Work & commute · Fort Hunt

Work & commute in Fort Hunt, VA

Most working residents leave Fort Hunt for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (23%), Alexandria (12%) and Arlington (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

197 of 6,559 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,362 Fort Hunt residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Hunt.

6,362live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Hunt goes to work

Washington, DC11.9 mi away

23%1,518

Alexandria5.9 mi away

12%801

Arlington10.1 mi away

10%628

Springfield7.5 mi away

6%379

Tysons15.8 mi away

5%317

Fort Hunt (in town)right here

3%197

Reston21.7 mi away

2%135

Fair Oaks18.5 mi away

1%86

Hybla Valley1.4 mi away

1%80

Mount Vernon3 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,356

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

How far

How far Fort Hunt commutes

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

34%

52%

34%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Hunt is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Hunt are

1,140 jobs are based in Fort Hunt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Hunt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Hunt

1,140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fort Hunt residents hold

6,559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+2%

Jobs based in Fort Hunt, 2013 → 2023: 1,119 → 1,140. 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.