Work & commute · County Center

Work & commute in County Center, VA

Most working residents leave County Center for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Arlington (6%) and Tysons (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,584 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,539 County Center residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 3,785 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in County Center.

1,539live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

3,785work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where County Center goes to work

Washington, DC23.3 mi away

7%112

Arlington18.7 mi away

6%94

Tysons17.2 mi away

5%77

Alexandria17 mi away

4%68

Potomac Mills3.9 mi away

4%56

Lake Ridge2.7 mi away

3%47

County Center (in town)right here

3%45

Dale City3 mi away

3%45

Springfield11 mi away

3%43

Chantilly14.3 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%960

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

How far

How far County Center commutes

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

28%

56%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

County Center is a job hub

2.42jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in County Center are

3,830 jobs are based in County Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs County Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in County Center

3,830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs County Center residents hold

1,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−22%

Jobs based in County Center, 2013 → 2023: 4,905 → 3,830. 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.