Home Care in Burke, Virginia

Burke is located south of the center of Fairfax County at 38°46′53″N 77°16′15″W (38.781480, −77.270750).^[16] The Burke CDP is bordered by the CDPs of Burke Centre to the west, Kings Park West to the northwest, Long Branch and Wakefield to the north, Kings Park to the northeast, West Springfield to the east, Newington Forest to the south, and South Run to the southwest. Burke Lake Park, which borders the Burke CDP to the southwest and is not part of any CDP, is a large recreational park operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority, featuring a golf course and woodland surrounding Burke Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Burke CDP has a total area of 8.7 square miles (22.6 km²), of which 8.6 square miles (22.3 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²), or 1.22%, is water.^[3] Most of the water making up Burke consists of artificial ponds and lakes.

• John William Minton, aka Big John Studd, former professional wrestler
• Retesh Bhalla, aka Sonjay Dutt, professional wrestler
• Hubert Davis, head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team, former professional basketball player
• Chad Dukes, Washington-area radio personality
• Tiffany Dupont, actress
• Greg Eklund, drummer for Everclear
• Mia Hamm, American women’s soccer player, attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke
• Nikki Hornsby, singer- songwriter, musician, NARAS member among others recording music industry organizations, founder of CJP-NHRecords attended Wakefield Forest Elementary school to W.T.Woodson High School before Fairfax Hall, Waynesboro VA to Belmont Abbey, Belmont, North Carolina & returned to George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia but home address was Rt.1, in Burke
• Allen Johnson, gold medalist in 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (110 metre hurdles) and a four-time world champion; attended Lake Braddock Secondary School
• Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police who lived in Burke from 1975 until his death in 1998 and was the subject of an iconic Vietnam-era picture by Eddie Adams.
• David W. Marsden, Virginia state senator
• Travis Morrison, member of the band The Dismemberment Plan
• Ryan Newell, lead guitarist in Sister Hazel
• Rick Renzi, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Byron Saxton, professional wrestler
• Ronald J. Shurer, US Army special forces staff sergeant and medic (retired), Medal of Honor recipient
• Mary Simpson, violinist
• Timothy L. Smith, historian and educator
• Joseph Sobran, journalist and writer for the National Review
• Justin Spring, Olympic medal-winning gymnast
• Jeffrey “Blase” Tsang, professional Overwatch player for the Houston Outlaws
• Glennon Doyle, blogger and author

All distances are by road from Burke Station, the original settlement of Burke:

• Annandale (5 miles NE)
• Clifton (8 miles W)
• Fairfax (5 miles NW)
• Lorton (9 miles SE)
• Springfield (6 miles E)

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 57,737 people, 19,215 households, and 15,756 families residing in the community. Burke is the largest community in Virginia recognized by the Census Bureau, other than counties and incorporated cities (although 11 cities and Arlington, Virginia have greater populations). The population density was 5,008.0 people per square mile (1,933.4/km²). There were 19,367 housing units at an average density of 1,679.9/sq mi (648.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.36% White, 14.66% Asian, 5.04% African American, 3.27% from two or more races, 0.21% Native American, 0.08% Pacific Islander, and 2.37% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.43% of the population.

There were 19,215 households, out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families. 13.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.30.

The population distribution by age is 27.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in Burke is $113,034, and the median income for a family was $125,905. Males had a median income of $66,149 versus $41,933 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $34,936. About 1.5% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.