Work & commute · Dunn Loring

Work & commute in Dunn Loring, VA

Most working residents leave Dunn Loring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (17%), Tysons (13%) and Arlington (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 4,126 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,055 Dunn Loring residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 1,696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunn Loring.

4,055live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

1,696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunn Loring goes to work

Washington, DC11.4 mi away

17%684

Tysons1.9 mi away

13%539

Arlington6.9 mi away

9%374

Reston7.7 mi away

5%198

Springfield8.1 mi away

4%163

Alexandria9.4 mi away

3%109

Vienna1.6 mi away

2%96

Bethesda, MD8.7 mi away

2%92

Merrifield1.8 mi away

2%89

Fair Oaks7.2 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,697

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

How far

How far Dunn Loring commutes

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

55%

36%

55%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunn Loring is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunn Loring are

1,767 jobs are based in Dunn Loring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunn Loring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunn Loring

1,767 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Dunn Loring residents hold

4,126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month80%

−13%

Jobs based in Dunn Loring, 2013 → 2023: 2,026 → 1,767. 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.