Work & commute · Tysons

Work & commute in Tysons, VA

About one in 5 of Tysons’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Arlington (9%) and Reston (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

2,655 of 12,940 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 10,285 Tysons residents head out of town to work, 2,655 work right here, and 106,937 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tysons.

10,285live here, work elsewhere

2,655live and work here

106,937work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tysons goes to work

Tysons (in town)right here

21%2,655

Washington, DC11.4 mi away

14%1,790

Arlington7.4 mi away

9%1,140

Reston6.9 mi away

5%630

Springfield9.9 mi away

3%400

Alexandria10.5 mi away

2%297

McLean2.4 mi away

2%285

McNair10.2 mi away

2%248

Chantilly11.7 mi away

2%237

Fair Oaks8 mi away

2%227

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,031

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

How far

How far Tysons commutes

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

58%

35%

58%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tysons is a job hub

8.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tysons are

109,592 jobs are based in Tysons. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tysons’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tysons

109,592 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Tysons residents hold

12,940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+20%

Jobs based in Tysons, 2013 → 2023: 91,456 → 109,592. 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.