Great Falls (Virginia)
Fairfax County
51-32496
Great Falls is a census -designated place (CDP ) in Fairfax County, Virginia in the United States. In 2000 the village had 8549 inhabitants.
The place is indeed predominantly a residential area for in Washington, DC working commuters, but offers with the Great Falls Park and located therein Great Falls of the Potomac River, a major landmark. George Washington was involved in the construction of a canal, the south-west, called on the river side of Virginia to the waterfalls around led, but the Patowmack Canal waterway was not economically viable. Remnants of the canal and of a village on the canal with the name Matildaville are visible in the park.
Geography
Great Falls ' geographic coordinates loud 39 ° 0 ' N, 77 ° 17' W38.998055555556 - 77.288333333333 ( 38.9981653, -77.2883157 ). The area is sparsely populated. The main roads in Great Falls are Virginia State Route 7 ( Leesburg Pike ) and Virginia State Route 193 ( Georgetown Pike ).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 46.4 km ², of which 46.3 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² (0.22 % ) consist of waters.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 8549 people in Great Falls. The population density was 184.7 people per km ². There were 2852 housing units at an average 61.6 per km ². The population of Great Falls consisted of 92.83 % White, 1.20 % African American, 0.14 % Native American, 4.40% Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.43 % reported other to belong to races and 1.95 % from two or more races. 2.56 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The inhabitants of Great Falls distributed to 2785 households out of which 44.5 % were living in children under 18 years. 82.4 % married couples living together, 4.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.5 % were non-families. 8.3% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 2.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size is 3.23 people.
The population was spread out with 29.5 % under the, 4.1 % 18 -24- year-old, 22.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 35.9 % 45-64 year olds and 8.5 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 98.1 men.
The median household income in Great Falls was 159 695 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 170 618 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was about $ 100,000, compared to 62 206 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 78 149 U.S. dollars. 1.8 % of the population and 0.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 1.5 % of minors and 3.0 % of those age 65 or over.
History
Previously, the settlement was called Forestville, but this name was not official, because in the unincorporated settlement Forestville was a post office in Shenandoah County. In 1955 the town the name Great Falls. From 1906 to the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad led along the Old Dominion Drive to Great Falls Park.
Education
The public schools are operated by the Fairfax County. Students from Great Falls to go either in the Great Falls Elementary School or in the Forestville Elementary School. Then they visit the Cooper Middle School.
The Fairfax County Public Library operates a library in Great Falls.