Dickenson County vs Falls Church city

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

Dickenson 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.

Falls Church city has the higher population (14,593 vs 13,920 in Dickenson County). Falls Church city has the higher median household income ($154,734 vs $43,831 in Dickenson County). Falls Church city has the higher median home value ($1,005,400 vs $101,100 in Dickenson County).

Population, income & housing

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
Population	13,920	14,593
Median age	45.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,831	$154,734
Median home value	$101,100	$1,005,400
Median gross rent	$733	$2,205
Housing units	7,352	6,360
Homeownership rate	74.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
Population	14,756 → 13,920 (-5.7%)	14,128 → 14,593 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$29,932 → $43,831 (+46.4%)	$127,610 → $154,734 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,100 (+24.8%)	$789,300 → $1,005,400 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $733 (+23.8%)	$1,867 → $2,205 (+18.1%)

Dickenson County

Population

14,75613,920

Median household income

$29,932$43,831

Median home value

$81,000$101,100

Median gross rent

$592$733

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)

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.0%
75 and over	10.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	68.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
No high school diploma	18.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
Drove alone	77.7%	51.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.3%	9.5%
Walked	0.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.8%	30.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
1-unit, detached	68.1%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	42.5%
Mobile home & other	28.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Dickenson County	Falls Church city
Poverty rate	20.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1981	1971