Work & commute · Bailey's Crossroads

Work & commute in Bailey's Crossroads, VA

Most working residents leave Bailey's Crossroads for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (18%), Arlington (13%) and Alexandria (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

265 of 8,360 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,095 Bailey's Crossroads residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 7,171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bailey's Crossroads.

8,095live here, work elsewhere

265live and work here

7,171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bailey's Crossroads goes to work

Washington, DC7.3 mi away

18%1,531

Arlington2.6 mi away

13%1,119

Alexandria3.3 mi away

7%572

Tysons7.2 mi away

6%499

Springfield5.4 mi away

4%341

Bailey's Crossroads (in town)right here

3%265

Reston13.8 mi away

2%191

Fair Oaks12.2 mi away

2%146

Merrifield6.1 mi away

2%141

Annandale3.7 mi away

2%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,428

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

How far

How far Bailey's Crossroads commutes

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

69%

20%

69%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bailey's Crossroads is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bailey's Crossroads are

7,436 jobs are based in Bailey's Crossroads. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bailey's Crossroads’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bailey's Crossroads

7,436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bailey's Crossroads residents hold

8,360 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 month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−12%

Jobs based in Bailey's Crossroads, 2013 → 2023: 8,438 → 7,436. 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.