Work & commute · Greenbriar

Work & commute in Greenbriar, VA

Most working residents leave Greenbriar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Springfield (7%) and Arlington (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 3,673 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,599 Greenbriar residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 1,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenbriar.

3,599live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

1,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenbriar goes to work

Washington, DC20.7 mi away

7%274

Springfield13.1 mi away

7%258

Arlington16.1 mi away

7%251

Chantilly2.6 mi away

6%238

Tysons9.8 mi away

6%207

Reston6.1 mi away

5%201

Fair Oaks2.3 mi away

5%196

Fairfax5.5 mi away

3%105

McNair5.6 mi away

3%96

Greenbriar (in town)right here

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,773

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

How far

How far Greenbriar commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenbriar is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenbriar are

1,288 jobs are based in Greenbriar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenbriar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenbriar

1,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Greenbriar residents hold

3,673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−23%

Jobs based in Greenbriar, 2013 → 2023: 1,671 → 1,288. 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.