Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFalls Church cityVirginiaUnited States
English16.3%12.0%9.5%
Irish15.8%9.1%9.4%
German14.3%10.1%12.5%
Italian7.7%3.9%4.8%
American5.3%8.4%5.3%
French3.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish3.2%1.9%1.3%
Polish3.0%1.6%2.2%
Mexican2.1%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%1.4%1.8%
Salvadoran1.6%2.1%0.7%
Bolivian1.1%0.4%—
Colombian1.0%0.3%0.4%
Peruvian0.9%0.5%—
Cuban0.7%—0.7%
Spanish0.5%——
Asian Indian2.1%1.8%1.4%
Chinese1.8%0.8%1.3%
Korean1.4%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.8%0.7%0.6%
Afghan0.7%0.2%—
Filipino0.6%0.9%0.9%
Sri Lankan0.4%——
Thai0.3%——
African American†1.0%15.6%9.9%
Ethiopian0.7%0.5%—
South African0.6%——
African0.4%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%0.3%0.4%
Somali0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Falls Church city
Virginia
United States
Median age
40.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Falls Church city
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$143,262
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.0%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
80.5%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Falls Church city
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.1%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
6.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.2%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.7%
0.7%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Falls Church city
Virginia
United States
Catholic
54.3%
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.1%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
2.6%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.6%
8.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Falls Church city, Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 9,062 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Falls Church city precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -003 - THIRD WARD003 - THIRD WARD
2,607
587
79
3,273
79.7%
17.9%
D+61.7
Precinct -001 - FIRST WARD001 - FIRST WARD
2,318
517
75
2,910
79.7%
17.8%
D+61.9
Precinct -002 - SECOND WARD002 - SECOND WARD
2,275
516
88
2,879
79.0%
17.9%
D+61.1
First Ward51610000001
0
0
0
0
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Second Ward51610000002
0
0
0
0
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Even
Third Ward51610000003
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1952–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1952
−19.7%
1956
−8.3%
1960
+3.3%
1964
+19.1%
1968
−3.3%
1972
−39.8%
1976
−2.6%
1980
−16.4%
1984
−5.6%
1988
+0.3%
1992
+17.6%
1996
+17.1%
2000
+17.5%
2004
+30.7%
2008
+40.4%
2012
+39.4%
2016
+57.9%
2020
+64.1%
2024
+61.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
79.5%Harris7,200
17.9%Trump1,620
0.8%Stein68 +4
D+61.6
R+2.6
D+63.0
9,062
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic79.5%7,200
Donald J TrumpRepublican17.9%1,620
OtherAll other candidates1.0%93
Jill SteinIndependent0.8%68
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%55
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%15
Cornel R WestIndependent0.1%11
D
81.0%Biden7,146
16.9%Trump1,490
1.3%Jorgensen114
D+64.1
D+6.2
D+59.7
8,819
D
75.0%Clinton5,819
17.1%Trump1,324
3.1%Johnson237
D+57.9
D+18.5
D+55.9
7,757
D
68.9%Obama5,015
29.5%Romney2,147
1.6%
D+39.4
R+1.0
D+35.6
7,276
D
69.6%Obama4,695
29.2%McCain1,970
1.3%
D+40.4
D+9.7
D+33.1
6,750
D
64.7%Kerry3,944
34.0%Bush2,074
1.3%
D+30.7
D+13.2
D+33.1
6,098
D
55.6%Gore3,109
38.1%Bush2,131
5.1%Nader285
D+17.5
D+0.4
D+17.0
5,593
D
55.4%Clinton2,375
38.4%Dole1,644
4.7%Perot202
D+17.1
R+0.6
D+8.5
4,284
D
53.0%Clinton2,864
35.4%Bush1,912
11.1%Perot599
D+17.6
D+17.3
D+12.1
5,404
D
49.8%Dukakis2,484
49.5%Bush2,470
0.7%
D+0.3
D+5.9
D+8.0
4,989
R
47.0%Mondale2,398
52.6%Reagan2,684
0.4%
R+5.6
D+10.8
D+12.6
5,101
R
35.8%Carter1,703
52.2%Reagan2,485
12.0%
R+16.4
R+13.8
R+6.7
4,758
R
48.0%Carter2,202
50.6%Ford2,323
1.4%
R+2.6
D+37.2
R+4.7
4,588
R
29.0%McGovern565
68.8%Nixon1,340
2.2%
R+39.8
R+36.5
R+16.7
1,947
R
42.4%Humphrey1,860
45.8%Nixon2,005
11.8%
R+3.3
R+22.4
R+2.6
4,382
D
59.5%Johnson2,835
40.4%Goldwater1,924
0.1%
D+19.1
D+15.8
R+3.5
4,766
D
51.5%Kennedy1,629
48.2%Nixon1,525
0.3%
D+3.3
D+11.6
D+3.1
3,165
R
44.8%Stevenson1,233
53.1%Eisenhower1,462
2.1%
R+8.3
D+11.4
D+7.1
2,752
R
40.1%Stevenson930
59.8%Eisenhower1,386
0.0%
R+19.7
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
80.0%7,163
20.0%1,791
8,954
2020
D
80.0%7,016
20.0%1,750
8,766
2018
D
82.5%5,902
15.5%1,112
7,158
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Falls Church city, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
10,248
2018
10,509
2020
11,125
2022
11,117
2024
11,893
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+1 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +767 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $127,034 in average income, against $239,940 for residents who stayed — 47% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+46.4 on average — 15 points more Republican-leaning than Falls Church city, VA itself (D+61.6).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Fairfax County, VA292D+34.7
Arlington County, VA165D+58.1
District of Columbia, DC50D+83.8
Alexandria city, VA36D+57.1
Loudoun County, VA32D+16.2
Montgomery County, MD29D+52.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Fairfax County, VA330
Arlington County, VA102
District of Columbia, DC47
Alexandria city, VA44
Loudoun County, VA38
Montgomery County, MD31
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Falls Church city, VA in Falls Church city, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+125
2012
+240
2013
+144
2014
−134
2015
+191
2016
−257
2017
+506
2018
+71
2019
+8
2021
−210
2022
−90
2023
+135
2024
+37
2025
+1
This small independent city inside the D.C. suburbs recorded a 62-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, driven by a highly educated, high-income professional population that has shifted sharply leftward over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.1 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 39.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.6 points.
A population of 14,710, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $143,262 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairfax city and Charlottesville city.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Falls Church city, Virginia voted Democratic by 61.6 points (D+61.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,062 votes cast, 7,200 went Democratic and 1,620 went Republican.
When did Falls Church city, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Falls Church city, Virginia voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Falls Church city, Virginia?
Falls Church city, Virginia has a population of 14,710 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Falls Church city, Virginia?
Median household income in Falls Church city, Virginia is $143,262 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Falls Church city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Falls Church city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 7 went Republican.
