Great Falls vs Newington

A side-by-side comparison of Great Falls and Newington: population, income, housing, and more.

Great Falls and Newington are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Great Falls has the higher population (14,854 vs 13,824 in Newington). Great Falls has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $146,681 in Newington). Great Falls has the higher median home value ($1,342,400 vs $560,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Newington
Population	14,854	13,824
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$146,681
Median home value	$1,342,400	$560,900
Median gross rent	$3,463	$2,662
Housing units	5,136	4,770
Homeownership rate	95.4%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.7%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Newington
Population	14,872 → 14,854 (-0.1%)	13,196 → 13,824 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$238,125 → $250,001 (+5.0%)	$135,843 → $146,681 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$1,142,000 → $1,342,400 (+17.5%)	$455,800 → $560,900 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,066 → $3,463 (+12.9%)	$2,221 → $2,662 (+19.9%)

Great Falls

Population

14,87214,854

Median household income

$238,125$250,001

Median home value

$1,142,000$1,342,400

Median gross rent

$3,066$3,463

Newington

Population

13,19613,824

Median household income

$135,843$146,681

Median home value

$455,800$560,900

Median gross rent

$2,221$2,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Falls	Newington
Under 5	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.3%
75 and over	7.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	44.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.0%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Newington
No high school diploma	1.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	3.6%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	51.2%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Newington
Drove alone	51.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.7%
Public transit	2.2%	4.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.3%	26.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Newington
1-unit, detached	99.3%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Newington
Poverty rate	2.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1985	1981