Work & commute · Fairfax Station

Work & commute in Fairfax Station, VA

Most working residents leave Fairfax Station for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Springfield (8%) and Arlington (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 5,268 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,201 Fairfax Station residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfax Station.

5,201live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfax Station goes to work

Washington, DC18.9 mi away

11%597

Springfield8.4 mi away

8%440

Arlington14 mi away

8%421

Tysons10.6 mi away

5%289

Reston10.8 mi away

4%228

Fair Oaks5 mi away

4%219

Chantilly8.6 mi away

3%182

Fairfax4.6 mi away

3%174

Alexandria13.8 mi away

3%160

George Mason3.2 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,459

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

How far

How far Fairfax Station commutes

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

44%

47%

44%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfax Station is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfax Station are

1,141 jobs are based in Fairfax Station. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfax Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairfax Station

1,141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fairfax Station residents hold

5,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+26%

Jobs based in Fairfax Station, 2013 → 2023: 904 → 1,141. 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.