Educational Attainment in Tract 300100, Fairfax County, Virginia (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Tract 300100
Fairfax City
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma258.045493%59.047963%58.045493%58.0%2,06730.328559%32.785701%30.328559%30.3%1,08011.625948%8.166336%11.625948%11.6%414

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Fairfax City at large.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
0%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-1.697722%-1.697722%-1.7%58.045%58.0%59.048%59.0%-7.494554%-7.494554%-7.5%30.329%30.3%32.786%32.8%42.364314%42.364314%+42.4%11.626%11.6%8.166%8.17%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Tract 300100
Fairfax City
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None2.555462%3.063128%2.555462%2.6%912.049986%3.358007%2.049986%2.0%7318.927268%17.722814%18.927268%18.9%67430.131985%30.583138%30.131985%30.1%1,0734.380792%4.320876%4.380792%4.4%15614.012918%16.639586%14.012918%14.0%49916.315642%16.146115%16.315642%16.3%5816.178040%4.236625%6.178040%6.2%2203.229430%2.720106%3.229430%3.2%1152.218478%1.209605%2.218478%2.2%79

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Fairfax City at large.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
-50%0%+50%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-16.573455%-16.573455%-16.6%2.555%2.56%3.063%3.06%-38.952300%-38.952300%-39.0%2.050%2.05%3.358%3.36%6.796063%6.796063%+6.8%18.927%18.9%17.723%17.7%-1.475167%-1.475167%-1.5%30.132%30.1%30.583%30.6%1.386656%1.386656%+1.4%4.381%4.38%4.321%4.32%-15.785659%-15.785659%-15.8%14.013%14.0%16.640%16.6%1.049951%1.049951%+1.0%16.316%16.3%16.146%16.1%45.824558%45.824558%+45.8%6.178%6.18%4.237%4.24%18.724419%18.724419%+18.7%3.229%3.23%2.720%2.72%83.405215%83.405215%+83.4%2.218%2.22%1.210%1.21%

Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#5

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
More Females More Males
Fairfax City
Tract 300100
10%0%10%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-5.895117%-5.895117%6%6.505176%59.718%59.7%56.393%56.4%-7.840909%18.552709%18.552709%19%27.740%27.7%32.887%32.9%-16.996822%-16.631746%-16.996822%17%12.542%12.5%10.720%10.7%

Detailed Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#6

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
More Females More Males
Fairfax City
Tract 300100
0%100%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None26.005025%153.682333%26.005025%26%2.260%2.26%2.848%2.85%49.945128%32.201818%49.945128%50%1.638%1.64%2.457%2.46%11.962767%22.367010%11.962767%12%17.853%17.9%19.989%20.0%-25.953833%-3.370390%-25.953833%26%33.616%33.6%26.689%26.7%-80.497914%1.394418%1.394418%1%4.350%4.35%4.411%4.41%-11.463897%2.457868%2.457868%2%13.842%13.8%14.182%14.2%-4.237717%34.582125%34.582125%35%13.898%13.9%18.705%18.7%-17.058824%-17.058824%17%0.901736%6.667%6.67%5.695%5.70%-10.385208%-41.292264%-10.385208%10%3.390%3.39%3.071%3.07%-27.205811%-35.403510%-27.205811%27%2.486%2.49%1.954%1.95%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Tract 300100
Fairfax City
0%10%20%30%40%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-3418.947368%19.000000%18.947368%18.9%12666526.810478%32.208589%26.810478%26.8%3481,29834.525277%30.810983%34.525277%34.5%28081140.533672%39.613670%40.533672%40.5%319787

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Fairfax City at large.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
15%10%5%0%5%10%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-0.277008%-0.277008%0.3%18.947%18.9%19.000%19.0%-16.759850%-16.759850%16.8%26.810%26.8%32.209%32.2%12.055097%12.055097%12.1%34.525%34.5%30.811%30.8%2.322436%2.322436%2.3%40.534%40.5%39.614%39.6%

Bachelor's Degrees Sex Ratio By Age#9

Percentage more likely men or women are to have their highest degree be a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
More Females More Males
Fairfax City
Tract 300100
40%30%20%10%0%10%FM65+45-6435-4425-34-0.343348%3.192935%3.192935%3.2%18.659%18.7%19.255%19.3%-23.635285%-20.549532%-23.635285%23.6%29.688%29.7%24.012%24.0%-45.976488%-21.119138%-45.976488%46.0%40.931%40.9%28.040%28.0%-29.182058%-29.182058%29.2%18.215629%45.910%45.9%35.539%35.5%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Tract 300100
Fairfax City
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$65,114.000000$92,639.000000$65,114.000000$65.1k83823.533%23.5%$52,408.000000$62,377.000000$52,408.000000$52.4k1,07330.132%30.1%$52,750.000000$47,965.000000$52,750.000000$52.8k65518.394%18.4%$29,688.000000$27,216.000000$29,688.000000$29.7k58116.316%16.3%$18,698.000000$23,115.000000$18,698.000000$18.7k41411.626%11.6%$42,347.000000$53,087.000000$42,347.000000$42.3k3,561100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Female Male
Fairfax City
Tract 300100
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$50k$0k$50k$100kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeNo H.S. Diploma2Total$-41,858.000000$-56,587.000000$-41,858.000000$41.9k$41,858.000000$35,781.000000$56,587.000000$65,123.000000$77,639.000000$77.6k385453$-51,099.000000$-56,307.000000$-51,099.000000$51.1k$51,099.000000$8,484.000000$56,307.000000$19,449.000000$59,583.000000$59.6k595478$-46,023.000000$-10,227.000000$-46,034.000000$-2,558.000000$-56,250.000000$56.3k$46,023.000000$46,034.000000$46,023.000000$46.0k322333$-17,703.000000$-20,385.000000$-17,703.000000$17.7k$17,703.000000$3,430.000000$20,385.000000$7,019.000000$21,133.000000$21.1k222192$-41,685.000000$-46,994.000000$-41,685.000000$41.7k$41,685.000000$4,656.000000$46,994.000000$14,262.000000$46,341.000000$46.3k1,7701,791

Composition of the Armed Forces by Educational Attainment#12

Percentage of the armed forces aged 25 to 64 years old with various highest levels of educational attainment.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Tract 300100
Fairfax City
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma365.625000%81.355932%65.625000%65.6%210.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%034.375000%18.644068%34.375000%34.4%110.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0

Employment by Educational Attainment#13

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Tract 300100
Fairfax City
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma383.051870%83.811421%83.051870%83.1%1,37786.427146%78.865784%86.427146%86.4%43375.846501%78.814893%75.846501%75.8%33679.591837%80.000000%79.591837%79.6%234

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Female Male
Fairfax City
Tract 300100
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
60%40%20%0%20%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2Other1-0.711111%-3.615661%-0.255426%-0.711111%0.7%0.711111%3.179939%3.615661%3.891051%3.9%408-9.734513%-16.736075%-4.466501%-26.470588%26.5%9.734513%4.466501%1.035891%9.734513%9.7%1118-7.534247%-21.258323%-6.125828%-10.215459%-28.792570%28.8%7.534247%6.125828%7.534247%7.5%2293-31.347962%-3.919895%-21.571772%-1.684042%-35.267857%35.3%31.347962%21.571772%31.347962%31.3%10079-36.986301%-26.555365%-18.980892%-20.506288%-63.541667%63.5%36.986301%18.980892%36.986301%37.0%5461

College Graduates By Race#15

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Fairfax City and Tract 300100
Female Male
Fairfax City
Tract 300100
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2Other1-60.116732%-2.727713%-58.770143%-62.844444%62.8%60.116732%58.770143%8.888667%60.116732%60.1%618707-25.663717%-31.689224%-34.739454%-57.352941%57.4%25.663717%34.739454%8.322747%25.663717%25.7%2939-60.061920%-56.688359%-60.061920%60.1%60.061920%2.951779%56.688359%9.205681%63.013699%63.0%184194-15.178571%-18.346253%-15.178571%15.2%15.178571%13.034595%18.346253%0.739553%28.213166%28.2%9034-6.250000%-11.719745%-9.647776%-6.250000%6.3%6.250000%0.599315%11.719745%6.849315%6.8%106

Educational Attainment by Tract in Fairfax City

There are 5 tracts in Fairfax City. This section compares Tract 300100 to all of the tracts in Fairfax City and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 300100.

No H.S. Diploma by Tract#16

Percent of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Tract 300100, selected other tracts in Fairfax City, and entities that contain Tract 300100
0%5%10%Count#SouthUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth Atlantic300400Tract 300400300100Tract 300100VirginiaWashington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashingtonFairfax City Public SchoolsFairfaxFairfax CityFairfaxFairfax300200Tract 300200ZIP Code 22030ZIP 22030300500Tract 300500300300Tract 30030014.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M12.641938%12.641938%12.6%334111.625948%11.625948%11.6%414211.362051%11.362051%11.4%638,662639k9.603964%9.603964%9.6%390,528391k8.166336%8.166336%8.2%1,3578.166336%8.166336%8.2%1,3578.166336%8.166336%8.2%1,3576.783784%6.783784%6.8%25136.113549%6.113549%6.1%2,2855.944798%5.944798%5.9%16844.886831%4.886831%4.9%1905

Bachelor's Degrees by Tract#17

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..
Scope: population of Tract 300100, selected other tracts in Fairfax City, and entities that contain Tract 300100
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count#ZIP Code 22030ZIP 22030300500Tract 300500300300Tract 300300300200Tract 300200Fairfax City Public SchoolsFairfaxFairfax CityFairfaxFairfax300100Tract 300100Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashington300400Tract 300400VirginiaSouth AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth60.124144%60.124144%60.1%22,47222.5k60.120311%60.120311%60.1%1,699157.124486%57.124486%57.1%2,221255.297297%55.297297%55.3%2,046354.727087%54.727087%54.7%9,09454.727087%54.727087%54.7%9,09454.727087%54.727087%54.7%9,09453.664701%53.664701%53.7%1,911449.358204%49.358204%49.4%2,007,0632.01M46.063588%46.063588%46.1%1,217536.890897%36.890897%36.9%2,073,6412.07M30.457708%30.457708%30.5%13,009,07313.0M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M28.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M

Very Advanced Degrees by Tract#18

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).
Scope: population of Tract 300100, selected other tracts in Fairfax City, and entities that contain Tract 300100
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%Count#300300Tract 300300300500Tract 300500ZIP Code 22030ZIP 22030Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashington300200Tract 300200Fairfax City Public SchoolsFairfaxFairfax CityFairfaxFairfax300400Tract 300400300100Tract 300100VirginiaSouth AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth7.793210%7.793210%7.8%30317.572541%7.572541%7.6%21427.440604%7.440604%7.4%2,7817.310761%7.310761%7.3%297,279297k6.783784%6.783784%6.8%25136.421135%6.421135%6.4%1,0676.421135%6.421135%6.4%1,0676.421135%6.421135%6.4%1,0675.109765%5.109765%5.1%13544.605448%4.605448%4.6%16454.187112%4.187112%4.2%235,358235k3.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M

Under-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#19

Percentage more likely men are than women to not have a high school diploma (or equivalent) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 300100, selected other tracts in Fairfax City, and entities that contain Tract 300100
Female
Male
2x1x0x1xFM#Tract 300400South AtlanticVirginiaSouthWashingtonUnited StatesZIP 22030Tract 300200FairfaxFairfaxFairfaxTract 300100Tract 300500Tract 300300-1.000000x-1.000000x1.530485x1.530485x1.53x10.044%10.0%15.373%15.4%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.153834x1.153834x1.15x10.578%10.6%12.205%12.2%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.149925x1.149925x1.15x13.427%13.4%15.440%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.133957x1.133957x1.13x9.026%9.03%10.235%10.2%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.063609x1.063609x1.06x5.928%5.93%6.306%6.31%-1.007692x-1.007692x1.01x1.000000x1.000000x6.809%6.81%6.757%6.76%2-1.166317x-1.166317x1.17x1.000000x1.000000x8.777%8.78%7.525%7.53%-1.166317x-1.166317x1.17x1.000000x1.000000x8.777%8.78%7.525%7.53%-1.166317x-1.166317x1.17x1.000000x1.000000x8.777%8.78%7.525%7.53%-1.169968x-1.169968x1.17x1.000000x1.000000x12.542%12.5%10.720%10.7%3-2.330890x-2.330890x2.33x1.000000x1.000000x8.252%8.25%3.540%3.54%4-2.517808x-2.517808x2.52x1.000000x1.000000x6.878%6.88%2.732%2.73%5

Over-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#20

Percentage more likely men are than women to have a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 300100, selected other tracts in Fairfax City, and entities that contain Tract 300100
Female
Male
1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 300200Tract 300500FairfaxFairfaxFairfaxTract 300300VirginiaSouthTract 300400United StatesSouth AtlanticZIP 22030WashingtonTract 300100-1.000000x-1.000000x2.232724x2.232724x2.23x4.262%4.26%9.516%9.52%1-1.000000x-1.000000x2.189516x2.189516x2.19x4.785%4.79%10.477%10.5%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.779104x1.779104x1.78x4.653%4.65%8.278%8.28%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.779104x1.779104x1.78x4.653%4.65%8.278%8.28%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.779104x1.779104x1.78x4.653%4.65%8.278%8.28%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.628201x1.628201x1.63x5.987%5.99%9.748%9.75%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.558034x1.558034x1.56x3.300%3.30%5.141%5.14%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.555780x1.555780x1.56x2.420%2.42%3.764%3.76%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.529080x1.529080x1.53x4.062%4.06%6.211%6.21%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.520688x1.520688x1.52x2.804%2.80%4.265%4.26%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.468487x1.468487x1.47x6.049%6.05%8.883%8.88%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.465901x1.465901x1.47x5.978%5.98%8.764%8.76%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.360668x1.360668x1.36x3.898%3.90%5.304%5.30%5

Definitions

Educational attainment is reported in terms of the highest level of education obtained by persons aged 25 years and older. On this page, we report on both detailed and coarse categorizations of the levels of education in the population. The detailed levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • None: no formal education at all
  • Less than High School: some education, but stopped short of high school
  • Some High School: some high school education, but no high school diploma (or equivalent)
  • Some College: high school diploma (or equivalent), and some college, but no post-secondary degree
  • Associate's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is an associate's degree (including occupational or academic degrees)
  • Bachelor's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB)
  • Master's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MENG, MSW)
  • Professional Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a professional degree (e.g., MD, DDC, JD)
  • Doctorate Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)

The coarse levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • No High School Diploma: does not have a high school diploma or equivalent
  • High School Diploma: has a high school diploma or equivalent and possibly some college, but no post-secondary degrees
  • Higher Degree: has some post-secondary degree (associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate)

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