Photo: TheMathinator · CC BY-SA 3.0Floris has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Measured by household income, Floris is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 2.4% of residents are in poverty, against 9.9% across Virginia. The two grades for Floris are A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Floris at work: what stands out
Floris trades workers with the towns around it
Floris has about as many jobs (4,668) as working residents (3,947), but they are mostly different people: 3,803 residents leave for work each day while 4,524 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Floris are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Floris works from home
40% of Floris workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
82% of Floris’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 83% of the jobs based in Floris. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Floris is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Floris gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Floris is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #49 of 253 in Virginia. Household income holds Floris’ grade up ($246,058, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Floris could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who commutes out of Floris, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,803 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 4,524 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Floris on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 29 minutes each way, about the VA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floris workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,575 commuters (the 40% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Floris, services account for most jobs
4,668 jobs are based in Floris.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floris, 2013 → 2023: 3,863 → 4,668. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Floris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in Reston
Where Floris clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Floris, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Floris is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Floris is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #109 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Floris near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,268 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.2% of Floris households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Floris’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Floris is 198th of 3,071 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 6 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Charlestown Township PA | 6,577 | $202K | 3.3% | 3.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 197 | Lucas Valley-Marinwood CA | 6,473 | $201K | 4.2% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 198 | Floris VA | 7,589 | $246K | 2.4% | 4.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 199 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 200 | Medina Township OH | 9,431 | $114K | 4.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Floris, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
How Floris compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to McNair (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Floris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floris | – | A+ | A− | 29 min | $246,058 |
| McNair | 5% | A+ | A+ | 25 min | $122,778 |
| Franklin Farm | under 4% | A+ | A | 27 min | $215,544 |
| Sully Square | under 4% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $175,781 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Floris’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Floris: questions
What is the median household income in Floris?
$246,058 (±$14,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floris?
2.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floris?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floris work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (9%, 4 mi), Tysons (9%, 10 mi), Washington (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Floris walkable?
Floris is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Floris without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floris
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.