Work & commute · Difficult Run

Work & commute in Difficult Run, VA

Most working residents leave Difficult Run for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Tysons (9%) and Reston (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

118 of 4,450 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,332 Difficult Run residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 688 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Difficult Run.

4,332live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

688work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Difficult Run goes to work

Washington, DC17.8 mi away

11%480

Tysons6.5 mi away

9%400

Reston3.2 mi away

9%398

Arlington13.4 mi away

8%354

Springfield12.3 mi away

4%200

Fair Oaks2.8 mi away

4%192

Chantilly5.2 mi away

4%172

McNair4.8 mi away

3%128

Difficult Run (in town)right here

3%118

Merrifield6.2 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,923

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

How far

How far Difficult Run commutes

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

52%

39%

52%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Difficult Run is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Difficult Run are

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

Jobs based in Difficult Run

806 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Difficult Run residents hold

4,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+42%

Jobs based in Difficult Run, 2013 → 2023: 566 → 806. 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.