Work & commute · Franconia

Work & commute in Franconia, VA

Most working residents leave Franconia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (20%), Arlington (10%) and Alexandria (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 8,514 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,354 Franconia residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 8,616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franconia.

8,354live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

8,616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franconia goes to work

Washington, DC12.1 mi away

20%1,662

Arlington8.3 mi away

10%854

Alexandria5.4 mi away

9%725

Springfield1.7 mi away

7%562

Tysons11.3 mi away

5%455

Reston16.4 mi away

3%268

Fair Oaks12.7 mi away

2%194

Franconia (in town)right here

2%160

Chantilly17.4 mi away

2%157

Woodburn6.7 mi away

1%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,353

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

How far

How far Franconia commutes

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

42%

49%

42%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franconia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franconia are

8,776 jobs are based in Franconia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franconia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Franconia

8,776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Franconia residents hold

8,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+44%

Jobs based in Franconia, 2013 → 2023: 6,093 → 8,776. 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.