Work & commute · South Run

Work & commute in South Run, VA

Most working residents leave South Run for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Arlington (8%) and Springfield (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,430 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,394 South Run residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Run.

2,394live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Run goes to work

Washington, DC17.5 mi away

14%342

Arlington12.9 mi away

8%195

Springfield5.3 mi away

8%183

Tysons12.2 mi away

5%132

Alexandria11.3 mi away

5%123

Fair Oaks9.3 mi away

4%88

Reston14.6 mi away

3%82

Chantilly13.3 mi away

2%52

Fairfax7.4 mi away

2%45

McNair16 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,149

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

How far

How far South Run commutes

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

32%

56%

32%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Run is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Run are

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

Jobs based in South Run

417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs South Run residents hold

2,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+68%

Jobs based in South Run, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 417. 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.