Falls Church, Virginia demographics

Falls Church, VA demographics: median age 40.5; 80.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Falls Church city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5127200. The survey estimates a population of 14,710 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Falls Church is 40.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.2 years. There are 6,273 households (±145). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	40.5 ±1.2	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 14,710
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	3,524 ±240	24.0% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	2,760 ±228	18.8% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	6,161 ±421	41.9% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	2,265 ±285	15.4% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 14,710
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	7,439 ±120	50.6% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	7,271 ±120	49.4% MOE unavailable	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 14,710
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	10,333 ±271	70.2% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	559 ±130	3.8% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	17 ±26 · low precision	0.1% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,344 ±147	9.1% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	723 ±271	4.9% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,734 ±304	11.8% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 14,710
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,123 MOE unavailable	89.2% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,587 MOE unavailable	10.8% MOE unavailable	11.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,273
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	2,985 ±184	47.6% ±2.7 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	183 ±100 · low precision	2.9% ±1.6 pp · low precision	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	342 ±146	5.5% ±2.3 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,162 ±254	34.5% ±4.0 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	601 ±198	9.6% ±3.1 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,273
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,892 ±158	30.2% ±2.4 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	4,381 ±202	69.8% ±2.8 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,273
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,162 ±254	34.5% ±4.0 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,020 ±289	32.2% ±4.5 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	857 ±208	13.7% ±3.3 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	811 ±171	12.9% ±2.7 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	360 ±115	5.7% ±1.8 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	29 ±34 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	34 ±29 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 14,710
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	12,262 ±336	83.4% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,448 ±336	16.6% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 13,929
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	10,994 ±392	78.9% ±2.8 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	941 ±236	6.8% ±1.7 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	108 ±71 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	72 ±71 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	147 ±94 · low precision	1.1% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	720 ±249	5.2% ±1.8 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	138 ±103 · low precision	1.0% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	239 ±122 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	97 ±74 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	80 ±70 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	190 ±94	1.4% ±0.7 pp	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	79 ±80 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	124 ±89 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 10,140
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	464 ±266 · low precision	4.6% ±2.6 pp · low precision	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	430 ±157	4.2% ±1.5 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	811 ±184	8.0% ±1.8 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	269 ±129	2.7% ±1.3 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,909 ±316	28.7% ±3.1 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5,257 ±427	51.8% ±4.2 pp	18.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 14,624
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	11,607 ±600	79.4% ±4.1 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	619 ±282	4.2% ±1.9 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,155 ±386	7.9% ±2.6 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	862 ±263	5.9% ±1.8 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	381 ±215 · low precision	2.6% ±1.5 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

1.7% of Falls Church residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 98.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Falls Church	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	1.7% ±0.8 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	98.3% ±1.1 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.8% ±1.5 pp	9.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Falls Church . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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