Work & commute · Franklin Farm

Work & commute in Franklin Farm, VA

Most working residents leave Franklin Farm for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Reston (9%) and Tysons (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

254 of 8,970 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

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,716 Franklin Farm residents head out of town to work, 254 work right here, and 1,715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin Farm.

8,716live here, work elsewhere

254live and work here

1,715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin Farm goes to work

Washington, DC20.4 mi away

9%852

Reston3.7 mi away

9%809

Tysons9.1 mi away

8%753

Springfield14.4 mi away

7%592

Arlington16 mi away

7%587

Chantilly2.9 mi away

5%449

Fair Oaks3.7 mi away

4%333

McNair3.1 mi away

4%327

Herndon4.2 mi away

3%254

Franklin Farm (in town)right here

3%254

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,760

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

How far

How far Franklin Farm commutes

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

50%

41%

50%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin Farm 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 Franklin Farm are

1,969 jobs are based in Franklin Farm. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Farm’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Franklin Farm

1,969 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Franklin Farm residents hold

8,970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+9%

Jobs based in Franklin Farm, 2013 → 2023: 1,814 → 1,969. 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.