼
The top health indicators in McLean include High Blood Pressure (30.9%), Short Sleep Duration (30.1%), Obesity (21.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in McLean? ▼
The median age in McLean, VA is 46.6 years. 84.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for McLean, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (2.9% here).

Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% Lakeville, MN 2.9% Park Ridge, IL 2.9% Oceanside, NY 2.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($250,000+ here).

Saratoga, CA $250,000+ Los Altos, CA $250,000+ Southlake, TX $250,000+ Wellesley, MA $250,000+

Compare McLean with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Idylwood, VA 17K Falls Church, VA 14K Tysons, VA 20K West Falls Church, VA 29K Merrifield, VA 15K Potomac, MD 45K Bethesda, MD 61K Arlington, VA 208K
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Using McLean's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the McLean area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare McLean against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Fairfax County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.