Work & commute · Great Falls Crossing

Work & commute in Great Falls Crossing, VA

Most working residents leave Great Falls Crossing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (15%), Washington (10%) and Tysons (10%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 609 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

64%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 601 Great Falls Crossing residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Great Falls Crossing.

601live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Great Falls Crossing goes to work

Reston2.4 mi away

15%90

Washington, DC17.4 mi away

10%61

Tysons6.7 mi away

10%59

Arlington14 mi away

8%49

Springfield15.7 mi away

5%28

McNair5.1 mi away

4%26

Herndon3.3 mi away

3%21

Ashburn8.3 mi away

3%19

Chantilly8.8 mi away

2%13

Alexandria17.2 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%232

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

How far

How far Great Falls Crossing commutes

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

53%

39%

53%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Great Falls Crossing is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Great Falls Crossing are

88 jobs are based in Great Falls Crossing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Great Falls Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Great Falls Crossing

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Great Falls Crossing residents hold

609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

+2%

Jobs based in Great Falls Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 88. 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.