Work & commute · Braddock

Work & commute in Braddock, VA

Most working residents leave Braddock for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Arlington (7%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 2,691 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,628 Braddock residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 1,362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braddock.

2,628live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

1,362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braddock goes to work

Washington, DC18.9 mi away

9%250

Arlington14.1 mi away

7%199

Springfield9.8 mi away

7%185

Tysons9.2 mi away

7%179

Reston8.2 mi away

5%142

Fair Oaks2.3 mi away

5%134

Chantilly6.1 mi away

4%103

Fairfax3.4 mi away

3%88

Alexandria14.7 mi away

3%84

McNair8.9 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,262

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

How far

How far Braddock commutes

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

48%

43%

48%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braddock is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Braddock are

1,425 jobs are based in Braddock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Braddock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Braddock

1,425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Braddock residents hold

2,691 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+34%

Jobs based in Braddock, 2013 → 2023: 1,060 → 1,425. 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.