Work & commute · Arcola

Work & commute in Arcola, VA

Most working residents leave Arcola for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (8%), Washington (7%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,525 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,478 Arcola residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 2,643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcola.

1,478live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

2,643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcola goes to work

Reston9.9 mi away

8%121

Washington, DC28 mi away

7%109

Arlington23.7 mi away

6%89

Tysons16.6 mi away

6%88

Ashburn6.6 mi away

5%77

Chantilly6.2 mi away

4%63

McNair6.5 mi away

4%58

Arcola (in town)right here

3%47

Leesburg11.3 mi away

3%43

Fair Oaks11 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%792

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Arcola commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

35%

17%

40%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcola is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcola are

2,690 jobs are based in Arcola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arcola

2,690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Arcola residents hold

1,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+304%

Jobs based in Arcola, 2013 → 2023: 666 → 2,690. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.