City safety & data profile

Falls ChurchVA

Falls Church, VA is a 14K-resident city in Falls Church city with a median household income of $143,262.

Falls Church city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Falls Church, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Falls Church has a population larger than 22% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,055,600, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 23%
By size
$143,262
Median income (place)
$1,055,600
Median home (place)
4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Falls Church

Falls Church posts a median household income higher than 91% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Falls Church area.

Top 9%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Falls Church

Where Falls Church income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$143,262 Top 9% higher than 91% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Falls Church $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in VA

Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Virginia Beach is the largest VA city on this list; Great Falls leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in VA

Median household income among the same 102-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Falls Church, VA beyond the headline numbers

Falls Church sits inside Falls Church city, Virginia, at roughly 38.88°N, -77.17°W. Population 13,892, $143,262 median household income. Median home value $1,055,600, median rent $2,190. Poverty rate 4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Falls Church, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4% of Falls Church, VA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Falls Church costs around 7.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

32.7% of Falls Church workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 12.6% in Falls Church, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

7.4% of Falls Church workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Falls Church from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,892
Falls Church · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$143,262
+60% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,055,600
+155% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Falls Church city): Falls Church's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
15K+16%
Median Income
$143,262+19%
Median Home Value
$1,055,600+60%
Poverty Rate
4%+0%
Unemployment
4.9%+0%

Economics

Economics indicators for Falls Church, VA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,190/mo
Poverty Rate
4% -68% vs avg
Unemployment 4.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 80.5%
Work From Home 32.7%
Public Transit 7.4%

Population

White 70.2%
African American 3.8%
Asian 9.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
31.5%
Obesity
29%
High Blood Pressure
28.8%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Physical Inactivity
15.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.6%
Current Asthma
9.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.2%
Diabetes
8.7%
Current Smoking
6.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 78.8%
Annual Checkup 79.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.3%
Stroke
2.1%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
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0
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0
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0
★
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
1
INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL
FALLS CHURCH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Falls Church?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Falls Church right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet VA-FALLS-CHURCH · Falls Church

Falls Church: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Falls Church; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Falls Church, VA? ▼
Falls Church, VA has a population of 13,892 people, located in Falls Church city, Virginia.
What is the median household income in Falls Church? ▼
The median household income in Falls Church, VA is $143,262 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4%.
What is the median home value in Falls Church? ▼
The median home value in Falls Church, VA is $1,055,600. Median rent is $2,190/month.
What are the top health concerns in Falls Church? ▼
The top health indicators in Falls Church include Short Sleep Duration (31.5%), Obesity (29%), High Blood Pressure (28.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Falls Church? ▼
Falls Church has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Falls Church? ▼
The median age in Falls Church, VA is 40.5 years. 80.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Falls Church, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (4% here).

Fishers, IN 4% Maple Grove, MN 4% Rockwall, TX 4% Bethel Park, PA 4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($143,262 here).

Franklin Square, NY $143,263 Fort Washington, MD $143,333 Rutherford, NJ $143,153 Glenview, IL $143,056

Compare Falls Church with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

West Falls Church, VA 29K Idylwood, VA 17K Baileys Crossroads, VA 24K McLean, VA 48K Merrifield, VA 15K Annandale, VA 41K Arlington, VA 208K Lincolnia, VA 23K
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Using Falls Church's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Falls Church area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Falls Church against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Falls Church city) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.