Work & commute · Fair Oaks

Work & commute in Fair Oaks, VA

Most working residents leave Fair Oaks for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Tysons (8%) and Arlington (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,168 of 16,651 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,483 Fair Oaks residents head out of town to work, 1,168 work right here, and 37,273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Oaks.

15,483live here, work elsewhere

1,168live and work here

37,273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Oaks goes to work

Washington, DC18.5 mi away

9%1,485

Tysons8 mi away

8%1,341

Fair Oaks (in town)right here

7%1,168

Arlington13.8 mi away

7%1,153

Springfield11 mi away

6%1,007

Reston5.9 mi away

6%970

Chantilly4.9 mi away

4%710

Fairfax3.2 mi away

3%482

Alexandria15.1 mi away

3%435

McNair6.7 mi away

2%314

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%7,586

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

How far

How far Fair Oaks commutes

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

51%

41%

51%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Oaks is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Oaks are

38,441 jobs are based in Fair Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fair Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fair Oaks

38,441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Fair Oaks residents hold

16,651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+9%

Jobs based in Fair Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 35,150 → 38,441. 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.