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

Great Falls, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 2,827 (2,770 occupied: 2,642 owner occupied, 128 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  5%
State:  32%

Housing density: 158 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $347,958.


Median contract rent in 2007: $2,526 (lower quartile is $1,584, upper quartile is $3,037)


Median gross rent in Great Falls, VA in 2007: $2,867


Housing units in Great Falls with a mortgage: 1,967 (284 second mortgage, 245 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 422





Great Falls,VA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $1,534,546 (it was $599,900 in 2000)
Great Falls:  $1,534,546
Virginia:  $262,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $965,538 - $1,953,330

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $1,494,709
Here:  $1,494,709
State:  $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $1,860,209
Here:  $1,860,209
State:  $371,438

Household type by relationship

Households: 8,573
  • In family households: 8,164 (2,201 male householders, 304 female householders)
    2,368 spouses, 2,993 children (2,900 natural, 60 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 61 parents, 50 other relatives, 154 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 409 (139 male householders (84 living alone)), 171 female householders (146 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 944 2-persons, 501 3-persons, 626 4-persons, 307 5-persons, 109 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 230 1-person, 70 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

2,316 married couples with children.
130 single-parent households (36 men, 94 women).

80.5% of residents of Great Falls speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
9.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,346 (15.7%)
(51.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  9.1
State:  6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  7.8
State:  4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Great Falls, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 19
  • 4 rooms: 29
  • 5 rooms: 27
  • 6 rooms: 220
  • 7 rooms: 132
  • 8 rooms: 385
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,830



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 5
  • 5 rooms: 13
  • 6 rooms: 11
  • 7 rooms: 24
  • 8 rooms: 36
  • 9 or more rooms: 39



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 60
  • 1995 to 1998: 251
  • 1990 to 1994: 314
  • 1980 to 1989: 652
  • 1970 to 1979: 947
  • 1960 to 1969: 301
  • 1950 to 1959: 104
  • 1940 to 1949: 72
  • 1939 or earlier: 126


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Great Falls:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 6
  • 2 bedrooms: 62
  • 3 bedrooms: 358
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,402
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 814



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 26
  • 3 bedrooms: 20
  • 4 bedrooms: 56
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 26



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 12
  • 1 vehicle: 218
  • 2 vehicles: 1,239
  • 3 vehicles: 804
  • 4 vehicles: 284
  • 5 or more vehicles: 85



Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 42
  • 2 vehicles: 73
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0


Great Falls, VA house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Great Falls, VA:

  • Less than $10,000: 0
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 0
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 0
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 0
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 0
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 0
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 0
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 0
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 0
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 4
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 5
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 0
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 0
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 7
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 7
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 1
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 6
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 0
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 4
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 22
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 202
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 376
  • $1,000,000 or more: 2006
 


Great Falls rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Great Falls:

  • Less than $100: 0 people
  • $100 to $149: 0
  • $150 to $199: 0
  • $200 to $249: 0
  • $250 to $299: 0
  • $300 to $349: 0
  • $350 to $399: 0
  • $400 to $449: 0
  • $450 to $499: 0
  • $500 to $549: 0
  • $550 to $599: 0
  • $600 to $649: 0
  • $650 to $699: 0
  • $700 to $749: 0
  • $750 to $799: 0
  • $800 to $899: 5
  • $900 to $999: 0
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 14
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 9
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 7
  • $2,000 or more: 93
  • No cash rent: 0
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 244
  • 1990 to 1994: 102
  • 1985 to 1989: 220
  • 1980 to 1984: 169
  • 1975 to 1979: 175
  • 1970 to 1974: 230
  • 1970 to 1974: 40
  • 1965 to 1969: 166

Great Falls, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 57.5%
Number of people working at home: 515 (12.7% of all workers)


Great Falls travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 58
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 112
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 201
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 344
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 557
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 332
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 744
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 113
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 333
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 534
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 195
  • 90 or more minutes: 33
 


Great Falls mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 3,134 (77%)
  • Carpooled: 293 (7%)
  • Subway or elevated: 62 (2%)
  • Walked: 50 (1%)
  • Other means: 17 (0%)
  • Worked at home: 515 (13%)
 


Great Falls, VA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 26
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 17
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 12
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 43
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 40
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 24
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 22
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 40
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 6
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 63
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 151
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 279
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 269
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 325
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 372
  • $200,000 or more: 1126
 


First ancestries reported:

 English: 1132
 Irish: 1068
 Other groups: 919
 German: 748
 Italian: 451
 Iranian: 364
 United States or American: 345
 Polish: 274
 European: 265
 French (except Basque): 244
 Arab:: 186
 Scotch-Irish: 173
 British: 167
 Scottish: 163
 Russian: 147
 Norwegian: 146
 Hungarian: 130
 Dutch: 118
 Greek: 84
 Syrian: 74
 Austrian: 60
 Ukrainian: 54
 Croatian: 54
 Swedish: 44
 Brazilian: 35
 Palestinian: 34
 Welsh: 33
 Iraqi: 32
 Yugoslavian: 31
 Lithuanian: 28
 Scandinavian: 28
 Lebanese: 27
 Australian: 24
 Northern European: 23
 Swiss: 21
 Canadian: 21
 Portuguese: 20
 Slavic: 20
 Belgian: 18
 Czechoslovakian: 17
 Slovak: 15
 Finnish: 14
 Subsaharan African:: 13
 French Canadian: 11
 Bulgarian: 11
 Icelander: 11
 Estonian: 10
 Jordanian: 10
 Moroccan: 9
 Afghan: 8
 Nigerian: 7
 Danish: 7
 Pennsylvania German: 6
 Ethiopian: 6
 Turkish: 6
 Czech: 6
 Israeli: 5


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



  • Iran (21%)
  • United Kingdom (7%)
  • Korea (7%)
  • Germany (6%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
  • Taiwan (4%)
  • Philippines (3%)


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

  • This state: 1634
  • Northeast: 2036
  • Midwest: 918
  • South: 1954
  • West: 511

59% of Great Falls residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 6
  • 9th grade: 12
  • 10th grade: 12
  • 11th grade: 0
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 24
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 87
  • Less than 1 year of college: 63
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 192
  • Associate degree: 28
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,029
  • Master's degree: 761
  • Professional school degree: 383
  • Doctorate degree: 249


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 12
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 27
  • 7th and 8th grade: 8
  • 9th grade: 13
  • 10th grade: 9
  • 11th grade: 12
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 19
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 187
  • Less than 1 year of college: 126
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 348
  • Associate degree: 177
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,167
  • Master's degree: 559
  • Professional school degree: 183
  • Doctorate degree: 48


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 0.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.4%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $218,882
  • Black householders: $247,814
  • Asian householders: $160,089
  • Two or more races householders: $146,276
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $163,934

Great Falls household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Great Falls household income for Black householders

Great Falls household income for Asian householders

Great Falls household income for Two or more races householders

Great Falls household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Great Falls marital status for males

Great Falls marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,529,941
  • Black or African American householders: $2,238,253
  • Asian householders: $1,006,062
  • Two or more races householders: $947,996
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $1,904,689

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,809
  • One, attached: 18


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Great Falls:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (42%)
  • Electricity (39%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Electricity (65%)
  • Utility gas (25%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 264
Here:  21.5%
Virginia:  9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 118
Here:  20.7%
Virginia:  8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74
Here:  36.1%
Virginia:  20.6%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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