County profile ยท Virginia
Working from home in Fairfax County, VA
28.7% of workers in Fairfax County usually work from home, about 175,740 of 612,714 people. That is 10.4 points above the Virginia average of 18.3%. It ranks 6 of 133 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Virginia remote work page.
Work from home
28.7%
Rank in VA
6 of 133
1 = highest share
Remote workers
175,740
Mean commute
28.9 min
Fairfax County compared with Virginia and the US
| Metric | Fairfax County | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 28.7% | 18.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 55.4% | 67.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 4.7% | 2.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 28.9 min | 27.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 28.0% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 29.4% | 19.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 612,714 | 4,327,663 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone55.4%
Worked from home28.7%
Public transit4.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Falls Church city32.7%
- Loudoun County31.2%
- Fairfax city29.1%
- Alexandria city28.9%
- Powhatan County23.1%
- Middlesex County22.7%
- Henrico County22.3%
- Albemarle County21.7%
Largest counties in Virginia
- Prince William County19.1%
- Virginia Beach city14.3%
- Loudoun County31.2%
- Chesterfield County19.5%
- Henrico County22.3%
- Arlington County35.3%
- Norfolk city10.2%
- Chesapeake city13.1%