Great Falls is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 8,573 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Great Falls is the 104th largest community in Virginia.

Great Falls is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Great Falls is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Great Falls who work in management occupations (26.70%), business and financial occupations (10.75%), and sales jobs (10.66%).

Also of interest is that Great Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Great Falls is also a town of artists. Great Falls has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Great Falls's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 12.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Great Falls is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Great Falls is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Great Falls a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Great Falls has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Great Falls's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Great Falls is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Great Falls, the average commute to work is 30.44 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Great Falls is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Great Falls Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Great Falls is a pretty powerful place. 76.28% of the adults in Great Falls have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Great Falls in 2000 was $78,149, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $312,596 for a family of four. However, Great Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Great Falls home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Great Falls is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Great Falls include English, Irish, German, Italian, Iranian, Polish, European, French, and Scotch-Irish.

In addition, Great Falls has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.70%).

The most common language spoken in Great Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and Spanish.