Work & commute · McNair

Work & commute in McNair, VA

Most working residents leave McNair for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (10%), Tysons (8%) and Arlington (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

925 of 11,889 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

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,964 McNair residents head out of town to work, 925 work right here, and 29,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McNair.

10,964live here, work elsewhere

925live and work here

29,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McNair goes to work

Reston3.4 mi away

10%1,154

McNair (in town)right here

8%925

Tysons10.2 mi away

8%914

Arlington17.6 mi away

7%781

Washington, DC21.6 mi away

6%710

Chantilly4.6 mi away

5%598

Herndon1.9 mi away

3%385

Springfield17.1 mi away

3%378

Ashburn5.9 mi away

3%362

Fair Oaks6.7 mi away

2%271

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%5,411

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

How far

How far McNair commutes

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

55%

38%

55%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McNair is a job hub

2.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McNair are

30,848 jobs are based in McNair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McNair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McNair

30,848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs McNair residents hold

11,889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+24%

Jobs based in McNair, 2013 → 2023: 24,953 → 30,848. 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.