Work & commute · Dahlgren

Work & commute in Dahlgren, VA

Most working residents leave Dahlgren for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), King George (4%) and Arlington (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 951 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 874 Dahlgren residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 2,201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dahlgren.

874live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

2,201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dahlgren goes to work

Dahlgren (in town)right here

8%77

Washington, DC38.9 mi away

7%64

King George7.8 mi away

4%42

Arlington37.1 mi away

4%40

Waldorf, MD20.8 mi away

2%23

Tysons41 mi away

2%23

Alexandria33 mi away

2%22

La Plata, MD14.8 mi away

2%21

Fredericksburg23.1 mi away

2%20

Reston44.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%600

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

How far

How far Dahlgren commutes

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

20%

17%

44%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dahlgren is a job hub

2.40jobs 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 Dahlgren are

2,278 jobs are based in Dahlgren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dahlgren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dahlgren

2,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Dahlgren residents hold

951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Dahlgren, 2013 → 2023: 2,000 → 2,278. 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.