Work & commute · Mason Neck

Work & commute in Mason Neck, VA

Most working residents leave Mason Neck for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (15%), Springfield (8%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 914 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 880 Mason Neck residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mason Neck.

880live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mason Neck goes to work

Washington, DC19.4 mi away

15%138

Springfield9 mi away

8%77

Arlington16.2 mi away

6%59

Newington5.9 mi away

5%43

Alexandria12.5 mi away

4%37

Fair Oaks17.9 mi away

4%37

Mason Neck (in town)right here

4%34

Tysons18.9 mi away

3%28

Lorton4.1 mi away

3%27

Chantilly22 mi away

3%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%410

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

How far

How far Mason Neck commutes

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

26%

59%

26%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mason Neck is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mason Neck are

501 jobs are based in Mason Neck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mason Neck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mason Neck

501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Mason Neck residents hold

914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+25%

Jobs based in Mason Neck, 2013 → 2023: 402 → 501. 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.