Work & commute · Oakton

Work & commute in Oakton, VA

Most working residents leave Oakton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (15%), Tysons (10%) and Arlington (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

481 of 15,758 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,277 Oakton residents head out of town to work, 481 work right here, and 9,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakton.

15,277live here, work elsewhere

481live and work here

9,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakton goes to work

Washington, DC15.3 mi away

15%2,334

Tysons4.5 mi away

10%1,509

Arlington10.8 mi away

8%1,246

Springfield9.7 mi away

5%810

Reston5.1 mi away

5%771

Fair Oaks3.5 mi away

3%517

Oakton (in town)right here

3%481

Fairfax2.5 mi away

3%434

Alexandria12.7 mi away

3%434

Vienna2.4 mi away

3%397

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%6,825

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

How far

How far Oakton commutes

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

54%

38%

54%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakton is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakton are

9,966 jobs are based in Oakton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakton

9,966 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Oakton residents hold

15,758 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+16%

Jobs based in Oakton, 2013 → 2023: 8,605 → 9,966. 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.