Sully Square’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Sully Square grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. 0.8% of residents live below the poverty line; Virginia has 9.9%. At home: 40% of workers have no commute at all (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sully Square, in brief
Home offices are common in Sully Square
40% of Sully Square workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Sully Square is where the jobs are
Sully Square has 2,869 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,200 people are in town, 77% more than the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
82% of Sully Square’s 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 88% of the jobs based in Sully Square. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Sully Square than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sully Square fell from 4,799 in 2013 to 2,869 in 2023, −40%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Sully Square workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Sully Square’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sully Square is among the top U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sully Square’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sully Square stays A+.
The trip to work from Sully Square: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sully Square workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 758 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.
Who commutes out of Sully Square, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,020 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 2,857 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Sully Square on a workday afternoon, 77% more than live here.
2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
88% of the jobs in Sully Square pay over $3,333 a month
2,869 jobs are based in Sully Square.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sully Square, 2013 → 2023: 4,799 → 2,869. 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 Sully Square’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Sully Square
Where Sully Square clocks in
11% 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 distance from Sully Square to work
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.
Getting around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,263 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 1.7% of Sully Square households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Sully Square’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Sully Square ranks 9th of 4,995 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 10 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 11 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Sully Square, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Sully Square and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Chantilly (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sully Square workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sully Square | – | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $175,781 |
| Chantilly | 4% | A+ | A | 28 min | $157,124 |
| Franklin Farm | under 3% | A+ | A | 27 min | $215,544 |
| Floris | under 3% | A+ | A− | 29 min | $246,058 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sully Square’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 Sully Square: questions
What is the median household income in Sully Square?
$175,781 (±$74,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sully Square?
0.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sully Square?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sully Square work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tysons (11%, 11 mi), Arlington (9%, 18 mi), Reston (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sully Square walkable?
Sully Square is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sully Square without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sully Square, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sully Square
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.