Great Falls vs Vienna

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

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

Vienna has the higher population (16,369 vs 14,854 in Great Falls). Great Falls has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $223,571 in Vienna). Great Falls has the higher median home value ($1,342,400 vs $961,100 in Vienna).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Vienna
Population	14,854	16,369
Median age	46.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$223,571
Median home value	$1,342,400	$961,100
Median gross rent	$3,463	$2,430
Housing units	5,136	5,674
Homeownership rate	95.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.7%	73.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Vienna
Population	14,872 → 14,854 (-0.1%)	16,489 → 16,369 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$238,125 → $250,001 (+5.0%)	$161,196 → $223,571 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$1,142,000 → $1,342,400 (+17.5%)	$743,500 → $961,100 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,066 → $3,463 (+12.9%)	$2,081 → $2,430 (+16.8%)

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

Vienna

Population

16,48916,369

Median household income

$161,196$223,571

Median home value

$743,500$961,100

Median gross rent

$2,081$2,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Falls	Vienna
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.2%
75 and over	7.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Vienna
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	24.0%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Vienna
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	3.6%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	51.2%	43.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Vienna
Drove alone	51.7%	51.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	10.5%
Public transit	2.2%	3.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	40.3%	29.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Vienna
1-unit, detached	99.3%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Vienna
Poverty rate	2.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.99	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1985	1971