Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Vienna has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Vienna grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Vienna is among the highest-earning towns in the country. The poverty rate is 5.0% (Virginia 9.9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Vienna, in brief
Home offices are common in Vienna
35% of Vienna workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Vienna draws workers from far and wide
The 11,623 jobs in Vienna are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 22%; the other 74% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Vienna is where the jobs are
Vienna has 11,623 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Vienna is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Three in four Vienna workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Vienna’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. 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.
Where Vienna’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vienna is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #63 of 253 in Virginia. Household income holds Vienna’s grade up ($216,953, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, 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, Vienna could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 26 minutes each way for Vienna’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vienna workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,389 commuters (the 35% 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.
Where Vienna’s workers come from
Where Vienna clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Vienna
On a workday 6,798 residents head out to work, 469 work right here, and 11,154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Vienna on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.6 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.
Services make up most of the work in Vienna
11,623 jobs are based in Vienna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 9,953 → 11,623. 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 Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Vienna 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Vienna
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vienna is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #10 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Vienna 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 8,348 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, 69% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 3.7% of Vienna households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Vienna’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Vienna ranks: 247th of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 245 | Albany CA | 19,195 | $144K | 6.8% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 246 | Hopatcong NJ | 14,824 | $116K | 4.2% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 247 | Vienna VA | 16,691 | $217K | 5.0% | 4.4% | 6% | A |
| 248 | Nether Providence Township PA | 14,468 | $151K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| 249 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Vienna, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Vienna’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vienna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | – | A | A+ | 26 min | $216,953 |
| Wolf Trap | under 3% | A+ | A− | 30 min | $250,000+ |
| Oakton | under 3% | A+ | A+ | 29 min | $160,663 |
| Dunn Loring | under 3% | A+ | A | 27 min | $244,265 |
| Tysons | 10% | A | A+ | 27 min | $129,818 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tysons. Darker towns draw more of Vienna’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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in Vienna?
$216,953 (±$22,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vienna?
5.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vienna?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vienna work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (13%, 13 mi), Tysons (10%, 2 mi), Arlington (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vienna walkable?
Vienna is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vienna without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 69% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vienna
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.