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Ken Tully, your Fairfax real estate advisor

Ken's home office sits in the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax, and he works its subdivisions street by street, from condominiums near Fair Lakes to single-family homes along West Ox Road. Buying or selling in 22033, you get an advisor who drives these roads every day.

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About Ken

A Fair Oaks neighbor who has watched this market since 1988

Ken grew up in Vienna, bought his first home in Oakton, and has made the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax his home base, where he also runs his home office. Fairfax accounts for a large share of his business: townhomes, condominiums and single-family homes from about $300,000 to $2 million. He served several years as president of his own homeowners association, sat on the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors, and still attends every showing and inspection himself.

  • Address-level school checks

    Ken confirms the assigned elementary, middle and high school for each address with the FCPS Boundary Locator before an offer, never after.

  • HOA documents read in full

    As a former HOA president, he reads reserve studies, budgets and minutes so buyers know what a fee actually covers.

  • Pricing by subdivision

    Fair Oaks Estates, Century Oak and Westvale each price differently; his comparisons stay inside the right one.

  • Both sides of the table

    His practice is a balanced mix of buyers and sellers, so his offer strategy anticipates how the other side reads it.

This Area

Understanding Fairfax, Virginia

Ken's Fairfax is the unincorporated stretch of Fairfax County most people call Fair Oaks, centered on ZIP 22033 where Route 50, West Ox Road, the Fairfax County Parkway and I-66 come together. It carries a Fairfax mailing address but sits outside the separately governed City of Fairfax, so county services, Fairfax County Public Schools and the county tax rate apply.

Most of the housing went up between the 1980s and the 2000s, when farms such as Century Oak gave way to planned subdivisions and the Fair Lakes office park. The Census Bureau puts the median year built at 1990 and counts roughly 28 percent detached homes, 30 percent townhouses and 43 percent condominium and apartment units. Fair Oaks Mall, Fair Lakes Center, Fairfax Corner and the Fairfax County Government Center anchor the commercial core.

The established subdivisions Ken works most, among them Fair Oaks Estates, Century Oak, Westvale, Dartmoor Woods, Fair Oaks Chase and Franklin Glen, sit on quieter streets between the Parkway and West Ox Road. Assignments to Navy Elementary, Franklin Middle and Oakton High are common, but boundaries run street by street. Buyers here weigh construction era, HOA terms, lot position relative to the Parkway and I-66, and the drive to Tysons, Reston or the Vienna Metro station far more than any single headline price.

“Fair Oaks, Fairfax has been the epicenter of our married life and our family life, and I am genuinely grateful to call it home.”

Ken Tully

Market Snapshot

Fairfax by the Numbers

Four figures that frame the 22033 market. Census numbers describe the housing stock; the sale figures describe how homes are trading right now.

$718,867Median sale price, 22033Zillow, August 2026
9 daysMedian time to pendingZillow, September 2026
1990Median year builtU.S. Census ACS 2020–2024
63.7%Owner-occupied homesU.S. Census ACS 2020–2024

Sale figures shift month to month with the mix of homes that close; ask Ken for the current numbers on your subdivision and price range.

Local Insights

What is worth knowing about Fairfax 22033

Grouped by topic and sourced to public records, Census data and Ken's own experience. Open any category to read it.

01Market Fundamentals
  1. Zillow reported a median sale price of $718,867 for ZIP 22033 in August 2026, with homes selling at a median 1.000 sale-to-list ratio.
  2. Homes in 22033 reached pending status in a median of 9 days in September 2026, per Zillow.
  3. Zillow's typical home value for 22033 stood at $695,428 at the end of September 2026, up 0.7 percent from a year earlier.
  4. Redfin counted 86 sales in the Fair Oaks census place in September 2026, with 51.8 percent closing above list price and a 100.6 percent sale-to-list ratio.
  5. Fairfax County as a whole closed 897 sales in September 2026 at an average of $903,940, according to ShowingTime figures reported by FFXnow; 22033 trades below that average because of its larger share of townhomes and condominiums.
  6. Countywide active listings were up 36 percent year over year at the end of September 2026, the first real inventory cushion buyers have seen in several years.
  7. The Census Bureau's ACS 2020–2024 estimates put the median owner-occupied home value in 22033 at $648,800, below the Fairfax County median of $732,800.
  8. Ken's working range in Fairfax runs from about $300,000 for a condominium to roughly $2 million for the largest single-family homes on acre lots.
  9. Townhomes in established 22033 communities such as Fair Woods and Franklin Glen are often the first ownership step for buyers who want a yard without single-family pricing.
  10. Fairfax County's September 2026 closings ran 897 against a five-year September average of 930, per ShowingTime figures reported by FFXnow, so the fall market here is slightly quieter than usual.
02History & Heritage
  1. Ox Road, the ancestor of today's West Ox Road, was cut in the 1720s by Robert Carter I's Frying Pan Mining Company and has followed much the same ridge line ever since.
  2. Route 50 through Fair Oaks traces the Little River Turnpike, which opened in 1806 as a 34-mile turnpike from Alexandria to Aldie.
  3. The Battle of Ox Hill was fought on September 1, 1862, in a severe thunderstorm; Union generals Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny were both killed there.
  4. Ox Hill Battlefield Park preserves 4.8 acres of the roughly 500-acre battlefield at 4134 West Ox Road and reopened on the battle's 146th anniversary in 2008.
  5. The Century Oak neighborhood takes its name from Century Oak Farm, a 107-acre dairy on Thompson Road named for a large red oak; the Curtice family ran it from 1917 to 1969.
  6. The Fairfax County Parkway split Century Oak Farm in the late 1980s, one of many farms that became today's subdivisions.
  7. Fair Oaks Mall opened on July 31, 1980, developed by A. Alfred Taubman, with Hecht's, JCPenney, Sears and Woodward & Lothrop as original anchors.
  8. Fair Lakes was farmland until the Peterson Companies began building the planned office and residential community in the 1980s; it was zoned in 1984 for about 7.2 million square feet.
  9. The county bought the 183-acre Smith-Carney tract in 1979 for what became the Fairfax County Government Center, designed by RTKL and completed in the early 1990s.
  10. Fire Station 21 was known as Navy Vale until December 1984, when it moved and took the Fair Oaks name.
  11. Fair Oaks was first recognized as a census-designated place in 2010, carved partly from the former Chantilly census place.
03Environmental & Geographic
  1. Difficult Run, the largest watershed in Fairfax County at 57.7 square miles, begins at a landscaped pond beside the county's Herrity Building at the Government Center.
  2. The Upper Difficult Run subwatershed, which takes in the eastern side of Fair Oaks, covers 5,683 acres and 22.73 miles of stream.
  3. West of the Parkway, much of the area drains to the Cub Run watershed, whose tributaries include Big Rocky Run and flow toward the Occoquan Reservoir, a regional drinking water source.
  4. About 40 percent of the soil in the Difficult Run watershed is Glenelg, a mica-rich soil that erodes easily, which is why grading and downspout routing matter on sloped lots.
  5. Fair Oaks sits at roughly 420 feet of elevation, on the gently rolling Piedmont rather than a floodplain.
  6. FEMA issued revised preliminary flood maps for Fairfax County on August 30, 2024; as of September 2026 they were not yet final, so check both current and preliminary maps at msc.fema.gov.
  7. Lots backing to I-66, Route 50 or the Parkway can carry traffic noise that listing photos never show; Ken suggests visiting those lots at rush hour before an offer.
  8. Tilton Valley Estates is one of the few 22033 pockets with lots over an acre, some built in the 1970s and without an HOA.
  9. Mature canopy survives in older sections such as Fair Oaks Estates and Tilton Valley, while subdivisions from the 2000s like Westvale have younger trees.
04Lifestyle & Culture
  1. Penderbrook Golf Club, an Ed Ault design that opened in 1980, is an 18-hole, par-71 semi-private course at 3700 Golf Trail Lane surrounded by homes and condominiums.
  2. International Country Club, a private 18-hole course opened in 1965, sits on Route 50 inside 22033.
  3. Fairfax Corner, owned by the Peterson Companies, holds about 525,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a Cinemark theater near Monument Drive.
  4. Fair Lakes retail spreads across Fair Lakes Center, Fair Lakes Promenade, East Market at Fair Lakes and the Shops of Fair Lakes, all within a few minutes of most Fair Oaks homes.
  5. The Wegmans on Monument Drive opened on February 13, 2005, as the second Wegmans in Virginia.
  6. Whole Foods opened its 65,000-square-foot store at East Market at Fair Lakes on January 17, 2007.
  7. Sportrock has leased 43,000 square feet of the JCPenney building at Fair Oaks Mall for a two-level climbing gym expected around early 2028.
  8. Ellanor C. Lawrence Park in nearby Chantilly covers about 650 acres, including the 18th-century Walney farmhouse and the Big Rocky Run Stream Trail.
  9. The Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center, home of space shuttle Discovery, is a short drive west in Chantilly.
  10. Oakmont Recreation Center, formerly Oak Marr RECenter, on Jermantown Road offers an indoor competition pool, a fitness center and mini golf just east of Fair Oaks.
05Infrastructure & Access
  1. The I-66 Express Lanes outside the Beltway run 22.5 miles from I-495 to Gainesville; the section through Fair Oaks opened in November 2022.
  2. The rebuilt Route 50 interchange at I-66, Exit 57, gives direct express-lane access to and from the east.
  3. The Monument Drive Commuter Garage and Transit Center has 820 parking spaces and 8 bus bays beside the express-lane ramps, paid for with I-66 concession funds.
  4. Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, the western end of the Orange Line, opened in 1986 at Nutley Street and has 5,840 parking spaces; most Fair Oaks commuters drive to it.
  5. Fairfax Connector Route 699 runs from the Government Center to downtown Washington, and Route 605 links Fair Oaks Mall and Inova Fair Oaks Hospital to the Reston Town Center Metro station.
  6. The Fairfax County Parkway interchange at Fair Lakes Parkway opened in 2013 and widened the Parkway to six lanes between I-66 and Route 50.
  7. VDOT's triple-roundabout interchange at Popes Head Road and the Parkway is targeted for completion in fall 2026; the Parkway carries roughly 69,000 to 72,000 vehicles a day there.
  8. Widening the Parkway to six lanes between Route 123 and Route 29 is expected to finish in mid-2027.
  9. West Ox Road was widened and straightened in stages, with the last widened section opening in 2008.
  10. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, a 182-bed acute care hospital at 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive, opened in June 1987.
  11. Washington is about 19 miles east via I-66, and Dulles International is roughly 12 miles away by road.
  12. The paved Fairfax County Parkway Trail runs 28.3 miles, and the newer I-66 parallel trail is being completed through the Random Hills area in 2026.
06Schools & Education
  1. Fairfax County Public Schools serves 22033; assignments are set by address, and the county's Boundary Locator at boundary.fcps.edu is the authoritative check.
  2. Navy Elementary, at 3500 West Ox Road, serves kindergarten through grade 6 and opened in February 1956; its programs include Advanced Academic Programs and Spanish language instruction.
  3. Franklin Middle School opened in fall 1984 at 3300 Lees Corner Road and is named for Benjamin Franklin.
  4. Oakton High School, at 2900 Sutton Road, serves grades 9 through 12, opened in 1967, completed a major renovation in 2023 and lists 34 Advanced Placement courses.
  5. Subdivisions including Fair Oaks Estates, Century Oak, Westvale, Fair Oaks Chase, Tilton Valley Estates and Fair Woods are assigned to Navy, Franklin and Oakton in recent listings.
  6. Franklin Glen and Highland Oaks addresses are assigned to Chantilly High, and Willow Oaks to Rocky Run Middle and Chantilly High, which is why Ken checks each address on its own.
  7. Penderbrook condominiums are assigned to Waples Mill Elementary, Franklin Middle and Oakton High.
  8. Chantilly High School houses the Chantilly Governor's STEM Academy, open to all FCPS students, with courses in engineering, cyber, health sciences and firefighting.
  9. Lees Corner Elementary and Greenbriar West Elementary both sit inside 22033.
  10. George Mason University's main campus sits just south of the City of Fairfax, a short drive east of Fair Oaks.
07Land, Development & Zoning
  1. Fairfax County first adopted Comprehensive Plan guidance for the Fairfax Center Area in 1982; the current Phase III study covers the core around the Government Center and Fair Oaks Mall.
  2. The Fair Oaks Mall plan amendment adopted on November 17, 2020, allows up to about 4.8 million square feet of residential mixed use on the 109.5-acre mall property.
  3. At full buildout that plan anticipates retail at 20 to 25 percent and residential at 35 to 45 percent of development, and it reserves a future Metrorail station along I-66 subject to funding.
  4. In November 2025 the Board of Supervisors amended the plan for the 22-acre Fair Oaks Business Park to allow up to 706 homes in place of 11 office buildings.
  5. In March 2026 the Board rezoned the 6.2-acre High Ridge office site on Fairfax Ridge Road to allow a 400-unit apartment building.
  6. Two Route 50 office buildings, Greenwood Plaza and Oakwood Center, sold in June 2026, and Oakwood's buyer plans a multifamily redevelopment.
  7. The county's modernized Zoning Ordinance took effect on May 9, 2023, replacing an ordinance that dated to 1978.
  8. Under that ordinance, conventional R-2 lots need at least 15,000 square feet, R-3 lots 10,500 and R-4 lots 8,400, which shapes whether an older lot can be split.
  9. Owners can confirm a parcel's zoning district with the county's Zoning District Analyzer before planning an addition or rebuild.
  10. Because most of 22033 is built out, new single-family supply arrives mainly through infill, while new housing volume comes from office-to-residential conversions.
08Demographics
  1. ZIP 22033 had an estimated 39,526 residents and 15,840 households in the Census Bureau's ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
  2. The Census Bureau counts 16,263 housing units in 22033, of which 15,840 were occupied in the 2020–2024 survey period.
  3. Owner occupancy in 22033 runs about five points below the Fairfax County rate of 68.6 percent, a direct result of the ZIP's many condominium and apartment buildings.
  4. About 63.7 percent of occupied homes in 22033 are owner-occupied and 36.3 percent are rented.
  5. Roughly 27.6 percent of housing units are detached homes, 29.7 percent townhouses and 42.5 percent in buildings with two or more units.
  6. Median gross rent in 22033 is $2,339 a month, slightly above the county median of $2,276.
  7. The median household income in 22033 is $143,454, compared with $153,637 for Fairfax County.
  8. Mean travel time to work is 27.7 minutes, and 27.2 percent of workers report working from home.
09Investment & Value
  1. Fairfax County's adopted real estate tax rate for fiscal year 2027 is $1.12 per $100 of assessed value, down from $1.1225.
  2. Average residential assessments in Fairfax County rose 3.99 percent for 2026 after a 6.65 percent increase for 2025.
  3. The county reassesses every January at full market value, so the tax bill follows the market rather than the purchase price.
  4. 78.7 percent of 22033 housing was built between 1980 and 2009, compared with 48.1 percent countywide, so many homes are now reaching their second round of roofs, windows and HVAC.
  5. A 1980s colonial near the top of its subdivision's price range may still need significant kitchen and bath work to match renovated comparables, and Ken prices that gap into offers.
  6. HOA dues in sampled single-family listings run from a few hundred dollars a year in Fair Oaks Estates to roughly $280 to $490 a quarter in Westvale, so carrying costs vary by subdivision.
  7. Condominium fees in Fair Lakes can exceed $400 a month and may include utilities or exterior maintenance, so compare what each fee covers before comparing prices.
  8. Proximity to the I-66 Express Lanes, the Monument Drive garage and the Parkway supports demand from commuters headed to Tysons, Reston and the District.
  9. The redevelopment plans around Fair Oaks Mall and former office parks will add housing and retail over the next decade, which Ken watches closely for nearby resale effects.
  10. Sellers who correct inspection items before listing typically face fewer repair negotiations, a pattern Ken has seen repeatedly in homes of this era.
10Hyper-Local Detail
  1. Fair Oaks is not a mailing address: homes here use Fairfax, mostly ZIP 22033, and the separately governed City of Fairfax begins just to the east.
  2. Fair Oaks Estates homes, many built around 1984, sit on lots of roughly 0.22 to 0.27 acre with a community pool and courts.
  3. Westvale was built from 2001 to about 2004, with lots around a third of an acre on streets such as Meadow Hunt Drive.
  4. Dartmoor Woods homes from the late 1990s include lots approaching three-quarters of an acre.
  5. Fair Woods townhomes date to 1985 and 1986 and sit on lots of about 0.04 to 0.06 acre.
  6. Penderbrook mixes townhomes, three condominium communities and single-family homes built in the late 1980s and early 1990s around its golf course.
  7. Highland Oaks, built around 2000, has single-family homes on smaller lots of about 0.13 to 0.15 acre with a monthly HOA.
  8. Franklin Farm, a 1,777-home planned community established in 1980, lies just north in Oak Hill (ZIP 20171); Ken works it alongside his Fair Oaks subdivisions.
  9. The Fair Oaks District Police Station and Fire Station 21 share a site at 12300 Route 50, renovated and expanded in a project completed in 2014.
  10. Ken works from a home office in Fair Oaks, where he served several years as president of his homeowners association.

Why Ken

Why Ken Tully for Fairfax

He lives where you are looking

Ken's home base is in Fair Oaks. He knows which streets back to the Parkway, which pockets hold water and which subdivisions share a pool.

Every market cycle since 1988

He has sold through the early 1990s slump, the 2008 downturn and the pandemic bidding wars, and prices with that history in mind.

Persistence when offers lose

One Fair Oaks first-time buyer won her townhouse with a backyard for her dog on offer number eleven. Ken stayed with her through all of them.

A referral practice

Nearly all of his business comes from past clients and their friends, which keeps his advice aimed at the next decade, not the next closing.

Questions

Questions buyers and sellers ask about Fairfax 22033

Is Fair Oaks the same as the City of Fairfax?

No. Fair Oaks is an unincorporated area of Fairfax County with a Fairfax mailing address, mostly ZIP 22033. The City of Fairfax is a separate jurisdiction with its own government, tax rate and services. A Fair Oaks address pays the Fairfax County rate and is served by Fairfax County Public Schools.

Which schools serve a Fair Oaks address?

It depends on the street. Many subdivisions Ken works most, including Fair Oaks Estates and Westvale, are assigned to Navy Elementary, Franklin Middle and Oakton High, while others, such as Franklin Glen and Highland Oaks, feed Chantilly High. Ken checks every address in the FCPS Boundary Locator before an offer, because a single street can change the assignment.

What does housing cost in 22033?

Zillow reported a median sale price of $718,867 for 22033 in August 2026. Condominiums start near $300,000, townhomes run from roughly the high $500,000s into the $900,000s, and single-family homes range from about $850,000 to $2 million depending on subdivision, size and lot.

What are property taxes in Fairfax County?

Fairfax County's adopted real estate rate for fiscal year 2027 is $1.12 per $100 of assessed value, so a home assessed at $700,000 owes about $7,840 a year before any special district levies. The county reassesses every January, and HOA dues come on top.

How long is the commute from Fair Oaks?

Most Fair Oaks addresses reach I-66 in a few minutes, and the 66 Express Lanes outside the Beltway offer a tolled option toward Tysons and the District. The Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station is a short drive east, and the Fairfax County Parkway links north to Reston and Dulles. Ken suggests driving your own route at your own hour before you commit.

Do most Fair Oaks homes have an HOA?

Most townhome and condominium communities do, and many single-family subdivisions built from the 1980s onward have one as well, usually with modest dues for common areas and sometimes a pool. Ken served as president of his own homeowners association and reads the budget, reserve study and minutes for every buyer.

Authority Center

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Other Areas

Ken's other Northern Virginia communities

Each community has its own site with local data, insights and answers. Pick the one you are weighing next.

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Oakton

Wooded subdivisions along Miller Road and Hunter Mill Road, lots from about a half acre to five acres, and the septic-with-public-water setup that shapes inspections there. Ken bought his first home in Oakton. That site answers lot, septic and boundary questions.

Visit kentullyoaktonvirginia.com ↗22180 · 22181 · 22182

Vienna

The incorporated Town of Vienna and the Vienna-addressed neighborhoods around it, from Church Street and the W&OD Trail to Wolftrap and Lakevale, where Ken grew up. That site explains town versus county taxes and services, teardown rebuilds and the Orange Line station.

Visit kentullyviennavirginia.com ↗22101 · 22102

McLean

McLean's established neighborhoods between the Potomac River corridor and Tysons, the McLean Silver Line station and the teardown lots behind much of its new construction. That site covers the Langley and McLean high school boundaries, lot zoning and commute routes.

Visit kentullymcleanvirginia.com ↗20147 · 20148

Ashburn

Loudoun County's Ashburn: Ashburn Village, Ashburn Farm, Broadlands and Brambleton, the Silver Line Ashburn station and newer HOA communities. That site also maps the data center corridor and the questions buyers ask about it.

Visit kentullyashburnvirginia.com ↗20190 · 20191 · 20194

Reston

The planned community founded in 1964, with Reston Association governance, five village centers, Reston Town Center and two Silver Line stations. That site explains the layered HOA structure, the trail and lake system and Reston's special tax district.

Visit kentullyrestonvirginia.com ↗Authority Center

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Ken's Authority Center gathers his Northern Virginia knowledge in twenty-two topics, from financing and inspections to estate sales and relocation, and links every community site in his network.

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