Work & commute · Dumfries

Work & commute in Dumfries, VA

Most working residents leave Dumfries for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Arlington (4%) and Alexandria (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 2,294 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,226 Dumfries residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 2,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dumfries.

2,226live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

2,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dumfries goes to work

Washington, DC28.4 mi away

9%196

Arlington24.5 mi away

4%100

Alexandria21.5 mi away

4%85

Dumfries (in town)right here

3%68

Woodbridge6.1 mi away

3%68

Springfield16.5 mi away

3%62

Tysons25 mi away

2%55

Potomac Mills6.3 mi away

2%54

Fair Oaks20.8 mi away

2%52

Manassas15.4 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,509

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

How far

How far Dumfries commutes

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

25%

38%

24%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dumfries is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dumfries are

2,486 jobs are based in Dumfries. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dumfries’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dumfries

2,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Dumfries residents hold

2,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+27%

Jobs based in Dumfries, 2013 → 2023: 1,959 → 2,486. 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.