Work & commute · Dahlgren Center

Work & commute in Dahlgren Center, VA

Most working residents leave Dahlgren Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (8%), Dahlgren (6%) and King George (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 225 Dahlgren Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dahlgren Center.

225live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dahlgren Center goes to work

Washington, DC39.3 mi away

8%19

Dahlgren2 mi away

6%14

King George9.3 mi away

6%13

Tysons41.8 mi away

4%9

Arlington37.7 mi away

4%9

La Plata, MD14.7 mi away

4%8

Fredericksburg24.9 mi away

3%7

Reston45.9 mi away

3%6

Waldorf, MD20.5 mi away

2%4

Springfield31.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%132

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

How far

How far Dahlgren Center commutes

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

15%

17%

49%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dahlgren Center is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dahlgren Center are

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

Jobs based in Dahlgren Center

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Dahlgren Center residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−18%

Jobs based in Dahlgren Center, 2013 → 2023: 640 → 526. 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.