Great Falls Crossing has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Below the poverty line: 1.9% of residents, where Virginia as a whole has 9.9%. Great Falls Crossing grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Great Falls Crossing, in a few figures
Home offices are common in Great Falls Crossing
64% of Great Falls Crossing workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Great Falls Crossing is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Great Falls Crossing, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Great Falls Crossing has about 890 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Great Falls Crossing and Reston trade workers both ways
Reston is the top workplace for Great Falls Crossing residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Great Falls Crossing come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 609 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Great Falls Crossing’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Great Falls Crossing is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Great Falls Crossing’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Great Falls Crossing’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Great Falls Crossing’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Great Falls Crossing stays A+.
Time on the road from Great Falls Crossing: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Great Falls Crossing workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 298 commuters (the 64% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Great Falls Crossing
On a workday 601 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Great Falls Crossing on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Reston
Where Great Falls Crossing clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Great Falls Crossing
88 jobs are based in Great Falls Crossing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Great Falls Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 88. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Great Falls Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Great Falls Crossing goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Great Falls Crossing is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Great Falls Crossing is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 827 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Great Falls Crossing households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Great Falls Crossing’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Great Falls Crossing ranks: 15th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 87 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Haymarket VA | 1,602 | $174K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Great Falls Crossing, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work next door: 15% of Great Falls Crossing’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Great Falls Crossing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls Crossing | – | A+ | B− | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Reston | 15% | A | A+ | 26 min | $148,710 |
| Great Falls | under 2% | A+ | B | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Wolf Trap | under 2% | A+ | A− | 30 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reston. Darker towns draw more of Great Falls Crossing’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Great Falls Crossing: questions
What is the median household income in Great Falls Crossing?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Great Falls Crossing?
1.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Great Falls Crossing?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 64% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Great Falls Crossing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (15%, 2 mi), Washington (10%, 17 mi), Tysons (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Great Falls Crossing walkable?
Great Falls Crossing is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Great Falls Crossing without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Great Falls Crossing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Great Falls Crossing
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.