Work & commute · Idylwood

Work & commute in Idylwood, VA

Most working residents leave Idylwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (16%), Tysons (11%) and Arlington (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 8,025 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,874 Idylwood residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 4,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Idylwood.

7,874live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

4,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Idylwood goes to work

Washington, DC10.1 mi away

16%1,264

Tysons2.6 mi away

11%898

Arlington5.6 mi away

11%848

Springfield7.5 mi away

5%375

Reston9 mi away

4%284

Alexandria8.1 mi away

4%283

Merrifield2.3 mi away

2%199

Falls Church1.6 mi away

2%179

McLean3.8 mi away

2%167

Chantilly12.8 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,375

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

How far

How far Idylwood commutes

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

63%

29%

63%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Idylwood is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Idylwood are

4,208 jobs are based in Idylwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Idylwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Idylwood

4,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Idylwood residents hold

8,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−4%

Jobs based in Idylwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,387 → 4,208. 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.