Falmouth vs Southern Gateway

A side-by-side comparison of Falmouth and Southern Gateway: population, income, housing, and more.

Falmouth and Southern Gateway are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falmouth has the higher population (5,036 vs 2,224 in Southern Gateway). Falmouth has the higher median household income ($125,305 vs $94,383 in Southern Gateway). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($422,500 vs $246,300 in Southern Gateway).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
Population	5,036	2,224
Median age	38.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,305	$94,383
Median home value	$422,500	$246,300
Median gross rent	$1,972	$1,853
Housing units	2,107	1,037
Homeownership rate	82.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
Population	4,688 → 5,036 (+7.4%)	3,517 → 2,224 (-36.8%)
Median household income	$94,766 → $125,305 (+32.2%)	$63,313 → $94,383 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$319,700 → $422,500 (+32.2%)	$234,300 → $246,300 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,972 (+98.0%)	$1,578 → $1,853 (+17.4%)

Falmouth

Population

4,6885,036

Median household income

$94,766$125,305

Median home value

$319,700$422,500

Median gross rent

$996$1,972

Southern Gateway

Population

3,5172,224

Median household income

$63,313$94,383

Median home value

$234,300$246,300

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
Under 5	3.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	18.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	19.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	4.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	4.8%
75 and over	7.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	47.3%
Black or African American	27.4%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	26.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
Drove alone	81.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	1.3%	1.5%
Walked	2.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.7%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
1-unit, detached	87.6%	12.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	48.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Southern Gateway
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1980	1994