Work & commute · Huntington

Work & commute in Huntington, VA

Most working residents leave Huntington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Arlington (11%) and Alexandria (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70 of 5,953 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,883 Huntington residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 1,518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntington.

5,883live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

1,518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntington goes to work

Washington, DC8.3 mi away

24%1,409

Arlington6.2 mi away

11%682

Alexandria2 mi away

10%589

Tysons12.4 mi away

4%248

Springfield6.2 mi away

4%230

Reston18.7 mi away

3%150

Fair Oaks16.3 mi away

1%81

McNair21.6 mi away

1%79

Chantilly21.1 mi away

1%74

Huntington (in town)right here

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,341

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

How far

How far Huntington commutes

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

62%

27%

62%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntington is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntington are

1,588 jobs are based in Huntington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntington

1,588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Huntington residents hold

5,953 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−12%

Jobs based in Huntington, 2013 → 2023: 1,811 → 1,588. 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.