Work & commute · Ashburn

Work & commute in Ashburn, VA

Most working residents leave Ashburn for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (6%), Tysons (6%) and Arlington (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,112 of 24,442 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,330 Ashburn residents head out of town to work, 2,112 work right here, and 28,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashburn.

22,330live here, work elsewhere

2,112live and work here

28,338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashburn goes to work

Ashburn (in town)right here

9%2,112

Reston8.2 mi away

6%1,572

Tysons14.8 mi away

6%1,523

Arlington22.2 mi away

5%1,289

Washington, DC25.7 mi away

5%1,280

Chantilly9.5 mi away

4%937

Leesburg7.5 mi away

4%933

Broadlands2.7 mi away

3%694

McNair5.9 mi away

3%679

Herndon5.8 mi away

2%555

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%12,868

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

How far

How far Ashburn commutes

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

43%

33%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashburn are

30,450 jobs are based in Ashburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ashburn

30,450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Ashburn residents hold

24,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+25%

Jobs based in Ashburn, 2013 → 2023: 24,320 → 30,450. 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.