Falls Church is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 14,685 people and 28 associated 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.Falls Church is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.76% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Falls Church is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falls Church who work in management occupations (20.91%), computer science and math (12.43%), and business and financial occupations (10.35%). 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. Of important note, Falls Church is also a city of artists. Falls Church has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Falls Church’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 30.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Even though Falls Church is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the subway for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.If knowledge is power, Falls Church is a pretty powerful place. 79.73% 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 2022 was $85,077, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $340,308 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, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. In addition, Falls Church has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.10%). The most common language spoken in Falls Church is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
