Falls Church city, Virginia: Urban anchor county. In 2024, voted D+62%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+62MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,7102024 5-year
- Median household income
- $143,2622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clarke County, GA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Falls Church cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Falls Church city, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 7,200 | 1,620 | 9,062 | ||
| D | 7,146 | 1,490 | 8,819 | ||
| D | 5,819 | 1,324 | 7,757 | ||
| D | 5,015 | 2,147 | 7,276 | ||
| D | 4,695 | 1,970 | 6,750 | ||
| D | 3,944 | 2,074 | 6,098 | ||
| D | 3,109 | 2,131 | 5,593 | ||
| D | 2,375 | 1,644 | 4,284 | ||
| D | 2,864 | 1,912 | 5,404 | ||
| D | 2,484 | 2,470 | 4,989 | ||
| R | 2,398 | 2,684 | 5,101 | ||
| R | 1,703 | 2,485 | 4,758 | ||
| R | 2,202 | 2,323 | 4,588 | ||
| R | 565 | 1,340 | 1,947 | ||
| R | 1,860 | 2,005 | 4,382 | ||
| D | 2,835 | 1,924 | 4,766 | ||
| D | 1,629 | 1,525 | 3,165 | ||
| R | 1,233 | 1,462 | 2,752 | ||
| R | 930 | 1,386 | 2,317 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.3%
Irish
15.8%
German
14.3%
Italian
7.7%
American
5.3%
French
3.4%
Scottish
3.2%
African American
3.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$143,262
Falls Church city ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Falls Church city$143,262
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
4.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 181.4%
Working age (18–64)5.1%
Seniors (65+)2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
78.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European7.5%
Spanish6.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander5.3%
Other languages1.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 2.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This small independent city inside the D.C. suburbs recorded a 62-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, driven by a highly educated, high-income professional population that has shifted sharply leftward over the past two decades.
The Democratic margin in Falls Church city has been steady. It reached its modern peak at sixty-four points in 2020; the 2024 margin was sixty-two points, still in line with the county's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $143,262, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Clarke County and Arlington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Falls Church city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Falls Church city, Virginia voted Democratic by 61.6 points (D+62), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,062 votes cast, 7,200 went Democratic and 1,620 went Republican.
What is Falls Church city, Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Falls Church city, Virginia as a "Urban anchor" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 7 times, and other 0 times.
When did Falls Church city, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Falls Church city, Virginia voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Falls Church city, Virginia?
Falls Church city, Virginia has a population of 14,710 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Falls Church city, Virginia?
Median household income in Falls Church city, Virginia is $143,262 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Falls Church city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Falls Church city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.