Property Tax & Income in Falls Church city, Virginia
Falls Church city has an effective property tax rate of 0.95%. On the median home value of $1,055,600, that's roughly $10,001 per year. Median household income is $143,262.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Falls Church city | Virginia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.95% | 0.60% |
| Median home value1 | $1,055,600 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 5.75% | top rate 5.75% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.77% combined | 5.77% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Falls Church city, VA
Falls Church city homeowners pay a median $10,001 in annual real-estate taxes against a median household income of $143,262, meaning property taxes consume roughly 7 percent of household income. That figure reflects an effective rate of 0.947% on a median home value of $1,055,600 — well above Virginia's statewide median rate of 0.601%, and high enough to rank 9th among the state's 133 counties. Nationally, the median effective rate sits at 0.794%, so Falls Church also exceeds that benchmark. Per-capita income of $88,790 provides additional context: even with earnings well above national norms, the tax bill claims a meaningful slice of what households bring in each year, a direct consequence of the city's expensive housing stock and its comparatively steep assessment rate.