Burke Centre, Virginia

Burke Centre is a planned residential community located west of Burke in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Burke Centre is a planned community managed by the Burke Centre Conservancy homeowners' association (HOA).

Burke Centre is also the name of a census-designated place (CDP). The CDP boundaries extend beyond the planned community limits. At the 2020 census, the Burke Centre CDP had a total population of 17,518.

Burke Centre is located south of the center of Fairfax County. It is bordered to the east and partially to the north by the Burke CDP, and to the west and north by the Fairfax Station CDP. The Burke Centre CDP border follows Ox Road to the west, the VRE Manassas Line to the north, Burke Lake Road to the southeast, and Fairfax County Parkway to the southwest.

Neighborhoods
Burke Centre is divided into five neighborhoods: The Woods, The Oaks, the Commons, the Ponds, and the Landings. Each neighborhood's name appears frequently in streets within its boundaries (e.g. the Woods neighborhood contains Wooden Hawk Lane, Walnut Wood Court, etc.). Not all streets contain the neighborhood name, however. Additionally, each neighborhood has one public pool and one community center, generally located on the same lot. The locations of each neighborhood is as follows:
 * The Ponds is bound by Burke Centre Parkway to the north, Burke Lake Road to the east and south, Roberts Parkway to the west, and Fairfax County Parkway (SR 286) to the southwest.
 * The Woods is just north of Burke Centre Parkway, across from The Ponds; it is bordered by The Commons to the west and Burke Lake Road to the east.
 * The Commons is located primarily around Burke Commons Road, which runs mostly parallel with Roberts Parkway. It is bound by The Woods to the east and The Landings to the west.
 * The Landings is west of Roberts Parkway, and exists on both sides of Burke Centre Parkway. It is constrained by Fairfax County Parkway (SR 286) to the south and The Oaks to the west.
 * The Oaks is just west of The Landings; it borders The Landings to the east, Ox Road (SR 123) to the west, and Fairfax County Parkway (SR 286) to the south.

2020 Census
At the 2020 census (some information from the 2022 American Community Survey) there were 17,518 people, 6,247 housing units and 6,186 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 5,614.7 inhabitants per square mile (2,165.4/km2). The average housing unit density was 2,002.2 per square mile (772.2/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 59.24% White, 6.33% African American, 0.31% Native American, 15.85% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 4.99% from other races, and 13.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 14.63% of the population.

Of the households, 60.4% were married couple families, 11.3% were a male family householder with no spouse, and 24.0% were a female family householder with no spouse. The average family household had 3.33 people.

The median age was 37.8, 21.8% of people were under the age of 18, and 15.1% were 65 years of age or older. The largest ancestry is the 15.3% who had German ancestry, 30.2% spoke a language other than English at home, and 21.3% were born outside the United States, 68.9% of whom were naturalized citizens.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $156,421, and the median income for a family was $175,833. 9.7% of the population were military veterans, and 67.8% had a batchelor's degree or higher. In the CDP 5.2% of the population was below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over, with 6.1% of the population without health insurance.

2010 Census
At the 2010 census, the Burke Centre CDP had a total population of 17,326.