Vienna, Virginia

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Vienna, VA


Founded	1754
State	Virginia
County	Fairfax
Mayor	M. Jane Seeman
http://www.viennava.gov/

Vienna is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 14,453 at the 2000 census.

In July of 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Vienna fourth on its list of the 100 best places to live in the United States. In addition to excellent public schools, its assets include a downtown with many small businesses, a Washington Metrorail station with large parking garages (the western terminus of the Orange Line) just south of the city, and a portion of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park hiker/biker trail cutting through the center of the town. The Tysons Corner development is nearby, as is Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Notable Residents
5 Points of interest
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Vienna is located at 38°53′57″N, 77°15′38″W (38.899161, -77.260672)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.5 km² (4.4 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 14,453 people, 5,331 households, and 3,982 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,256.8/km² (3,253.8/mi²). There were 5,438 housing units at an average density of 472.9/km² (1,224.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 81.10% White, 3.44% African American, 0.19% Native American, 9.47% Asian, 2.71% from other races, and 3.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.39% of the population.

There were 5,331 households out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the town the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $85,519, and the median income for a family was $93,043. Males had a median income of $62,733 versus $39,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $37,753. About 1.3% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

Fairfax County has been perennially rated one of the best public school systems in the country. [1] Vienna is home to one high school, one middle school, and six elementary schools.

The music program at James Madison High School boasts an award-winning marching band and color guard, two symphonic bands, jazz band, orchestra, and chorus. Thoreau Middle School is the only middle school in Vienna. Thoreau shares a class with Kilmer Middle School and Longfellow Middle School. All three schools have accelerated programs for students that are determined to be "Gifted and Talented." Close to Madison sit the six elementary schools: Flint Hill, Louise Archer (which also has a GT center program), Marshall Road, Vienna Elementary, Wolftrap, and Cunningham Park. Each of these schools feed into Thoreau, Kilmer or Longfellow, and then Madison High School, Oakton High School (just outside Vienna on the border with Oakton), or George C. Marshall High School (in Falls Church). Because of the large influx of new residents in the last decade, the classes of '09, '10, and '11 at these regional high schools are expected to be the largest over the next ten years.

Vienna Little League, the Greater Vienna Babe Ruth League, Vienna Youth, Inc.'s recreational sports leagues and Vienna Youth Soccer (VYS) are the main sources of youth sports for Vienna.

[edit] Notable Residents

Robert Hanssen, arrested by the FBI on charges of treason, lived a short distance outside the town limits.
Alex Albrecht, former costar of the G4techTV TV network's The Screen Savers, and current cohost of podcasts Diggnation and Ctrl+Alt+Chicken, was born and raised in Vienna.
Steve Buckhantz, television comentator for the Washington Wizards resides in Vienna.
David Baldacci, author of many best-selling novels that have also been made into movies, resides in Vienna.