Work & commute · Clifton

Work & commute in Clifton, VA

Most working residents leave Clifton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Reston (7%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Clifton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton.

93live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifton goes to work

Washington, DC21.7 mi away

7%7

Reston12 mi away

7%7

Arlington16.8 mi away

6%6

McNair12 mi away

5%5

Springfield10.9 mi away

5%5

Tysons13 mi away

4%4

Alexandria16.5 mi away

3%3

Fair Oaks6.1 mi away

3%3

Union Mill1.5 mi away

3%3

Chantilly8.1 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%49

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

How far

How far Clifton commutes

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

32%

61%

32%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton is a job hub

3.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton are

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

Jobs based in Clifton

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clifton residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+154%

Jobs based in Clifton, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 307. 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.