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Great Falls, VA (Virginia) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $1,234,741 (it was $599,900 in 2000)
Great Falls:

$1,234,741
Virginia:

$330,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $961,163 - $1,729,389

Total population: 15,427 (Urban population: 5,690, Rural population: 2,883 (15 farm, 2,868 nonfarm))

Houses: 5,180 (4,954 occupied: 4,689 owner occupied, 252 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

5%
State:

32%

Housing density: 290 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2021: $1,387,552.

Median contract rent in 2021: over $2,000


Median gross rent in Great Falls, VA in 2021: over $2,000

Housing units in Great Falls with a mortgage: 3,169 (648 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 591 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $251,055

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $190,644

Median monthly housing costs: $3,524

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Great Falls, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1984

Median year apartment built: 1974

Household type by relationship:

Households: 14,598
  • Male householders: 3,033 (162 living alone), Female householders: 1,854 (209 living alone)
  • 4,029 spouses (4,012 opposite-sex spouses), 95 unmarried partners, (95 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,514 children (4,321 natural, 130 adopted, 63 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 98 brothers or sisters, 331 parents, 0 foster children, 242 other relatives, 325 non-relatives

Size of family households: 2,127 2-persons, 976 3-persons, 714 4-persons, 464 5-persons, 93 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 382 1-person, 93 2-persons, 22 4-persons.

2,764 married couples with children.
340 single-parent households (40 men, 300 women).

72.0% of residents of Great Falls speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
13.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
11.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,508 (24.0%)
(80.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

10.0
State:

7.1

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

7.9
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Great Falls, Virginia
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Great Falls, Virginia
  • 17no bedroom
  • 01 bedroom
  • 492 bedrooms
  • 5963 bedrooms
  • 1,8634 bedrooms
  • 2,1645+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls, Virginia
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls, Virginia
  • 0no bedroom
  • 01 bedroom
  • 92 bedrooms
  • 963 bedrooms
  • 1014 bedrooms
  • 455+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 57no vehicle
  • 4611 vehicle
  • 1,9852 vehicles
  • 1,5133 vehicles
  • 4254 vehicles
  • 2485+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in renter-occupied apartments
  • 14no vehicle
  • 751 vehicle
  • 952 vehicles
  • 673 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Great Falls, Virginia
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Great Falls, Virginia
  • 171 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 93 rooms
  • 314 rooms
  • 1465 rooms
  • 1076 rooms
  • 2247 rooms
  • 4698 rooms
  • 3,6879+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls, Virginia
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls, Virginia
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 03 rooms
  • 04 rooms
  • 75 rooms
  • 06 rooms
  • 417 rooms
  • 1388 rooms
  • 669+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2021 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
  • Great Falls, VA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Great Falls, VA in 2021
  • 50Less than $10,000
  • 29$10,000 to $19,999
  • 61$20,000 to $29,999
  • 52$30,000 to $39,999
  • 66$40,000 to $49,999
  • 28$50,000 to $59,999
  • 180$60,000 to $74,999
  • 167$75,000 to $99,999
  • 344$100,000 to $124,999
  • 247$125,000 to $149,999
  • 512$150,000 to $199,999
  • 3,271$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2021 in Great Falls, VA

  • Distribution of house value in Great Falls, VA in 2021
  • 79Less than $10,000
  • 11$20,000 to $24,999
  • 10$50,000 to $59,999
  • 7$80,000 to $89,999
  • 7$100,000 to $124,999
  • 7$175,000 to $199,999
  • 17$250,000 to $299,999
  • 9$400,000 to $499,999
  • 376$500,000 to $749,999
  • 1,586$750,000 to $999,999
  • 2,194$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 939$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 722$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2021 in Great Falls, VA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Great Falls, VA in 2021
  • 10$550 to $599
  • 7$1,500 to $1,999
  • 33$2,000 to $2,499
  • 78$2,500 to $2,999
  • 11$3,000 to $3,499
  • 41$3,500 or more
  • 80No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2021

Percentage of workers working in this county: 76.7%
Number of people working at home: 4,136 (62.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2021

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 16
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 67
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 193
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 371
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 559
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 263
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 756
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 158
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 194
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 454
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 281
  • 90 or more minutes: 54
Means of transportation to work in 2021 - Great Falls

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 1,778 (39.2%)
  • Carpooled: 168 (3.7%)
  • Bus: 25 (0.6%)
  • Taxi: 13 (0.3%)
  • Walked: 25 (0.6%)
  • Worked at home: 4,136 (91.2%)
Class of Workers in 2021
  • Unemployment by race in 2021
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 4.6%Males
  • 3.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 2.7%Males
  • 4.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 1.6%Males
  • 12.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 1.8%Males
  • 14.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Great Falls, Virginia
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Great Falls, Virginia
  • 5912010 or later
  • 4932000 to 2009
  • 7371990 to 1999
  • 3891980 to 1989
  • 4051970 to 1979
  • 206Before 1970
Ancestries in Great Falls, VA

First ancestries reported:

  • English: 763 (10.5%)
  • Iranian: 713 (9.8%)
  • Irish: 435 (6.0%)
  • German: 420 (5.8%)
  • American: 345 (4.7%)
  • Italian: 257 (3.5%)
  • European: 159 (2.2%)
  • Polish: 151 (2.1%)
  • Eastern European: 112 (1.5%)
  • Greek: 93 (1.3%)
  • Syrian: 81 (1.1%)
  • British: 72 (1.0%)
  • Scottish: 68 (0.9%)
  • Albanian: 58 (0.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 43 (0.6%)
  • Armenian: 30 (0.4%)
  • Dutch: 27 (0.4%)
  • Russian: 27 (0.4%)
  • Swiss: 26 (0.4%)
  • Brazilian: 25 (0.3%)
  • French: 24 (0.3%)
  • Austrian: 22 (0.3%)
  • Swedish: 20 (0.3%)
  • Latvian: 16 (0.2%)
  • Lebanese: 15 (0.2%)
  • Israeli: 15 (0.2%)
  • Slovak: 14 (0.2%)
  • Yugoslavian: 14 (0.2%)
  • Hungarian: 13 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 13 (0.2%)
  • Croatian: 12 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 12 (0.2%)
  • Egyptian: 11 (0.2%)
  • Palestinian: 11 (0.2%)
  • Canadian: 10 (0.1%)
  • Czech: 10 (0.1%)
  • Maltese: 9 (0.1%)
  • Guyanese: 8 (0.1%)
  • Northern European: 8 (0.1%)
  • Ethiopian: 8 (0.1%)
  • Lithuanian: 5 (0.07%)
  • Ukrainian: 5 (0.07%)
  • Turkish: 3 (0.04%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

India
Great Falls:

21.2% (743)
Virginia:

8.8% (94,434)

Iran
Great Falls:

16.4% (574)
Virginia:

1.3% (14,390)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Great Falls:

15.7% (552)
Virginia:

3.9% (42,061)

Korea
Great Falls:

7.6% (265)
Virginia:

5.0% (54,263)

Taiwan
Great Falls:

4.5% (157)
Virginia:

0.7% (7,643)

Vietnam
Great Falls:

4.4% (153)
Virginia:

4.1% (43,713)

Pakistan
Great Falls:

3.3% (116)
Virginia:

2.4% (25,921)

Peru
Great Falls:

2.4% (83)
Virginia:

2.6% (27,659)

Canada
Great Falls:

1.9% (67)
Virginia:

1.2% (13,111)

Albania
Great Falls:

1.8% (63)
Virginia:

0.1% (1,345)

Greece
Great Falls:

1.8% (63)
Virginia:

0.3% (3,118)

Philippines
Great Falls:

1.6% (55)
Virginia:

4.8% (51,958)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 3,723
  • Other state: 7,116
  • Northeast: 2,794
  • Midwest: 1,342
  • South: 2,335
  • West: 626

89.8% of Great Falls residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.2% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 56.8% lived in Virginia.


Great Falls:

89.8%
State average:

85.6%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 24
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 9
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 0
  • 11th grade: 7
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 4
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 231
  • Less than 1 year of college: 83
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 200
  • Associate degree: 100
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,538
  • Master's degree: 1,846
  • Professional school degree: 841
  • Doctorate degree: 389
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 28
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 4
  • 5th and 6th grade: 64
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 10
  • 11th grade: 7
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 54
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 248
  • Less than 1 year of college: 184
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 276
  • Associate degree: 182
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,226
  • Master's degree: 1,485
  • Professional school degree: 396
  • Doctorate degree: 215
Educational Attainment for Females
Great Falls marital status for males
Great Falls marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 5,146
  • One, attached: 11
  • Mobile homes: 22
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2021: 2.0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2021: 0.7%

House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Great Falls
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Great Falls, VA
  • 43.0%Electricity
  • 41.1%Utility gas
  • 8.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 7.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Other fuel
  • 0.2%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Great Falls, VA
  • 64.1%Electricity
  • 23.5%Utility gas
  • 3.6%No fuel used
  • 3.2%Other fuel
  • 2.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 233
Here:

14.6%
Virginia:

13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 166
Here:

17.8%
Virginia:

10.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 134
Here:

28.8%
Virginia:

20.0%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability