Best PlacesBailey's Crossroads, Falls Church, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church ranks 2,286th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,512 a month, better than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,443, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church's effective rate of 0.99%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church.
Who works in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church, and how
Work in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church centers on construction and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 19 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church, month by month
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
Schools across Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church average a B, better than 74% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Belvedere ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- Beech Tree ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Parklawn ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glasgow MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Justice HighA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church
Is Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church ranks 2,286th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and big-city access, and lowest on a weak job market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $632,606. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $98,443 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church safe?
Yes, Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church is safer than 76% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $450 per resident a year.
Compare Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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