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Great Falls, VA

15,228 Population
25.4 square miles 600.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$131,942 ±$10,168 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,554 ±$306
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$250,001 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,684 ±$733
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.2% ±1% (338  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 504,173 (±0.2% / ±11,899)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.5 minutes ±7 (132,180  ±16,105) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.4 80,867,624 (±0.1 / ±475,151)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,970 ±257 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,373,022 ±4,247
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.1 (15,228  ±901) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,217,922
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±1.4% (79  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,062 (±0.2% / ±2,419)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,100 ±250 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,506,631 ±429
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,411,000 ±$85,906 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $579,900 ±$2,374
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±3.7% (1,523  ±573.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.3% 832,508 (±0.2% / ±11,666.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99% ±1.8% (10,259  ±605) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.4% 3,976,110 (±0.4% / ±16,769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
85.3% ±2.4% (8,839  ±556) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.4% 2,364,097 (±0.3% / ±12,209)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

23% ±2.8% (3,495  ±478) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.3% 1,535,978
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.5% (842  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.2% 348,179 (±0.1% / ±4,714)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
842 Total veterans ±171 750 Male ±141 92 Female ±64

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