Census-designated place · Stafford County, Virginia

Falmouth, Virginia

Falmouth is a census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 5,216 residents. Falmouth, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,537 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #156 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), food environment index (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), public libraries (low) and primary care physicians (low).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #3,537 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #156 of 375 in VA
Population: 5,216 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,606.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 5127264

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety82#2,850/15,637
Economy84#2,486/15,631
Housing47#7,889/14,977
Health79#3,311/15,609
Healthcare26#11,543/15,650
Environment93#1,103/15,453
Education89#1,789/15,649
Infrastructure80#3,104/15,650
Community55#7,104/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,285/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Falmouth, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stafford County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low18.1%
98/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStafford County value
Food environment index · high9.5
97/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStafford County value
Drug overdose deaths · low6.0 /100k
95/100Virginia 12.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStafford County value
Injury deaths · low55 /100k
93/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStafford County value
Median Air Quality Index · low35
86/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyStafford County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Virginia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStafford County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low3.7 /10k
4/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStafford County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesStafford County value
Primary care physicians · low23 /100k
7/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStafford County value
Drought exposure · high82%
10/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAStafford County value
Social associations · low5.8 /10k
10/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStafford County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
11/100Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStafford County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
4,688 (2015-2019) → 5,216 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 15.8% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
42.1% (2015-2019) → 57.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Public transit commutersWorsening
10.9% (2015-2019) → 2.1% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.8% (2015-2019) → 36.5% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
0.6% (2015-2019) → 7.2% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Falmouth, Virginia improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Child poverty+16 points0.0% → 15.8%
Transit use−8.7 points10.9% → 2.1%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Falmouth, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	39.9 min2015-2019	30.8 min2020-2024	−9.1 min	Within the margin of error	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%2015-2019	45.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	91.3%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	15.8%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	7%
Effective property tax rate	0.86%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	95.0%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3422015-2019	0.4042020-2024	+0.061	Within the margin of error	12%
Median household income	$94,7662015-2019	$111,9772020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	10.9%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Declined	3%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	36.5%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent-burdened households	42.1%2015-2019	57.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	14%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Falmouth, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Falmouth, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Falmouth, Virginia itself moved −11.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,216 residents (±871)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,012 households (±348)

Falmouth, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k6.1%†122
$25k–50k12%†240
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,012 households (±348)

Falmouth, Virginia
Virginia share

Own77%1,555
Rent23%†457

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,425 workers (±515)

Falmouth, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone75%1,828
Carpool2.4%†59
Public transit2.1%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Stafford County, the county holding most of Falmouth's residents.

Stafford County has 2,570 employer establishments, 155 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Virginia's), with 35,383 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,419. The Census Bureau also counts 14,289 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,570; 14,289 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 155; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 35,383
Average annual pay: $51,419; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stafford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	244	14.7	0.95×About typical	1,916	$52,269	1,006
Ambulatory health care services	211	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	2,311	$56,507	596
Restaurants and other eating places	180	10.9	0.59×Fewer than typical	3,307	$19,867	73
Lessors of real estate	128	7.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	338	$46,911	1,011
Construction of buildings	119	7.2	0.95×About typical	587	$61,383	494
Management, scientific and technical consulting	111	6.7	1.00×About typical	1,164	$92,511	572
Computer systems design and related services	104	6.3	1.45×More than typical	1,216	$115,066	205
Services to buildings and dwellings	104	6.3	0.93×About typical	1,153	$38,999	751
Limited-service restaurants	100	6	0.75×Fewer than typical	2,124	$18,158	38
Automotive repair and maintenance	90	5.4	1.08×About typical	650	$51,646	214
Building equipment contractors	82	4.9	0.82×About typical	625	$53,872	179
Building finishing contractors	71	4.3	1.13×About typical	732	$52,989	432

Rank places for an industry Open Stafford County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 165,794 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $803.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Falmouth, Virginia: $154 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $803.6K; −68% vs FY2025
Per resident: $154; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 16%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$484.2K60%
Department of the Navy$253.5K32%
National Park Service$30.4K3.8%
U.S. Coast Guard$18.1K2.2%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$15K1.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,6590.2%
Department of State$8620.1%

Top recipients

MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES (MAT), INCORPORATED$484.2K60%
GREEN CELL CONSULTING LLC$107K13%
MCQ INC.$78.3K9.7%
UNALAKLEET INVESTMENTS LLC$66.7K8.3%
SUBURBAN CONTRACTORS LLC$18.8K2.3%

Spending by fiscal year

305.1KFY2017
308.2KFY2018
531.9KFY2019
1.4MFY2020
1.8MFY2021
1.9MFY2022
2.2MFY2023
1.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$490.4K61%
Other schools and instruction · 6116$107K13%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$78.3K9.7%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$66.7K8.3%
Utility system construction · 2371$18.8K2.3%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Falmouth, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Falmouth, Virginia's figures are part of those of Stafford County, VA ($476.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Falmouth is mostly in Stafford County.

See federal money in Stafford County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Falmouth, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Eugene Simon VindmanD-VA-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 88%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Stafford County88100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Stafford County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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