Arlington

City Commute Profile

Arlington, VA

Where Arlington’s 118,072 resident workers go each day — 20.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Washington.

VirginiaLODES 2023 data
54
Commute Score

54 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Arlington at a glance
Employed Residents
118,072
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
20.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
35.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Washington
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Arlington proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Arlington commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Arlington

118,072 commutes, one dot at a time

Arlington

Where 118,072 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Arlington, by worker count.

1Washington5.4 mi32,614
2Arlington0.0 mi24,192
3Tysons7.0 mi8,407
4Alexandria4.6 mi5,398
5Reston14.2 mi3,672
6Springfield7.9 mi2,256
7McNair17.0 mi1,987
8Bethesda7.3 mi1,452

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Arlington.

1Arlington0.0 mi24,192
2Washington5.4 mi12,931
3Alexandria4.6 mi9,662
4Reston14.2 mi2,264
5Centreville18.2 mi2,150
6McLean5.6 mi1,947
7Annandale5.9 mi1,839
8Dale City20.6 mi1,758

Top industries

The sectors that employ Arlington’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services32.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)7.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.4%
EDEducational Services5.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
PAPublic Administration4.8%
RTRetail Trade4.7%

Arlington city profile

Who lives in Arlington — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
236,254
Median age
35.5yrs
Median household income
$142,114
Median home value
$895,000
Median gross rent
$2,322/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
77.1%
Poverty rate
7.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Arlington

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Arlington

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).