Work & commute · Centreville

Work & commute in Centreville, VA

Most working residents leave Centreville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (7%), Chantilly (7%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,450 of 36,309 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,859 Centreville residents head out of town to work, 1,450 work right here, and 9,012 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centreville.

34,859live here, work elsewhere

1,450live and work here

9,012work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centreville goes to work

Springfield14.3 mi away

7%2,609

Chantilly3.4 mi away

7%2,451

Washington, DC23.1 mi away

6%2,327

Arlington18.4 mi away

6%2,032

Tysons12.6 mi away

5%1,992

Fair Oaks4.7 mi away

5%1,806

Reston9 mi away

5%1,645

Centreville (in town)right here

4%1,450

Fairfax7.6 mi away

3%924

Alexandria19.2 mi away

2%777

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%18,296

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

How far

How far Centreville commutes

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

39%

52%

39%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centreville is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centreville are

10,462 jobs are based in Centreville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centreville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centreville

10,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Centreville residents hold

36,309 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 month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+16%

Jobs based in Centreville, 2013 → 2023: 9,003 → 10,462. 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.