Work & commute · Belle Haven

Work & commute in Belle Haven, VA

Most working residents leave Belle Haven for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (23%), Alexandria (14%) and Arlington (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 2,966 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,889 Belle Haven residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 2,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle Haven.

2,889live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

2,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle Haven goes to work

Washington, DC9 mi away

23%692

Alexandria3.2 mi away

14%408

Arlington7.4 mi away

9%279

Springfield6.8 mi away

5%157

Tysons13.5 mi away

4%107

Belle Haven (in town)right here

3%77

Reston19.8 mi away

2%54

Bethesda, MD14.9 mi away

1%37

Fair Oaks17.2 mi away

1%35

Mount Vernon5.1 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,085

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

How far

How far Belle Haven commutes

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

65%

23%

65%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle Haven are

2,264 jobs are based in Belle Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belle Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belle Haven

2,264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Belle Haven residents hold

2,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+8%

Jobs based in Belle Haven, 2013 → 2023: 2,101 → 2,264. 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.