Work & commute · Front Royal

Work & commute in Front Royal, VA

Most working residents leave Front Royal for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (6%), Washington (2%) and Arlington (2%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,393 of 7,459 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,066 Front Royal residents head out of town to work, 1,393 work right here, and 5,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Front Royal.

6,066live here, work elsewhere

1,393live and work here

5,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Front Royal goes to work

Front Royal (in town)right here

19%1,393

Winchester17.2 mi away

6%414

Washington, DC62.7 mi away

2%143

Arlington58.3 mi away

2%136

Chantilly39.9 mi away

2%135

Warrenton25.2 mi away

2%117

Ashburn39 mi away

1%100

Tysons51.4 mi away

1%93

Fair Oaks44.6 mi away

1%92

Alexandria59.6 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%4,759

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

How far

How far Front Royal commutes

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

29%

16%

26%

29%

29%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Front Royal is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Front Royal are

6,449 jobs are based in Front Royal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Front Royal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Front Royal

6,449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Front Royal residents hold

7,459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−2%

Jobs based in Front Royal, 2013 → 2023: 6,586 → 6,449. 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.