North Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Springfield had a population of 7,430.
Geography
North Springfield is located in southern Fairfax County at (38.803813, −77.208213). Its borders are the Capital Beltway and Norfolk Southern Railway to the south, Flag Run and the Capital Beltway to the west, Braddock Road to the north, and Backlick Run and Backlick Road to the east. Neighboring communities are Springfield to the east and south, Kings Park and Ravensworth to the west, Wakefield to the northwest, and Annandale to the north. The Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) is accessible from Exit 54 (Braddock Road) at the northwest corner of the CDP. Downtown Washington, D.C. is to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the North Springfield CDP has a total area of , of which , or 96.65%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+North Springfield CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|6,127
|3,194
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,619
|66.79%
|43.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.25%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|334
|442
|style='background: #ffffe6; |332
|3.64%
|6.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.47%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|10
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.11%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1,475
|1,540
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,898
|16.08%
|21.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.55%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|19
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.21%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|12
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65
|0.13%
|0.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.87%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|233
|168
|style='background: #ffffe6; |283
|2.54%
|2.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.81%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|963
|1,889
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,229
|10.50%
|25.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.00%
|-
|Total
|9,173
|7,274
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,430
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census
Ravensworth Elementary School, which has a Springfield postal address, was defined as being in the North Springfield CDP as per the 1990 U.S. census and the 2000 U.S. census, but in the 2010 U.S. census it was defined as being in Ravensworth CDP.