Work & commute · Dulles Town Center

Work & commute in Dulles Town Center, VA

Most working residents leave Dulles Town Center for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tysons (6%), Reston (5%) and Ashburn (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 3,273 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,089 Dulles Town Center residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 11,988 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dulles Town Center.

3,089live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

11,988work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dulles Town Center goes to work

Tysons12.2 mi away

6%204

Dulles Town Center (in town)right here

6%184

Reston6 mi away

5%180

Ashburn3 mi away

5%173

Washington, DC22.9 mi away

4%143

Chantilly9.4 mi away

4%124

Arlington19.6 mi away

4%123

Leesburg9.8 mi away

3%97

Fair Oaks11.4 mi away

2%73

Alexandria22.7 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,903

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

How far

How far Dulles Town Center commutes

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

45%

39%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dulles Town Center is a job hub

3.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dulles Town Center are

12,172 jobs are based in Dulles Town Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dulles Town Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dulles Town Center

12,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Dulles Town Center residents hold

3,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−12%

Jobs based in Dulles Town Center, 2013 → 2023: 13,907 → 12,172. 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.