Difficult Run.
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Virginia·Fairfax County
5 tracts·11K people·$1.1M median·1,356/mi²
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
The median home value in Difficult Run is $1,111,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 2.4× the US median of $458,812.
Difficult Run has 9,938 residents across 3 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 45.3; the population is 69.3% White, 16.5% Asian, 6.1% Multiracial, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% Other and 1.0% Black; the average household has 3.2 people; 85.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 1.4% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Median gross rent is $3,066/month, 94% above the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Difficult Run is over $250,000 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Difficult Run, median rent is $3,066/month and the median home value is $1,111,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Difficult Run reported 1.2 violent crimes and 16.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR via Fairfax County Police Department, 2023).
Summer highs average 85°F; winter lows average 27°F; there are 83 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 45 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Difficult Run are landslide (78), hail (62) and winter weather (62), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.17g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Difficult Run, 0.4% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).