Work & commute · Chantilly

Work & commute in Chantilly, VA

Most working residents leave Chantilly for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (6%), Tysons (6%) and Reston (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,100 of 10,930 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,830 Chantilly residents head out of town to work, 1,100 work right here, and 50,612 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chantilly.

9,830live here, work elsewhere

1,100live and work here

50,612work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chantilly goes to work

Chantilly (in town)right here

10%1,100

Washington, DC22.9 mi away

6%700

Tysons11.7 mi away

6%653

Reston6.5 mi away

6%645

Arlington18.4 mi away

6%621

Springfield15.8 mi away

6%615

Fair Oaks4.9 mi away

4%452

McNair4.6 mi away

3%311

Herndon6.3 mi away

2%232

Ashburn9.5 mi away

2%228

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%5,373

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

How far

How far Chantilly commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chantilly is a job hub

4.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chantilly are

51,712 jobs are based in Chantilly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chantilly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chantilly

51,712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Chantilly residents hold

10,930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+24%

Jobs based in Chantilly, 2013 → 2023: 41,599 → 51,712. 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.