Work & commute · Herndon

Work & commute in Herndon, VA

Most working residents leave Herndon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (9%), Tysons (6%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

687 of 11,160 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,473 Herndon residents head out of town to work, 687 work right here, and 21,070 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herndon.

10,473live here, work elsewhere

687live and work here

21,070work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herndon goes to work

Reston2.4 mi away

9%990

Herndon (in town)right here

6%687

Tysons9.2 mi away

6%684

Washington, DC20.4 mi away

6%650

Arlington16.7 mi away

5%610

Springfield17 mi away

4%459

Chantilly6.3 mi away

4%433

McNair1.9 mi away

3%372

Ashburn5.8 mi away

3%370

Fair Oaks7.4 mi away

2%259

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,646

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

How far

How far Herndon commutes

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

53%

37%

53%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herndon is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Herndon are

21,757 jobs are based in Herndon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Herndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Herndon

21,757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Herndon residents hold

11,160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+32%

Jobs based in Herndon, 2013 → 2023: 16,444 → 21,757. 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.