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Work & commute in Innovation, VA

Most working residents leave Innovation for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chantilly (6%), Manassas (5%) and Arlington (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
12 of 461 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 449 Innovation residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 5,795 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Innovation.

449live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
5,795work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Innovation goes to work

WashingtonManassas ParkManassasAlexandriaBull RunSudleyInnovationTysonsFair OaksWoodbridgeGainesvilleCentrevilleDale CityLinton HallChantillyRestonArlingtonBuckhallChantillyManassasArlingtonWashingtonTysonsFair OaksGainesvilleAlexandriaRestonInnovation
1
Chantilly10.3 mi away
6%26
2
Manassas2.3 mi away
5%22
3
Arlington24.4 mi away
5%21
4
Washington, DC29.3 mi away
4%18
5
Tysons19.7 mi away
3%15
6
Fair Oaks11.8 mi away
3%15
7
Gainesville6.9 mi away
3%15
8
Alexandria24.2 mi away
3%12
9
Innovation (in town)right here
3%12
10
Reston16.5 mi away
3%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%293

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

How far

How far Innovation commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Innovation is a job hub

12.60jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Innovation are

5,807 jobs are based in Innovation. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Innovation’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Innovation

5,807 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Innovation residents hold

461 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month73%
+13%

Jobs based in Innovation, 2013 → 2023: 5,127 → 5,807. 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.

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