Clarke County vs Falls Church city

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

Clarke 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.

Clarke County has the higher population (15,060 vs 14,593 in Falls Church city). Falls Church city has the higher median household income ($154,734 vs $114,185 in Clarke County). Falls Church city has the higher median home value ($1,005,400 vs $538,900 in Clarke County).

Population, income & housing

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
Population	15,060	14,593
Median age	48.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$114,185	$154,734
Median home value	$538,900	$1,005,400
Median gross rent	$1,360	$2,205
Housing units	6,478	6,360
Homeownership rate	82.1%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
Population	14,423 → 15,060 (+4.4%)	14,128 → 14,593 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$80,026 → $114,185 (+42.7%)	$127,610 → $154,734 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$347,200 → $538,900 (+55.2%)	$789,300 → $1,005,400 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,151 → $1,360 (+18.2%)	$1,867 → $2,205 (+18.1%)

Clarke County

Population

14,42315,060

Median household income

$80,026$114,185

Median home value

$347,200$538,900

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,360

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)

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
Under 5	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	68.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
Drove alone	71.2%	51.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	9.5%
Walked	2.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.9%	30.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
1-unit, detached	88.7%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	42.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Clarke County	Falls Church city
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1980	1971