Work & commute · Annandale

Work & commute in Annandale, VA

Most working residents leave Annandale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (12%), Arlington (10%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

859 of 16,966 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,107 Annandale residents head out of town to work, 859 work right here, and 13,916 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Annandale.

16,107live here, work elsewhere

859live and work here

13,916work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Annandale goes to work

Washington, DC10.9 mi away

12%2,071

Arlington6 mi away

10%1,673

Springfield3.6 mi away

6%1,066

Tysons6.3 mi away

6%1,006

Annandale (in town)right here

5%859

Alexandria6.2 mi away

5%841

Reston11.7 mi away

3%507

Merrifield3.5 mi away

2%411

Fair Oaks9 mi away

2%405

Woodburn2 mi away

2%330

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%7,797

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Annandale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

59%

32%

59%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Annandale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Annandale are

14,775 jobs are based in Annandale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Annandale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Annandale

14,775 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Annandale residents hold

16,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Annandale, 2013 → 2023: 14,399 → 14,775. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.