Work & commute · Bull Run

Work & commute in Bull Run, VA

Most working residents leave Bull Run for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chantilly (6%), Manassas (5%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

233 of 7,776 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,543 Bull Run residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 6,063 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bull Run.

7,543live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

6,063work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bull Run goes to work

Chantilly8.6 mi away

6%442

Manassas3.1 mi away

5%421

Washington, DC28.4 mi away

4%296

Tysons18.5 mi away

3%271

Arlington23.6 mi away

3%251

Bull Run (in town)right here

3%233

Fair Oaks10.6 mi away

3%228

Gainesville6.6 mi away

3%210

Reston14.9 mi away

3%198

Ashburn17.2 mi away

2%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%5,069

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

How far

How far Bull Run commutes

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

34%

47%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bull Run is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bull Run are

6,296 jobs are based in Bull Run. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bull Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bull Run

6,296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bull Run residents hold

7,776 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+19%

Jobs based in Bull Run, 2013 → 2023: 5,309 → 6,296. 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.