Most People Working in Arlington Live Elsewhere, Study Reveals

We know traffic is bad throughout the D.C. metro area, but Arlington County has the most workers coming into it from other jurisdictions, according to Governing Magazine.

More than three-quarters of the people who work in Arlington County (or about 150,000 people) live in Fairfax County, Alexandria, D.C. or elsewhere.

"In Arlington County, as in most of the rest of the country, the vast majority of commuters don’t pay the county a dime in income or property taxes. At the same time, their presence generates a great deal of economic activity contributing to the county's budget," according to Governing Magazine.

D.C. comes in second place—it has 71 percent of its workforce coming from elsewhere. Arlington and D.C. both beat out New York City.

Earlier this year, the in the entire country. D.C. ranks first in yearly delay per commuter at 67 hours.

In late 2012, Allstate Insurance Co. reported Arlington drivers are some of the nation's worst. Out of 195 cities, D.C., had the highest crash frequency, and Baltimore was second. In 12th place was Arlington, which has a relative crash likelihood of 53 percent above the national average.