Falls Church city, Virginia

Falls Church city has a population of 14,710 and has grown 3.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $1,055,600, about 7.4 times the county's median household income of $143,262.

Home price
$1,055,600
Income
$143,262
Population
14,710
Unemployment
5.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$1,055,600county
Median gross rent$2,190county
Median year homes here were built1971county
Share of homes built before 198060.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented47.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.0%county
Typical monthly rent$2,512county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,246county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$2,015county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,835county
Home insurance / yr$2,074(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living100.8(statewide)
Median household income$143,262county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate4.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home32.7%county
Unemployment rate5.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force72.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.0%county
Share of workers employed by government26.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.2%county
Economic output per resident$83,401(statewide)

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.95%county
Top state income tax5.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.77%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time28.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service7.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport12750892county
Miles to nearest general aviation field15 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station8.0 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.2%county
Traffic deaths13.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.1(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher80.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.4%county
Public schools in the county4county
Public school enrollment2185county
Students per full-time teacher13.3county
Free lunch eligible12.6%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians297county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance1.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year5.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year3.7%county
Frequent mental distress13.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity14.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population14,710county
Land area in square miles2county
People per square mile of land7188.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store0.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+3.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age40.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.4%county
Share of households that are one person34.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States16.6%county
Second languages21.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls97.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents68county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in1,074county
Households that moved away1,058county
Average income of arriving households$128,452county
Average income of departing households$123,767county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year18county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.1%(statewide)
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature56.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.17 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F23 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing79 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7b(statewide)
Frost-free days211 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.1¢county
Household electricity use1,005 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity44.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas51.4%county
Homes heated by propane1.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband98.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk5.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk0.3county
Hail risk8.4county
Earthquake risk30.1county
Tornado risk13.0county
Tropical cyclone risk53.7county
Extreme heat risk31.4county
Winter weather risk15.6county
Strong wind risk17.3county
Wildfire risk0.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Falls Church city directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Virginia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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