Oakton vs West Falls Church

A side-by-side comparison of Oakton and West Falls Church: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakton 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.

Oakton has the higher population (36,776 vs 30,660 in West Falls Church). Oakton has the higher median household income ($163,662 vs $131,236 in West Falls Church). Oakton has the higher median home value ($776,700 vs $658,700 in West Falls Church).

Population, income & housing

	Oakton	West Falls Church
Population	36,776	30,660
Median age	40.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$163,662	$131,236
Median home value	$776,700	$658,700
Median gross rent	$2,333	$2,140
Housing units	14,328	10,905
Homeownership rate	67.5%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakton	West Falls Church
Population	36,997 → 36,776 (-0.6%)	29,623 → 30,660 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$132,256 → $163,662 (+23.7%)	$103,867 → $131,236 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$631,700 → $776,700 (+23.0%)	$514,900 → $658,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,923 → $2,333 (+21.3%)	$1,764 → $2,140 (+21.3%)

Oakton

Population

36,99736,776

Median household income

$132,256$163,662

Median home value

$631,700$776,700

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,333

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)

	Oakton	West Falls Church
Under 5	4.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakton	West Falls Church
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	39.4%
Black or African American	6.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	22.7%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakton	West Falls Church
No high school diploma	3.1%	14.4%
High school graduate	8.2%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakton	West Falls Church
Drove alone	51.1%	58.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.3%
Public transit	8.1%	5.7%
Walked	1.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	30.7%	19.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakton	West Falls Church
1-unit, detached	34.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	28.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	22.9%
20 or more units	16.2%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Oakton	West Falls Church
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1983	1962