Some Facts About Oak Hill
Oak Hill is a growing and prosperous bedroom community bounded by the boundaries of zip code 20171. It is located in western Fairfax County in Virginia. Oak Hill was named when the Oak Hill post office was opened on McLearen Road in 1998. The community sits south of the town of Herndon, north of Chantilly, southwest of Reston, west of Oakton and southeast of Washington Dulles International Airport. Oak Hill is almost entirely contained within Fairfax County.
At the time of the 2000 Census, Oak Hill had 33,811 residents. According to the census Oak Hill is about 75% white, 5% African American, and 15% Asian. 83% of the people in Oak Hill live in family households. 81% of Oak Hill residents own their own homes. 40% of Oak Hill residents have a bachelor’s degree, and an amazing 28% of Oak Hill residents have a graduate or professional degree. The median household income in Oak Hill is $102,000!
Although unincorporated the community has its name because the Oak Hill (or OakHill) farm off West Ox Road was the first known farm in the area. The farm dates back to the late 1700s. It wasn’t until the 1970s that the community began to turn from a farming community into a bedroom community. It was during that time that the Fox Mill and Franklin Farm communities were developed. Today Oak Hill is largely developed.