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Falls Church, VA 22042 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 22042: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Falls Church, VA 22042

Acceptable Alternative

Mosby, VA 22042

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Fairfax County
Centroid: Latitude 38.865, Longitude -77.195
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 22042 has segments in 2 Counties / Independent Cities (Fairfax, Falls Church City).

Businesses Addresses: 821
PO Box Addresses: 129
Residential Addresses: 12,365

Multi-Family Addresses: 3,375
Single Family Addresses: 8,990

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: May 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

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Falls Church, VA 22042 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	35,785
Daytime Population: Workers	24,247
Daytime Population: Residents	14,687
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	38,934
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	1.09
Population in Households	35,773
Population in Familes	27,430
Population in Group Qrtrs	12
Population Density²	5,874
Diversity Index³	83

INCOME
Median Household Income	$90,801
Average Household Income	$120,226
Per Capita Income	$42,177

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	13,055 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	7,610 (58.3%)
Renter Occupied HU	4,941 (37.8%)
Vacant Housing Units	504 ( 3.9%)
Median Home Value	$450,784
Average Home Value	$482,631

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	12,551
Average Household Size	2.85
Family Households	8,159
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.47%	0.71%
Households	0.24%	0.67%
Families	0.15%	0.53%
Median Household Income		2.15%
Per Capita Income		2.51%

Falls Church, VA 22042 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 22042 to the other 870 ZIP Codes in Virginia by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.