[3] Burke Centre is located south of the center of Fairfax County.

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.

[4] Burke Centre is divided into five neighborhoods: The Woods, The Oaks, the Commons, the Ponds, and the Landings.

Additionally, each neighborhood has one public pool[5] and one community center,[6] generally located on the same lot.

The locations of each neighborhood is as follows:[7] 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.