Amenities in Fairfax

OpenStreetMap · six inputs · 12% of the overall score

92/100
6th of 60

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The six inputs

Groceries15

Washington median 825% · scores 85

Restaurants & cafés200

Washington median 8720% · scores 96

Parks102

Washington median 8520% · scores 100

Fitness22

Washington median 1015% · scores 91

Healthcare28

Washington median 1310% · scores 82

Retail217

Washington median 10810% · scores 100

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Best Washington suburbs for amenities

All 60 ranked, Fairfax highlighted

1WashingtonA+1,368 2ArlingtonA+327 3Bailey's CrossroadsA+125 4AlexandriaA+227 5Silver SpringA+176 6FairfaxA200 7North BethesdaA152 8West Falls ChurchA179 9ChillumA113 10HerndonA182 11WoodbridgeA87 12BethesdaA137 13LeesburgA−126 14TysonsA−175 15SpringfieldA−111 16GaithersburgA−126 17RestonA−138 18WheatonA−86 19ManassasA−116 20FredericksburgA−180 21CentrevilleA−94 22Fair OaksA−88 23Dale CityB+63 24RockvilleB+128 25College ParkB+136 26AshburnB+95 27ChantillyB+113 28FrederickB+104 29SterlingB+90 30GermantownB+84 31AnnandaleB+108 32LaurelB+95 33North PotomacB79 34BurkeB61 35Ballenger CreekB73 36McNairB111 37Lake RidgeB−39 38South RidingB−44 39West SpringfieldB−32 40Camp SpringsB−35 41McLeanB−55 42Cherry HillB−25 43BowieC+47 44WaldorfC+51 45Aspen HillC+37 46OlneyC+42 47Montgomery VillageC+36 48GreenbeltC+36 49ClarksburgC+29 50SuitlandC+48 51South LaurelC33 52FairlandC34 53MontclairC15 54LandoverC32 55PotomacC−13 56Linton HallC−21 57BrambletonC−16 58OaktonD+43 59ClintonD20 60Fort WashingtonD13

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Better than Fairfax on amenities

Fairfax grades A on amenities. Five suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same six inputs.

SuburbAmenitiesRestaurants & cafésGroceriesOverall

Washington16 mi from FairfaxA+1,36837 67 C+ Arlington11 mi from FairfaxA+32717 73 B Bailey's Crossroads9 mi from FairfaxA+12520 61 C Alexandria12 mi from FairfaxA+22715 64 C+ Silver Spring18 mi from FairfaxA+17619 65 C+

Restaurants & cafés: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026 · Groceries: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026

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