Work & commute · Dranesville

Work & commute in Dranesville, VA

Most working residents leave Dranesville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (11%), Tysons (9%) and Washington (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 5,624 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,508 Dranesville residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dranesville.

5,508live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dranesville goes to work

Reston3.3 mi away

11%631

Tysons9.3 mi away

9%501

Washington, DC20.1 mi away

8%468

Arlington16.6 mi away

7%367

Springfield17.9 mi away

6%349

Chantilly8.4 mi away

4%218

Herndon2 mi away

4%209

McNair3.9 mi away

3%172

Ashburn5.6 mi away

2%139

Fair Oaks9.1 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,437

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

How far

How far Dranesville commutes

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

49%

44%

49%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dranesville is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dranesville are

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

Jobs based in Dranesville

917 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Dranesville residents hold

5,624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+74%

Jobs based in Dranesville, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 917. 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.