What is the average commute in Tysons CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Tysons CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51799502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tysons, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Tysons CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 34.2% worked from home, 49.6% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home34.2%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone49.6%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.5%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Tysons CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.5 min → 26.7 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.8% → 34.2%▲ 11.4 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit8.1% → 4.4%▼ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.5% → 49.6%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tysons CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 49.6%; 4.4% used public transit and 34.2% worked from home.

Drive alone49.6% ±3.0 pp

Carpool5.1% ±1.4 pp

Public transit4.4% ±1.1 pp

Walk5.4% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home34.2% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 17,313 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tysons CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tysons CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,313 workers age 16+, including 11,393 workers with reported travel time and 5,920 home workers.

Population estimate28,936± 1,835 MOE

Workers age 16+17,313± 1,169 MOE

Workers with travel time11,393± 844 MOE

Estimated home workers5,920± 850 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for Tysons CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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