Work & commute · South Riding

Work & commute in South Riding, VA

Most working residents leave South Riding for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chantilly (7%), Tysons (6%) and Reston (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

812 of 17,486 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,674 South Riding residents head out of town to work, 812 work right here, and 4,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Riding.

16,674live here, work elsewhere

812live and work here

4,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Riding goes to work

Chantilly4.1 mi away

7%1,138

Tysons15.4 mi away

6%1,130

Reston9.1 mi away

6%1,070

Washington, DC26.7 mi away

6%973

Arlington22.3 mi away

5%930

South Riding (in town)right here

5%812

McNair6 mi away

3%529

Fair Oaks9 mi away

3%499

Ashburn8.2 mi away

3%474

Springfield19.9 mi away

2%434

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%9,497

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

How far

How far South Riding commutes

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

42%

37%

12%

42%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Riding is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Riding are

5,319 jobs are based in South Riding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Riding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Riding

5,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs South Riding residents hold

17,486 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+61%

Jobs based in South Riding, 2013 → 2023: 3,310 → 5,319. 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.