Cost of living in West Falls Church

Composed in-house · four inputs · 14% of the overall score

73/100
21st of 60

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The four inputs

Housing cost index109

Washington 10045% · scores 70

Effective property tax rate1.01%

Washington 0.85%25% · scores 70

Utilities80

Washington 10020% · scores 80

Local sales tax5.77%

Washington median 5.77%10% · scores 85

Vertical rule marks the Washington reference. Composed in-house · ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Washington suburbs for cost of living

All 60 ranked, West Falls Church highlighted

1Silver SpringA−$643,300 2WashingtonA−$737,100 3ChillumB+$393,600 4Bailey's CrossroadsB+$416,600 5Lake RidgeB+$471,200 6Montgomery VillageB+$388,900 7GreenbeltB+$255,400 8South LaurelB+$458,100 9FredericksburgB+$483,700 10FrederickB+$401,500 11FairlandB+$477,300 12ManassasB$449,900 13AnnandaleB$681,300 14Aspen HillB$570,000 15SuitlandB$334,800 16Linton HallB$617,000 17LaurelB$385,500 18Ballenger CreekB$387,300 19ArlingtonB$895,000 20OaktonB$792,100 21West Falls ChurchB$706,800 22GaithersburgB$496,500 23MontclairB$577,800 24AlexandriaB−$735,100 25Dale CityB−$425,500 26WoodbridgeB−$422,400 27RestonB−$642,000 28SterlingB−$526,000 29TysonsB−$640,000 30Fair OaksB−$608,200 31Cherry HillB−$492,500 32RockvilleB−$682,300 33GermantownB−$422,400 34WheatonB−$501,200 35AshburnB−$699,300 36BowieB−$459,300 37BethesdaB−$1,169,900 38College ParkB−$437,900 39North BethesdaB−$731,800 40West SpringfieldB−$637,300 41WaldorfB−$407,600 42LandoverB−$313,900 43HerndonB−$599,100 44ClintonB−$431,400 45CentrevilleB−$590,500 46ClarksburgC+$679,400 47North PotomacC+$826,200 48ChantillyC+$663,600 49BurkeC+$747,700 50Camp SpringsC+$415,000 51OlneyC+$656,600 52Fort WashingtonC+$480,100 53McNairC+$595,800 54BrambletonC+$865,800 55LeesburgC$667,800 56McLeanC$1,412,700 57South RidingC$746,200 58FairfaxC$722,600 59SpringfieldC−$640,300 60PotomacC−$1,157,000

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Better than West Falls Church on cost of living

West Falls Church grades B on cost of living. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbCost of livingMedian home valueEff. tax rateOverall

Silver Spring13 mi from West Falls ChurchA−$643k0.78% 65 C+ Washington10 mi from West Falls ChurchA−$737k0.60% 67 C+ Chillum13 mi from West Falls ChurchB+$394k0.99% 47 D Bailey's Crossroads3 mi from West Falls ChurchB+$417k0.93% 61 C Lake Ridge14 mi from West Falls ChurchB+$471k0.86% 59 C Montgomery Village22 mi from West Falls ChurchB+$389k0.77% 57 C−

Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24

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