Bailey's Crossroads vs West Falls Church

A side-by-side comparison of Bailey's Crossroads and West Falls Church: population, income, housing, and more.

Bailey's Crossroads and West Falls Church are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Falls Church has the higher population (30,660 vs 25,458 in Bailey's Crossroads). West Falls Church has the higher median household income ($131,236 vs $84,241 in Bailey's Crossroads). West Falls Church has the higher median home value ($658,700 vs $398,200 in Bailey's Crossroads).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
Population	25,458	30,660
Median age	34.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,241	$131,236
Median home value	$398,200	$658,700
Median gross rent	$1,958	$2,140
Housing units	10,012	10,905
Homeownership rate	46.3%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
Population	24,180 → 25,458 (+5.3%)	29,623 → 30,660 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$66,995 → $84,241 (+25.7%)	$103,867 → $131,236 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$357,900 → $398,200 (+11.3%)	$514,900 → $658,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,648 → $1,958 (+18.8%)	$1,764 → $2,140 (+21.3%)

Bailey's Crossroads

Population

24,18025,458

Median household income

$66,995$84,241

Median home value

$357,900$398,200

Median gross rent

$1,648$1,958

West Falls Church

Population

29,62330,660

Median household income

$103,867$131,236

Median home value

$514,900$658,700

Median gross rent

$1,764$2,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
Under 5	8.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.1%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	39.4%
Black or African American	17.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
No high school diploma	18.4%	14.4%
High school graduate	16.7%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
Drove alone	55.7%	58.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	12.3%
Public transit	8.5%	5.7%
Walked	3.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.9%	19.1%
Other means	3.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
1-unit, detached	12.1%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	22.9%
20 or more units	47.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Falls Church
Poverty rate	21.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1976	1962