Oakton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 36,732 at the 2020 census. Located in Northern Virginia, its center is west of Washington, D.C.
Geography
Oakton is located in central Fairfax County at (38.883050, −77.289900). The area is traversed by Interstate 66 and Virginia State Route 123.
The CDP is bordered to the south by the city of Fairfax, to the west by Fair Oaks, to the northwest by Difficult Run, to the north by the Wolf Trap CDP, to the east by the town of Vienna, and to the southeast by Merrifield.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Oakton has a total area of .
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|20,101
|20,411
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,765
|68.49%
|59.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |51.09%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,365
|1,640
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,055
|4.65%
|4.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.59%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|50
|72
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20
|0.17%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|4,051
|6,769
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,061
|13.80%
|19.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.67%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|22
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21
|0.07%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|69
|134
|style='background: #ffffe6; |232
|0.24%
|0.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.63%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|859
|1,108
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,064
|2.93%
|3.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.62%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|2,831
|4,022
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,514
|9.65%
|11.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.29%
|-
|Total
|29,348
|34,166
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36,732
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Oakton had a population of 36,732. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
The median age was 38.0 years. 23.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.7% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.5 males age 18 and over.
There were 13,610 households in Oakton, of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.8% were married-couple households, 15.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
- Bud Grace, cartoonist
- Francis Greenlief, former major general and Chief of the National Guard Bureau, U.S. Army
- David E. Jeremiah, former admiral, U.S. Navy
- Thomas David Jones, author and former astronaut
- John D. Lavelle, former general and Seventh Air Force commander, U.S. Air Force
- Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, former King of Rwanda
- Fred Moosally, former captain, battleship during the 1989 USS Iowa turret explosion
- Daniel R. Pearson, former chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission
- Nancy Pfotenhauer, former spokesperson, 2008 John McCain presidential campaign
- Jennifer Rubin, former columnist, The Washington Post
- Romuald Spasowski, former Polish ambassador to the United States during the Cold War, who defected to the U.S. in 1981
- John Stertzer, former professional soccer player
- John H. Sununu, former White House aide and governor of New Hampshire
- Jared Taylor, founder, American Renaissance magazine, and white nationalist
- Philip Terzian, journalist and author, former literary editor of The Weekly Standard
- Alan S. Thompson, former vice admiral, U.S. Navy
- Zain, professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Fairfax County Public Schools operates the public schools. There are two public schools located in Oakton: Oakton Elementary School and Waples Mill Elementary School. Flint Hill School, a private school, is located in Oakton. The Northern Virginia Friends School and the Montessori School of Oakton are also in the CDP. Students may also attend Flint Hill Elementary School, Luther Jackson Middle School or Henry David Thoreau Middle School in Vienna. Local high schools are Oakton High School and James Madison High School. Both schools have Vienna mailing addresses.
Public libraries
Fairfax County Public Library operates the Oakton Library in Oakton.