Work & commute · Broadlands

Work & commute in Broadlands, VA

Most working residents leave Broadlands for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (8%), Tysons (8%) and Arlington (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

436 of 7,273 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,837 Broadlands residents head out of town to work, 436 work right here, and 7,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadlands.

6,837live here, work elsewhere

436live and work here

7,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadlands goes to work

Reston9.9 mi away

8%571

Tysons16.8 mi away

8%552

Arlington24.2 mi away

7%478

Broadlands (in town)right here

6%436

Ashburn2.7 mi away

6%434

Washington, DC27.9 mi away

5%374

McNair7 mi away

4%294

Chantilly9.5 mi away

4%259

Leesburg6.9 mi away

3%184

Herndon7.6 mi away

2%143

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,548

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

How far

How far Broadlands 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?

Broadlands is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadlands are

8,359 jobs are based in Broadlands. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Broadlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Broadlands

8,359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Broadlands residents hold

7,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+92%

Jobs based in Broadlands, 2013 → 2023: 4,363 → 8,359. 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.