Falls Church city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 541
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 2,704
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,134 (it was 1,767 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 40% |
State: | 33% |
Land area: 2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 7390 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (31.9%), Educational, health and social services (17.5%), Public administration (16.0%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 67%
- Government: 27%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 1%
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- 9,90267.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,71711.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 1,3148.9%Asian alone
- 9636.5%Two or more races
- 6664.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1851.3%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 39.1 years |
Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
Males: 7,325 | (49.9%) |
Females: 7,350 | (50.1%) |
Falls Church city: | 2.0 people |
Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $161,941 ($74,924 in 1999)
This county: | $161,941 |
Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $1,980 (lower quartile is $1,634, upper quartile is $2,510)
This county: | $1980 |
State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $1,010,034 (it was $262,400 in 2000)
Falls Church city: | $1,010,034 |
Virginia: | $365,700 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $3,812Detached houses: $1,162,369
Here: $1,162,369 State: $472,865 Townhouses or other attached units: $778,904
Here: $778,904 State: $457,437 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $551,004
Here: $551,004 State: $382,551
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $1,170
Institutionalized population: 8
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $10,089 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $10,355 (1.3%)
Falls Church city: | 2.5% |
Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 39.1 years old
(Males: 36.9 years old, Females: 42.0 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 42.2 years old, Black residents: 31.7 years old, American Indian residents: 15.1 years old, Asian residents: 44.0 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 29.6 years old, Other race residents: 47.8 years old)
Area name: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Falls Church city is $1080 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1225 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1580 a month.
Cities in this county include: Falls Church.
Neighboring counties: Amador County, California , Clay County, West Virginia , Chase County, Kansas , Carter County, Kentucky , Fauquier County , Lawrence County, Indiana , Manassas Park city .
Here: | 2.2% |
Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 636
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 97.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 78.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,295 (71.8% naturalized citizens)
Falls Church city: | 15.6% |
Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 6122010 or later
- 6042000 to 2009
- 4591990 to 1999
- 4441980 to 1989
- 2461970 to 1979
- 282Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,416
- One, attached: 654
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 235
- 5 to 9: 146
- 10 to 19: 266
- 20 to 49: 108
- 50 or more: 2,538
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Falls Church city with a mortgage: 2,284 (261 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 228 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
Here: | 100.0% with mortgage |
State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Falls Church city
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 6,332 | 1 |
Other | 4,167 | 5 |
Mainline Protestant | 3,627 | 9 |
Evangelical Protestant | 3,114 | 6 |
None | - | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Falls Church city: | 9.17 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 4.58 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Falls Church city: | 4.58 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 37.59 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Falls Church city: | 10.0% |
Virginia: | 9.3% |
Falls Church city: | 26.9% |
State: | 26.7% |
Earthquake activity:
Falls Church city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 56% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 79.0 miles away from Falls Church city center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 77.7 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 91.7 miles away from the county center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 117.0 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 98.0 miles away from Falls Church city center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 247.9 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,577 (55.0%)
- Carpooled: 887 (8.8%)
- Bus: 235 (2.3%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 116 (1.1%)
- Long-distance train or commuter rail: 12 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 326 (3.2%)
- Bicycle: 36 (0.4%)
- Walked: 307 (3.0%)
- Worked at home: 2,811 (27.7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
- Health care and social assistance (16%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Other services, except public administration (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Retail trade (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
- Health care and social assistance (16%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Other services, except public administration (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Retail trade (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Management occupations (26%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (16%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Legal occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (6%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (4%)
- Management occupations (16%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (15%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (11%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (9%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (9%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
- Personal care and service occupations (6%)
- India (11%)
- Colombia (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Peru (6%)
- Albania (5%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (4%)
- English (10%)
- Irish (8%)
- German (7%)
- American (6%)
- European (4%)
- Italian (3%)
- Eastern European (3%)
People in group quarters in Falls Church city, Virginia in 2010:
- 25 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 9 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 8 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
16.92% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($117,353 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 16.92% |
Virginia average: | 10.16% |
0.43% of residents moved from foreign countries ($4,338 average AGI)
Falls Church city: 0.43% Virginia average: 0.12%
9.94% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($68,706 average AGI)
6.55% relocated from other states ($44,310 average AGI)
Falls Church city: 6.55% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Fairfax County, VA | 4.39% ($107,576 average AGI) |
from Arlington County, VA | 3.01% ($140,542) |
from District of Columbia, DC | 0.84% ($108,298) |
from Alexandria city, VA | 0.84% ($-1,860,021) |
from Loudoun County, VA | 0.68% ($140,921) |
from Montgomery County, MD | 0.43% ($100,208) |
18.15% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($156,502 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 18.15% |
Virginia average: | 10.20% |
0.44% of residents moved to foreign countries ($4,074 average AGI)
Falls Church city: 0.44% Virginia average: 0.09%
12.01% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($96,889 average AGI)
5.70% relocated to other states ($55,540 average AGI)
Falls Church city: 5.70% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Fairfax County, VA | 6.32% ($171,844 average AGI) |
to Arlington County, VA | 2.01% ($105,035) |
to Loudoun County, VA | 1.02% ($166,500) |
to District of Columbia, DC | 0.58% ($87,061) |
to Alexandria city, VA | 0.46% ($88,654) |
to Prince William County, VA | 0.39% ($99,318) |
to Montgomery County, MD | 0.39% ($75,818) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 19.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.9
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 2.2%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,488 (1,384 aged, 104 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 271 (11%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Falls Church city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Unspecified dementia (13)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 479,640
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 8,571
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 1,252,407
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 992
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,030
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 19
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 229
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 501
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 28
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,675- Male householders: 2,920 (746 living alone), Female householders: 2,977 (1,191 living alone)
3,069 spouses (3,053 opposite-sex spouses), 260 unmarried partners, (252 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,776 children (4,463 natural, 261 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 97 brothers or sisters, 96 parents, 0 foster children, 45 other relatives, 385 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 75
Size of family households: 1,279 2-persons, 981 3-persons, 766 4-persons, 397 5-persons, 74 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,939 1-person, 409 2-persons, 30 3-persons.
2,894 married couples with children.
589 single-parent households (169 men, 420 women).
79.4% of residents of Falls Church city speak English at home.
6.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
5.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,565,014,000 ($145,164 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $859,424,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $91,119,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $47,429,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $39,000
Federal grants: $23,750,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,065,595,000 ($610,334,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $337,082,000 ($198,450,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,388,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,435,000
Federal Government insurance: $22,243,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 741Here: | 69 per 1000 residents |
State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 368
Here: | 34 per 1000 residents |
State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +367
Here: | +34 per 1000 residents |
State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -314
Here: | -29 per 1000 residents |
State: | +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 8.0 |
State: | 7.0 |
Here: | 3.2 |
State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Falls Church city, Virginia
- 312020 or later
- 9812010 to 2019
- 9502000 to 2009
- 2041990 to 1999
- 2551980 to 1989
- 8581970 to 1979
- 9271960 to 1969
- 7731950 to 1959
- 9411940 to 1949
- 3121939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Falls Church city, Virginia
- 601 room
- 442 rooms
- 1823 rooms
- 2274 rooms
- 2375 rooms
- 2506 rooms
- 3567 rooms
- 5718 rooms
- 1,3969+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Falls Church city, Virginia
- 2291 room
- 6422 rooms
- 6323 rooms
- 5234 rooms
- 3055 rooms
- 1126 rooms
- 607 rooms
- 488 rooms
- 1069+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Falls Church city, Virginia
- 67no bedroom
- 1011 bedroom
- 5812 bedrooms
- 9293 bedrooms
- 9044 bedrooms
- 7435+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Falls Church city, Virginia
- 279no bedroom
- 1,1581 bedroom
- 7982 bedrooms
- 3423 bedrooms
- 484 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Falls Church city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 152no vehicle
- 1,0261 vehicle
- 1,4462 vehicles
- 5923 vehicles
- 524 vehicles
- 605+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Falls Church city in renter-occupied apartments
- 188no vehicle
- 1,3561 vehicle
- 8872 vehicles
- 1423 vehicles
- 34 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
80.3% of Falls Church city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Virginia.
Falls Church city: | 80.3% |
State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3,854
- Other state: 8,031
- Northeast: 2,248
- Midwest: 1,371
- South: 3,309
- West: 1,105
- 69.5%Utility gas
- 28.4%Electricity
- 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 57.5%Electricity
- 37.3%Utility gas
- 3.8%No fuel used
- 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.4%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 7.7% |
Virginia: | 13.2% |
Here: | 16.4% |
Virginia: | 10.2% |
Here: | 13.9% |
Virginia: | 18.7% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 221
- Number of aged recipients: 115
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 106
- Number of recipients under 18: 2
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 71
- Number of recipients older than 64: 148
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 52
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 95
Most common first names in Falls Church city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Mary | 502 | 80.0 years |
John | 498 | 72.9 years |
William | 416 | 74.6 years |
Robert | 318 | 70.8 years |
James | 309 | 71.6 years |
Charles | 252 | 73.9 years |
Helen | 220 | 79.1 years |
George | 213 | 75.6 years |
Margaret | 201 | 79.0 years |
Elizabeth | 187 | 80.0 years |
Most common last names in Falls Church city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 159 | 75.3 years |
Jones | 108 | 75.4 years |
Williams | 90 | 76.5 years |
Johnson | 87 | 73.4 years |
Brown | 84 | 77.6 years |
Miller | 77 | 75.8 years |
Davis | 55 | 74.5 years |
Thompson | 49 | 76.2 years |
Nguyen | 49 | 69.1 years |
Moore | 48 | 76.7 years |
Businesses in Falls Church city, VA | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
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7-Eleven | 3 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
AT&T | 1 | Marriott | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 3 | |
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill | 1 | New Balance | 1 | |
Baskin-Robbins | 1 | Nike | 4 | |
Burger King | 1 | Panera Bread | 1 | |
CVS | 2 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Chipotle | 1 | Popeyes | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Decora Cabinetry | 2 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Staples | 1 | |
FedEx | 6 | Starbucks | 2 | |
GNC | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
Giant | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
H&R Block | 2 | UPS | 7 |
Falls Church city on our top lists:
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
- #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"