Work & commute · Dumbarton

Work & commute in Dumbarton, VA

Most working residents leave Dumbarton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (20%), Innsbrook (4%) and Laurel (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 3,769 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,683 Dumbarton residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 5,212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dumbarton.

3,683live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

5,212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dumbarton goes to work

Richmond5.8 mi away

20%741

Innsbrook4.7 mi away

4%152

Laurel1.7 mi away

3%114

Short Pump6.8 mi away

3%112

Mechanicsville8.5 mi away

3%105

Dumbarton (in town)right here

2%86

Tuckahoe4.7 mi away

2%74

Ashland10.4 mi away

2%59

Tysons91.7 mi away

1%49

Lakeside1.7 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,229

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

How far

How far Dumbarton commutes

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

66%

14%

17%

66%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dumbarton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dumbarton are

5,298 jobs are based in Dumbarton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dumbarton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dumbarton

5,298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dumbarton residents hold

3,769 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+41%

Jobs based in Dumbarton, 2013 → 2023: 3,751 → 5,298. 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.