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Vienna vs Tysons

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (5.3× in Tysons) and homeowners (+49.4 pts renters in Tysons).

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Vienna, VAHomes around $1.17MVirginia · 16,412 people
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Tysons, VAAn outdoors townVirginia · 28,936 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $3,140 more a month in Vienna

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Vienna$7,070/mo
Typical home $1.17M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.99%+ · or rent about $2,391/mo · Housing →
Tysons$3,940/mo
Typical home $640K (Census) · tax rate 1.09% · or rent about $2,497/mo · Housing →

The difference: $3,140 a month, about $37,600 a year, between Vienna and Tysons.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Where they are

Vienna and Tysons share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ViennaTysonsViennaTysons
Vienna ↔ Tysons2.3 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
762 Vienna residents work in Tysons (10.5% of its workers)
Work & commute in Vienna →
Report cards

Tysons places higher on 10 of 19 VA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Virginia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
ViennaTysons
Snow a year6″6″
January low26°F26°F
July high88°F88°F
Growing season (days)202d202d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)21st4th
Outdoors & history
ViennaTysons
Trails4 mi3 mi
Conserved land6.3%3.8%
Settled1754—
National Register places1—
Archive photos126
Community
ViennaTysons
Library hours a week54 hrs—
Colleges in town—2
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

ViennaTysons
People
Population 16,412Lowest 28,936Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5% VA: +7.9% —
Median age 41.7±1.6Highest 7% above VA 36.5±1.6Lowest 6% below VA
Kids under 18 26.8%±2.3Highest VA: 21.7% 16.5%±1.8Lowest VA: 21.7%
Age 65+ 15.1%±1.7Highest VA: 16.7% 13.7%±1.4Lowest VA: 16.7%
Vienna and Tysons are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 74.7%Lowest VA: 42.2% 79.3%Highest VA: 42.2%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±1.1Lowest VA: 6.9% 7.7%±1.3Highest VA: 6.9%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $216,953±$22kHighest 133% above VA $129,818±$10kLowest 39% above VA
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,008,800±$52kHighest 163% above VA $640,000±$42kLowest 67% above VA
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,391±$129Lowest 51% above VA $2,497±$74Highest 58% above VA
Tysons and Vienna are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 258% above VA $6,954Lowest 149% above VA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.2%±14.1Highest VA: 48.5% 36.4%±5.6Lowest VA: 48.5%
Vienna and Tysons are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 5%Lowest VA: 9.9% 7.9%Highest VA: 9.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 83.7%Highest VA: 67.3% 34.3%Lowest VA: 67.3%
Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 13 yrs older than VA 1995Highest 11 yrs newer than VA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 4% below VA 27 minHighest about the VA average
Work from home 35.4%±2.9Highest VA: 18.3% 34.2%±4.3Lowest VA: 18.3%
Vienna and Tysons are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 6.5%Lowest 20.5%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 mi 8.8 mi
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.60Lowest 8.47Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Washington (13%)Washington (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 10% work in TysonsFew work in Vienna
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 6.3%Highest 3.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 3.7 miHighest 2.9 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.7 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 11Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 102Lowest 141Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #45 of 219 in VA#50 of 219 in VA
School district Fairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County Public Schools
High school in town None in townNone in town
Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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