Work & commute · Merrifield

Work & commute in Merrifield, VA

Most working residents leave Merrifield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Tysons (11%) and Arlington (10%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

511 of 9,634 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

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,123 Merrifield residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 20,821 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merrifield.

9,123live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

20,821work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merrifield goes to work

Washington, DC12.3 mi away

14%1,351

Tysons3.6 mi away

11%1,044

Arlington7.5 mi away

10%917

Merrifield (in town)right here

5%511

Reston8.2 mi away

5%460

Springfield6.8 mi away

4%402

Alexandria9.2 mi away

3%286

Fair Oaks6.3 mi away

3%265

Woodburn1.6 mi away

2%232

Chantilly10.9 mi away

2%218

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,948

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

How far

How far Merrifield commutes

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

57%

35%

57%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merrifield is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merrifield are

21,332 jobs are based in Merrifield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Merrifield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Merrifield

21,332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Merrifield residents hold

9,634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+28%

Jobs based in Merrifield, 2013 → 2023: 16,628 → 21,332. 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.