Work & commute · Falls Church

Work & commute in Falls Church, VA

Most working residents leave Falls Church for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (22%), Arlington (12%) and Tysons (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

499 of 6,164 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,665 Falls Church residents head out of town to work, 499 work right here, and 8,842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls Church.

5,665live here, work elsewhere

499live and work here

8,842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falls Church goes to work

Washington, DC8.7 mi away

22%1,344

Arlington4.1 mi away

12%735

Tysons3.8 mi away

8%521

Falls Church (in town)right here

8%499

Alexandria6.7 mi away

4%237

Reston10.5 mi away

4%233

Springfield7.1 mi away

3%182

Merrifield3.6 mi away

2%97

McLean4.2 mi away

2%96

McNair13.6 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,125

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

How far

How far Falls Church commutes

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

72%

18%

72%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falls Church is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls Church are

9,341 jobs are based in Falls Church. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falls Church’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falls Church

9,341 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Falls Church residents hold

6,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+11%

Jobs based in Falls Church, 2013 → 2023: 8,450 → 9,341. 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.