Editing Tysons, Virginia

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[[File:Tysons Corner Center satellite view.png|thumb|Tysons Corner Center mall is one of the most famous landmarks in Tysons, Virginia and Fairfax County.]]
'''Tysons''', also known as '''Tysons Corner''',<ref name="tysons" /> is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], United States, spanning from the corner of [[Virginia State Route 123|SR 123]]  (Chain Bridge Road) and [[Virginia State Route 7|SR 7]] (Leesburg Pike).<ref name=Census2010>{{cite web | title = U.S. Census website | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | url = https://www.census.gov | access-date = 2011-07-23}}</ref> It is part of the [[Washington metropolitan area]] and located in [[Northern Virginia]] between [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]] and [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]] along the [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|I-495]].<ref name=CountyMap/><ref name=CensusPDF/>

Tysons is home to two super-regional shopping malls, [[Tysons Corner Center]] and [[Tysons Galleria]], and the corporate and administrative headquarters of [[Alarm.com]], [[Appian Corporation|Appian]], [[Booz Allen Hamilton]], [[Capital One]], [[Freddie Mac]], [[Hilton Worldwide]], [[ID.me]], [[Intelsat]], [[M.C. Dean, Inc.]], [[MicroStrategy]], and [[Tegna Inc.]]

As an [[unincorporated community]], Tysons is Fairfax County's [[central business district]] and a regional commercial center.<ref name=FCEDA/> It has been called a quintessential example of an [[edge city]].<ref name=Garreau/> The population was 26,374 as of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Tysons CDP Profile"/>

==History==
===19th century===
Known originally as Peach Grove, the area received the designation "Tysons Crossroads" after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/before-it-was-a-concrete-jungle-tysons-corner-was-a-tiny-crossroads/2014/12/13/0d3213d0-822e-11e4-81fd-8c4814dfa9d7_story.html |title=A look at the beginnings of Virginia's Tysons Corner |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2018-07-20 |language=en}}</ref> William Tyson, a [[Maryland]] native from [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil County]], purchased a tract of land from [[A. Lawrence Foster]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2015/02/23/tysons-corner-name-history/|title=Why Is It Named Tysons Corner? - Ghosts of DC|website=ghostsofdc.org|date=23 February 2015|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref> Tyson served as postmaster of the now discontinued Peach Grove Post Office from 1854 to 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/timeline2.htm|title=Timeline of Fairfax County History&nbsp;- Fairfax County, Virginia|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

===20th century===
As recently as the 1950s, Tysons was a quiet rural intersection flanked by a few small stores and a fruit stand operated by the Tyson descendants, who sold apples and apple cider from the corner of their property. In 1963, the Tysons area moved from a country crossroads to a giant commercial urban area with the awarding of contracts at the interchange of [[Virginia State Route 7|VA Route 7]] and [[Virginia State Route 123|VA Route 123]].

In 1962, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the [[Tysons Corner Shopping Center]], now Tysons Corner Center, which was planned to be {{convert|88.13|acre|m2}} within a {{convert|150|acre|km2}} triangle bordered by [[Virginia State Route 123|Chain Bridge Road]], [[Leesburg Pike]], and the [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway]]. Developers proclaimed it the largest enclosed mall in the world when it opened on July 25, 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gfhs.org/local_lore/senese_01.htm |title=Historians Tackled History of Tysons Corner |last1=Senese |first1= Donald J. |publisher=Great Falls Historical Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220161840/http://www.gfhs.org/local_lore/senese_01.htm |archive-date=2015-12-20 }}</ref>

===21st century===
[[File:Line at the opening of first Apple Store in America.jpg|thumb|A line for the opening of the world's first [[Apple Store]] at [[Tysons Corner Center]] in 2001]]
In the early 21st century, an influx of technology companies into [[Northern Virginia]] led to new office buildings and hotels to the landscape. The rapid growth of Tysons in comparison to other locations near the Capital Beltway has been the topic of numerous studies.<ref name="Ceruzzi">{{cite book|last=Ceruzzi|first=Paul E.|author-link=Paul E. Ceruzzi|title=Internet Alley: High technology in Tysons Corner, 1945–2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTgE5W3njl0C&q=Internet%20Alley%3A%20High%20Technology%20in%20Tysons%20Corner%2C%201945-2005&pg=PR4|year=2008|publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, Mass|isbn=978-0-262-03374-9}}</ref> One factor was the aggressive promotion of Tysons by Earle Williams, for many years the CEO of the defense contracting firm [[Braddock Dunn & McDonald]].<ref name="Ceruzzi"/> Tysons serves as a downtown of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], with one quarter of all office space and one eighth of all retail in the county, despite occupying just 1% of the county. It is an auto-oriented [[edge city]] with severe traffic congestion, and faces competition from the urban areas of [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]] and newer suburban edge cities such as [[Dulles, Virginia|Dulles]].

In 2008, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to begin a 40-year plan to urbanize Tysons around the coming four stops of [[Washington Metro]]'s [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]] in the vein of neighboring [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]]'s [[Arlington County, Virginia#Development patterns|Rosslyn-Ballston corridor]].<ref name="Rosslyn, Ballston" /> A preliminary estimate from the Fairfax County Department of Transportation suggested that $7.83 billion in transportation infrastructure projects would be necessary to transform Tysons Corner into a high-density urban center from 2010 to 2050, most of which would be allocated to both construction phases of the Silver Line. Existing plans call for construction of a grid layout for streets around the rail stations, projected to cost $742 million. An additional $1 billion will be spent on further transit and street grid projects from 2030 to 2050.<ref name="15billion">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904426.html Tysons will need $15 billion – 'with a B'] ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref>

In November 2012, the county approved Arbor Row, a {{convert|2500000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} mixed-used development of office and residential high-rises, ground-floor retail, and underground parking near the Tysons Corner (now {{wmata|Tysons}}) station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citylinepartners.com/index.php/redeveloping/arbor-row|title=Arbor Row|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> In April 2013, the county approved [[Scotts Run|Scotts Run Station South]], a {{convert|6700000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} development containing 17 buildings, including six office and residential buildings, one hotel, and ground-floor retail near the [[McLean (WMATA station)|McLean Station]]. This development alone will be larger than [[Reston Town Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-county-board-approves-scotts-run-development-in-tysons/2013/04/17/75d5735a-a61b-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html|title=Fairfax County board approves Scotts Run development in Tysons|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://citylinepartners.com/index.php/redeveloping/scottsrun|title=Scotts Run Station|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

Ahead of the Washington Metro [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]] opening in mid-2014, the [[Fairfax County Board of Supervisors]] and the Tysons Partnership, a nonprofit association that represents the area's stakeholders, began rebranding the area as simply "Tysons", dropping "Corner" from the name. The change started as a matter of convenience, but later took hold to market the change in the area's character, according to members of the board. The change was unofficial at the time, and either "Tysons" or "Tysons Corner" could be used in addresses.<ref name="tysons">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/tysons-corner-is-unofficially-dropping-the-corner-from-its-name/2012/10/04/2baa23c8-0e4c-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328032308/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-10-04/local/35501790_1_tysons-corner-business-cards-executive-director|url-status=live|archive-date=March 28, 2013|title=Tysons Corner is unofficially dropping the 'corner' from its name|first=Corinne|last=Reilly|author2=Victor Zapana|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> But in November 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the CDP's name would officially be changed to Tysons as of the next summer.<ref name="namechange">{{cite news|url=http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2015/11/tysons-to-officially-drop-corner-from-name-in-census-bureau-decision/|title=Tysons to officially drop 'Corner' from name in Census Bureau decision|first=Sara|last=Gilgore|work=WTOP.com}}</ref>

Tysons is seen as a modern prototype of an edge city. In its 40-year history, it has been given substantial redevelopment offers for the next 20 to 30 years.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=671}} The area has seen growing interest as plans to make it an [[urban area|urban]] center were begun in 2010. Private-sector development in the [[United States]] in combination with political groups have begun the planning process behind the redevelopment of Tysons.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=679}} Two forces are at work in the creation of an edge city, as it can be beneficial to both parties. With the redevelopment process taking place there has been an aggressive push to bring in businesses to Tysons. Edge cities such as Tysons have specific regional accessibility that has been enhanced by major projects funded by federal and state governments.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=679}} One of the bigger enhancements to transportation specifically to Tysons was the construction "of the [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] and an associated access road and the [[Capital Beltway]] but also expansions to state roads".{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=679-680}}

The plan remains to see Tysons become Fairfax County's downtown core.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=683}} So far, "eight districts have been delimited, with four centered on new metro stations being transit-oriented development districts".{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=683}} Future plans for transportation around the area continue to be made. "The aims of the plan are for 75% of development to be within half a mile of metro stations, an urban center of 200,000 jobs and 100,000 residents, a jobs balance of 4.0 per household".{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=683}}

==Geography==
Tysons is located at {{Coord|38|55|7|N|77|13|47|W|type:city}} (38.918485, −77.229833) at an elevation of 486 feet (148 m).<ref name="GR3" /><ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Located in [[Northern Virginia]] at the intersection of [[Virginia State Route 123]] and [[Virginia State Route 7|State Route 7]], Tysons is {{convert|11|mi|km}} west of downtown [[Washington, D.C.]], and {{convert|6|mi|km}} northeast of [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], the [[county seat]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Virginia Official State Transportation Map – Cities in Detail | publisher = [[Virginia Department of Transportation]] | url = http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/maps-cityinset.asp | access-date = 2011-07-23}}</ref>

The community lies in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] upland, about {{convert|3.7|mi|km}} south-southwest of the [[Potomac River]].<ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | title = Fairfax County Transportation Plan | publisher = Fairfax County Department of Transportation | date = Oct 2006 | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/TPM_020108v34.pdf | access-date = 2011-07-23 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100714122520/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/TPM_020108v34.pdf | archive-date = 2010-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Piedmont province | work = The Geology of Virginia | publisher = [[The College of William & Mary]] Department of Geology | url = http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/piedmont/piedmont.html | access-date = 2011-07-23 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807090340/http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/piedmont/piedmont.html | archive-date = 2011-08-07 }}</ref> The highest natural point in Fairfax County, at {{convert|520|ft|m}} above sea level, is in Tysons.<ref>{{cite web | title = Water Quality Factors | work = Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan, 2011 edition | page = 23 | publisher = County of Fairfax, Virginia | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/comprehensiveplan/policyplan/chesapeakebay/waterfactors.pdf | access-date = 2011-07-23}}</ref> Wolftrap Creek, a tributary of nearby [[Difficult Run]], forms the community's northwestern border. Two of the creek's tributaries, Moomac Creek and the Old Courthouse Spring Branch, flow north through northwest Tysons. Scott Run, a tributary of the Potomac, flows north through eastern Tysons.<ref name=CountyMap/>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the community has an area of {{convert|4.27|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|4.26|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|km2}} is water.<ref name=CensusPDF>{{cite web | title = Virginia: 2010 – Population and Housing Counts | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-48.pdf | date = July 2012 | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref>

As a suburb of Washington, D.C., Tysons is a part of both the [[Washington metropolitan area]] and the larger [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]]. It is bordered on all sides by other Washington suburbs, including [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]] to the north, [[Pimmit Hills, Virginia|Pimmit Hills]] to the east, [[Idylwood, Virginia|Idylwood]] to the southeast, [[Dunn Loring, Virginia|Dunn Loring]] to the south, [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]] to the southwest, and [[Wolf Trap, Virginia|Wolf Trap]] to the west.<ref name=CensusPDF/>

===Climate===
Tysons's climate is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Tysons has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=737844&cityname=Tyson's%20Corner,%20Virginia,%20United%20States%20of%20America&units=|title=Tyson's Corner, Virginia Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
{{Wide image|Tysons Pano.jpg|750px|Tysons' skyline at night, 2012}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 10065
|1990= 13124
|2000= 18540
|2010= 19627
|2020= 26374
|estyear=2023
|estimate=28022
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|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html * U.S. Decennial Census]}}
Tysons was one of the inspirations for, and figures prominently in, [[Joel Garreau]]'s pioneering study of the [[edge city]] phenomenon.<ref name=Garreau>Joel Garreau, ''Edge City: Life on the New Frontier,'' (New York: Random House 1992)</ref>  Among the reasons for calling Tysons an edge city is that, in contrast to typical "bedroom" suburbs, people commute into it in the morning and away from it at night, with a daytime population greater than 100,000 and a nighttime population of fewer than 20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/daytime/2000/tab03.csv|title=Estimated Daytime Population and Employment-Residence Ratios 2000|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> Planners envision up to 200,000 jobs and 100,000 residents in coming decades.<ref name="Rosslyn, Ballston" />

=== 2020 Census ===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] (some information from the [[American Community Survey|2022 American Community Survey]]) there were 26,374 people, 14,222 housing units and 13,494 households residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|61,76.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The average housing unit density was 3,330.7 per square mile (1,281.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 48.86% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.39% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 32.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 9.03% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 8.63% of the population.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tysons CDP, Virginia |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Tysons_CDP,_Virginia?g=160XX00US5179950 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the households, 41% were married couples, 22.1% were a male householder with family but no spouse, and 29% were a female householder with family but no spouse. The average family household had 2.81 people.<ref name=":0" />

The median age was 36.1, 16.8% of people were under the age of 18, and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. Of the residents the largest ancestry is, 7.8% had [[German Americans|German ancestry]], 48.3% spoke a language other than [[English language|English]] at home, and 41.5% were born outside the United States, 49.2% of whom were [[Naturalized citizen of the United States|naturalized citizens]].<ref name=":0" />

The median income for a household in the CDP was $129,468, and the median income for a family was $157,611. 5.5% of the population were [[Veteran#United States|military veterans]], and 80.6% had a [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's degree]] or [[Higher degree|higher]]. In the CDP 6.8% of the population was below the [[poverty line]], including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over, with 4.6% of the population without [[Health insurance in the United States|health insurance]].<ref name=":0" />

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 19,627 people, 9,481 households, and 4,754 families residing in the community. The population density was {{convert|4,607.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,637 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,496.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the community was 60.9% [[White American|White]], 27.5% [[Asian American|Asian]], 4.9% [[African American]], 0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 1.9% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|other races]], and 4.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics and Latinos]] of any race were 8.1% of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

There were 9,481 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.9% were non-families. 40.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07, and the average family size was 2.87.<ref name=Census2010/>

The age distribution of the community was 18.4% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 40.4% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.8 years. The gender makeup of the community was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.<ref name=Census2010/>

The median income for a household in the community was $94,083, and the median income for a family was $131,717. Males had a median income of $85,645 versus $66,019 for females. The community's [[per capita income]] was $64,294. About 2.8% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2010/>

==Economy==
[[File:Capital One World Headquarters.jpg|thumb|[[Capital One Tower (Virginia)|Capital One Tower]] in Tysons, the tallest office building in the [[Washington metropolitan area]]]]
[[File:Tyson's Corner from cruising altitude.jpg|thumb|The Tysons II development area, home to [[Tysons Galleria]]]]
Tysons is [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]]'s [[central business district]] with the largest concentration of office space in [[Northern Virginia]].<ref name=FCEDA>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070315182704/http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/publications/tysons.pdf Area Business Report]." ''Fairfax County Economic Development Authority''. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref> It had 46 million sq ft (4.3 million m<sup>2</sup>) of [[commercial district|office and retail space]] as of 2008, making it a classic example of an [[edge city]].<ref name="Rosslyn, Ballston">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&pid=0&sid=1484972&page=2|title=WTOP: Washington, DC's Top News, Traffic, and Weather|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> As of 2013, Tysons had 14 million sq ft (1.3 million m<sup>2</sup>) of office and retail space approved or under construction, approximately one-third of a 45 million sq ft backlog of projected urban development in close proximity to the area's four [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Metro Silver Line]] stations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/despite-silver-line-delays-developers-plot-45-million-square-feet-of-development-in-tysons/2013/12/12/56b6dc16-6272-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html|title=Despite Silver Line delays, developers plot 45 million square feet of development in Tysons|author=Jonathan O'Connell|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

The corporate headquarters of [[Alarm.com]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alarm.com|url=https://www.alarm.com/contact|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.alarm.com|language=en}}</ref> [[Appian Corporation]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appian to move HQ to Tysons, add 600 jobs|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/04/17/appian-to-move-hq-to-a-well-known-building-in.html|access-date=2021-10-22|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> [[Booz Allen Hamilton]], [[Capital One]], [[Cvent]], [[Freddie Mac]], [[Hilton Worldwide]], [[Logistics Management Institute]], [[M.C. Dean, Inc.]], [[MicroStrategy]], [[MITRE Corporation]], [[Science Applications International Corporation|SAIC]], [[Space Adventures]], [[Spacenet]], and [[Sunrise Senior Living]] are in Tysons, though most use a [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]] or [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]] address.<ref name="TysonsMap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5179952&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110181002/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5179952&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-11-10 }}." ''[[United States Census Bureau]]''. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.spacenet.com/contact/ Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527003818/http://www.spacenet.com/contact/ |date=2009-05-27 }}." ''[[Spacenet]]''. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.hiltonworldwide.com/contactus/index.htm Contact Us]." [[Hilton Worldwide]]. Retrieved on October 14, 2009.</ref> The [[Fairfax County Economic Development Authority]] is also headquartered in the CDP.<!--The Vienna, VA address shows that it's actually in the Tysons CDP--><ref name=FCEDA/> Until 1996, [[AOL]] was headquartered in the Tysons CDP,<ref name="TysonsMap"/><ref>"[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-832840.html AMERICA ONLINE INC.]" ''[[The Washington Post]]''. April 17, 2005. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref> near Vienna.<ref>Sugawara, Sandra. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111018122406/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72288466.xml?dids=72288466:72288466&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+13%2C+1994&author=Sandra+Sugawara&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=America+Online+to+Reduce+Rates%3B+Firm+Faces+Subscriber+Boycott%2C+Pressure+From+Competitors&pqatl=google America Online to Reduce Rates; Firm Faces Subscriber Boycott, Pressure From Competitors]." ''[[The Washington Post]]''. October 13, 1994. Financial B09. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref> [[Qatar Airways]] operated its North American headquarters office in Tysons,<ref name="TysonsMap"/><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121014051/http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/offices/contactus_unitedstates_washington.html Washington]." ''[[Qatar Airways]]''. November 21, 2007. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref> but later moved to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>"[http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/offices/contactus_unitedstates_washington.html Washington]." ''[[Qatar Airways]]''. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref> Other firms with offices in Tysons include [[Adobe Systems]],<ref>"[http://www.adobe.com/about-adobe/contact/offices.html Adobe Systems, McLean, VA]." ''[[Adobe Systems]]''. Retrieved on Jun 5, 2017.</ref> [[BAE Systems Inc.]],<ref>"[http://www.baesystems.com/WorldwideLocations/UnitedStates/Locations/McLeanVirginia/autoGen_106102215251.html CS Information Technology, McLean, VA]." ''[[BAE Systems]]''. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref> [[Compuware]],<ref>"[http://www.compuware.com/contact/offices.asp Compuware Around the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104103851/http://www.compuware.com/contact/offices.asp |date=2010-01-04 }}." [[Compuware]]. Retrieved on January 7, 2010.</ref> [[Deloitte]], [[Ernst & Young]],<ref>"[https://www.ey.com/en_us/locations/united-states#virginia-tysons Our Locations]." ''[[Ernst & Young]]''. Retrieved on November 24, 2024.</ref> [[KPMG]], [[Northrop Grumman]],<ref>"[http://www.northropgrumman.com/locations/index.html Company Locations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120114952/http://www.northropgrumman.com/locations/index.html |date=2013-01-20 }}." ''[[Northrop Grumman]]''. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref> [[Palantir Technologies]], and [[Vie de France]].<ref>"[http://viedefrance.com/bc/contact.php?view=contact Contact Vie de France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811082837/http://viedefrance.com/bc/contact.php?view=contact |date=2012-08-11 }}." ''[[Vie de France]]''. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref>

The area is home to [[Tysons Corner Center]], the [[List of largest shopping malls in the United States|largest shopping mall]] in the state and in the [[Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area|Baltimore-Washington area]] – and two upscale shopping centers, [[Tysons Galleria]] (also one of the largest malls in the region) and [[Fairfax Square]], which neighbor it to the north and south respectively. The average [[household income]] within a 5-mile (8&nbsp;km) radius of Tysons Corner Center is $174,809.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macerich.com/FileManager%5CProperty%5CLongTermLeasing%5CTysonsCornerCenter%5CMarketProfile%5CTysons%202013%20Profile-LR.pdf|title=Macerich Tysons Corner Center Market Profile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903200949/http://macerich.com/FileManager/Property/LongTermLeasing/TysonsCornerCenter/MarketProfile/Tysons%202013%20Profile-LR.pdf|archive-date=2013-09-03}}</ref> Every weekday, Tysons draws 55,000 shoppers from around the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2003/jul03/fairfax.shtml|title=Virginia Business Online: Virginia's 800-pound gorilla|access-date=13 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081301/http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2003/jul03/fairfax.shtml|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>

Tysons includes a technology industry base and network infrastructure. In 2007, roughly 1,200 technology companies operated in Tysons. 31.6% of the jobs in the Tysons submarket and 20.2% of the companies in the submarket were in the technology sector.<ref name=FCEDA/>

With 115,000 office and retail workers, Tysons is the nation's 12th-largest employment center.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/business/17tysons.html|title=A Virginia Shopping Nexus Plots Its Future|first=Eugene L.|last=Meyer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 December 2008|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> As of 2012, 75.6% of the population over age 16 was in the labor force. 0.6% was in the armed forces, and 75.0% was in the civilian labor force with 70.4% employed and 4.5% unemployed. The occupational composition of the employed civilian labor force was: 66.4% in management, business, science, and arts; 20.3% in sales and office occupations; 10.5% in service occupations; 2.1% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance; 0.7% in production, transportation, and material moving. The three industries employing the largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (28.8%); educational services, health care, and social assistance (13.3%); and public administration (12.8%).<ref name=Census2010/>

The cost of living in Tysons is very high; compared to a U.S. average of 100, the cost of living index for the community is 140.4.<ref name=CityData>{{cite web | title = Tysons Corner, Virginia | publisher = City-Data.com | url = http://www.city-data.com/city/Tysons-Corner-Virginia.html | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref> As of 2022, the median home value in the community was $620,800, the median selected monthly owner cost was $3,118 for housing units with a mortgage and $1,297 for those without, and the median gross rent was $2,426.<ref name=":0"/>

==Government==
As it is unincorporated, Tysons has no municipal government. The Fairfax County Government provides local government services directly.<ref>{{cite web | title = Our Government | publisher = County of Fairfax, Virginia | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/ | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref> For the purposes of representation on the [[Fairfax County Board of Supervisors]], Tysons is in the Board's Hunter Mill and Providence Districts.<ref>{{cite web | title = Supervisor Districts in Fairfax County | publisher = County of Fairfax, Virginia | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/supervisordistricts.pdf | access-date = 2013-12-05 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190147/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/SupervisorDistricts.pdf | archive-date = 2010-05-27 }}</ref>

Companies in Tysons typically use [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]] or [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]] addresses, but in 2011, the [[United States Postal Service]] approved the use of Tysons Corner as a postal address for the 22102 and 22182 [[ZIP codes]] of McLean and Vienna, respectively.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/tysons-corner-gets-its-own-postal-address/2010/07/28/AFH9gSJC_story.html The Washington Post] Washington Post: Tysons Corner gets its own postal address. Retrieved on April 19, 2011</ref>

Tysons is in [[Virginia's 8th congressional district|Virginia's 8th]] and [[Virginia's 11th congressional district|11th U.S. Congressional Districts]]. For the purposes of representation in the [[Virginia General Assembly]], it is in the 32nd district of the [[Senate of Virginia|Virginia Senate]] and the 34th and 35th districts of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Redistricting Plans – Map | work = Redistricting 2010 | publisher = Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Legislative Services | url = http://redistricting.dls.virginia.gov/2010/RedistrictingPlans.aspx#map | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref>

== Politics ==
In the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], Democrat [[Joe Biden]] received 58.1% of the vote (479 ballots cast), ahead of Republican [[Donald Trump]] who received 39.0% of the vote (321 votes), and Libertarian [[Jo Jorgensen]], with 2.8% of the vote (24 votes).<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS - OFFICIAL RESULTS |url=https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/sites/elections/files/Assets/result/historical/2020_11_NOVEMBER_GENERAL_RESULTS.pdf |publisher=Fairfax County Office of Elections |page=27}}</ref>

==Education==
===Primary and secondary education===
{{Further|Fairfax County Public Schools}}
[[Fairfax County Public Schools]] (FCPS) provides public primary and secondary education to Tysons residents. Five FCPS schools are in Tysons: Freedom Hill Elementary School, [[Joyce Kilmer Middle School]], Westbriar Elementary School, Spring Hill Elementary School, and Westgate Elementary School.<ref name=Cluster2>{{cite web | title = Schools and Centers Directory – Cluster 2 | publisher = [[Fairfax County Public Schools]] | url = http://commweb.fcps.edu/directory/bycluster.cfm?cluster=2 | access-date = 2013-12-11}}</ref><ref name=GoogleMaps/> Resident high school students attend nearby [[George C. Marshall High School]], [[James Madison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)|James Madison High School]], [[Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)|Langley High School]], or [[McLean High School]].<ref name=Cluster2/><ref>{{cite web | title = Schools and Centers Directory – Cluster 1 | publisher = [[Fairfax County Public Schools]] | url = http://commweb.fcps.edu/directory/bycluster.cfm?cluster=1 | access-date = 2013-12-11}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[Fairfax County Public Library]] operates the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in nearby [[Pimmit Hills, Virginia|Pimmit Hills]].<ref>"[http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ Library Branches]." [[Fairfax County Public Library]]. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5162264&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Pimmit Hills CDP, Virginia]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:2019-06-28 12 14 48 View south along Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) from the overpass for Virginia State Route 694 (Lewinsville Road) in Mclean, Fairfax County, Virginia, with the skyline of Tysons Corner visible in the distance.jpg|thumb|[[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|I-495]] south towards Tysons]]
[[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Interstate 495]], the Capital Beltway, runs generally north–south through eastern Tysons. [[Virginia State Route 267]], the east-west Dulles Toll Road, runs along the community's northern border. The I-495/VA 267 interchange is located in the northeastern part of the community. [[Virginia State Route 7]] runs southeast–northwest through Tysons, intersecting [[Virginia State Route 123]], which runs northeast–southwest, in the community's center.<ref name=GoogleMaps>{{google maps | title = Tysons Corner, VA | url = https://www.google.com/maps?q=Tysons+Corner,+VA&hl=en&sll=38.003386,-79.420925&sspn=7.823349,16.907959&oq=Tysons&hnear=Tysons+Corner,+Fairfax,+Virginia&t=m&z=14 | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref>

Due to its large daytime population, Tysons experiences high traffic congestion. This has led to plans for denser development, including additional rail infrastructure.<ref name="Rosslyn, Ballston" /> On July 26, 2014, the [[Washington Metro]] started offering [[rapid transit]] rail service in Tysons via its [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]].<ref name=SilverLine>{{cite web | title = About | work = Silver Line Metro | publisher = [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] | url = http://silverlinemetro.com/sv-about/ | access-date = 2013-12-05 | archive-date = 2016-11-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161106172303/http://silverlinemetro.com/sv-about/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Gibson | first = Kendis | title = Metro Silver line opening pushed back again, likely to March | publisher = [[Associated Press]] | date = 2013-12-03 | url = http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/12/metro-silver-line-opening-pushed-back-again-likely-to-march-97593.html | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref> Metro operates four stations on the line in Tysons; from east to west, these are [[McLean (WMATA station)|McLean]], [[Tysons station|Tysons]], [[Greensboro (WMATA station)|Greensboro]], and [[Spring Hill (WMATA station)|Spring Hill]]. The Silver Line connects Tysons by rail with [[Reston, Virginia|Reston]], [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], and [[Ashburn, Virginia|Ashburn]] to the west and [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Maryland]] to the east.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aratani|first1=Lori|date=5 March 2021|title=Silver Line's second phase should reach 'substantial completion' by Labor Day, project director says|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-silver-line/2021/03/05/6ed433a0-7de7-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html|access-date=10 March 2021|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

In February 2017, [[Virginia Department of Transportation|VDOT]] began construction on the Jones Branch Connector, a half-mile roadway that crosses Interstate 495 and connects Central and Tysons East and is projected to carry more than 32,000 vehicles per day by 2040. The bridge opened to traffic in 2018, and work was completed in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Under Construction: Jones Branch Connector in Fairfax County |url=https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/jones_branch_connector.asp |publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation |access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ashley|last=Hopko|title=County Officials Celebrate Finished Jones Branch Connector in Tysons |url=https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2020/03/05/county-officials-celebrate-finished-jones-branch-connector-in-tysons/ |publisher=Tysons Reporter |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> The connection improved the operations along the adjacent road systems. This connection extended and widened existing lanes eastward along Scotts Crossing Road, ending at Route 123 adjacent to the McLean Metro Station.

==See also==
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*[[List of tallest buildings in Tysons, Virginia]]

==References==
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* {{cite journal|last1=Phelps|first1=Nicholas A.|title=The Growth Machine Stops? Urban Politics and the Making and Remaking of an Edge City|journal=Urban Affairs Review|volume=48|issue=5|pages=670–700|doi=10.1177/1078087412440275|year=2012|s2cid=145759247}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080209152957/http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/re_tysons.htm Tysons Corner, from the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority]

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