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Falls Church, VA
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Falls Church profile


Living in Falls Church



Falls Church is a somewhat small city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 14,586 people and 28 constituent neighborhoods, Falls Church is the 63rd largest community in Virginia.

Falls Church home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Falls Church real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.60% 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.

Falls Church, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In Falls Church, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though Falls Church is a relatively small city. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

If knowledge is power, Falls Church is a pretty powerful place. 78.70% of the adults in Falls Church have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Falls Church in 2018 was $76,354, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $305,416 for a family of four.

Falls Church is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Falls Church home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falls Church residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Falls Church also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Falls Church include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

In addition, Falls Church has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.91%).

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