Alleghany County vs Falls Church city

A side-by-side comparison of Alleghany County and Falls Church city: population, income, housing, and more.

Alleghany County and Falls Church city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alleghany County has the higher population (14,962 vs 14,593 in Falls Church city). Falls Church city has the higher median household income ($154,734 vs $55,160 in Alleghany County). Falls Church city has the higher median home value ($1,005,400 vs $122,300 in Alleghany County).

Population, income & housing

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
Population	14,962	14,593
Median age	48.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,160	$154,734
Median home value	$122,300	$1,005,400
Median gross rent	$774	$2,205
Housing units	7,916	6,360
Homeownership rate	80.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
Population	15,157 → 14,962 (-1.3%)	14,128 → 14,593 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$47,673 → $55,160 (+15.7%)	$127,610 → $154,734 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $122,300 (+2.2%)	$789,300 → $1,005,400 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $774 (+18.5%)	$1,867 → $2,205 (+18.1%)

Alleghany County

Population

15,15714,962

Median household income

$47,673$55,160

Median home value

$119,700$122,300

Median gross rent

$653$774

Falls Church city

Population

14,12814,593

Median household income

$127,610$154,734

Median home value

$789,300$1,005,400

Median gross rent

$1,867$2,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.0%
75 and over	11.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	68.5%
Black or African American	5.5%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
No high school diploma	9.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	44.5%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
Drove alone	87.0%	51.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	9.5%
Walked	0.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.0%	30.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
1-unit, detached	77.2%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	42.5%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Alleghany County	Falls Church city
Poverty rate	13.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1969	1971