Springfield vs West Falls Church

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

Springfield 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.

Springfield has the higher population (30,894 vs 30,660 in West Falls Church). West Falls Church has the higher median household income ($131,236 vs $123,691 in Springfield). West Falls Church has the higher median home value ($658,700 vs $622,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	West Falls Church
Population	30,894	30,660
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$123,691	$131,236
Median home value	$622,200	$658,700
Median gross rent	$2,643	$2,140
Housing units	10,816	10,905
Homeownership rate	66.6%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	West Falls Church
Population	32,222 → 30,894 (-4.1%)	29,623 → 30,660 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$101,814 → $123,691 (+21.5%)	$103,867 → $131,236 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$468,100 → $622,200 (+32.9%)	$514,900 → $658,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,102 → $2,643 (+25.7%)	$1,764 → $2,140 (+21.3%)

Springfield

Population

32,22230,894

Median household income

$101,814$123,691

Median home value

$468,100$622,200

Median gross rent

$2,102$2,643

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)

	Springfield	West Falls Church
Under 5	6.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.1%
75 and over	10.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	West Falls Church
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	39.4%
Black or African American	11.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	31.3%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	West Falls Church
No high school diploma	12.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	West Falls Church
Drove alone	60.4%	58.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	12.3%
Public transit	7.8%	5.7%
Walked	1.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.3%	19.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	West Falls Church
1-unit, detached	56.4%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	22.9%
20 or more units	18.2%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	West Falls Church
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1974	1962