Kings Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in the eastern United States in Fairfax County, Virginia, southwest of Washington D.C. As of the 2020 census, Kings Park had a population of 4,537.
A suburban community established in early 1960, Kings Park is located a few miles west of the Capital Beltway and Annandale in the Springfield area. Geography Kings Park is located southeast of the center of Fairfax County, northwest of Springfield, southwest of Annandale, and southeast of the city of Fairfax. The Kings Park CDP is bordered to the east by Ravensworth and North Springfield, to the north by Wakefield, to the west by Burke, and to the south by West Springfield. It is west of the Braddock Road interchange with the Capital Beltway and southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. The CDP border follows Braddock Road to the north, Accotink Creek to the east, the VRE Manassas Line to the south, and Rolling Road to the west.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kings Park CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.78%, is water.
Demographics
Kings Park was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census formed from part of West Springfield CDP.
Racial and ethnic composition +Kings Park CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)2,6462,41361.07%53.18%Black or African American alone (NH)1692243.90%4.94%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)6120.14%0.26%Asian alone (NH)69479116.02%17.43%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)8110.18%0.24%Other race alone (NH)10270.23%0.60%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)1012642.33%5.82%Hispanic or Latino (any race)69979516.13%17.52%Total4,3334,537 100.00%100.00%
2020 census As of the 2020 census, Kings Park had a population of 4,537. The median age was 39.3 years. 24.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.4 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,439 households in Kings Park, of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 67.7% were married-couple households, 10.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 18.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,467 housing units, of which 1.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.0%. Education Fairfax County Public Schools operates Kings Park Elementary School in Kings Park CDP.
See also Kings Park West
References
External links Kings Park Civic Association