Reston is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 63,226 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Reston is the 16th largest community in Virginia. Reston home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Reston real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Reston is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Reston is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reston who work in management occupations (18.07%), computer science and math (14.92%), and business and financial occupations (11.69%). Also of interest is that Reston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 25.99% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Reston use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Reston‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Reston, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Reston is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 71.46% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Reston in 2022 was $75,953, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $303,812 for a family of four. However, Reston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Reston is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Reston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Reston residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Reston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Reston include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. Reston also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.16%. The most common language spoken in Reston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
