Work & commute · Lake Barcroft

Work & commute in Lake Barcroft, VA

Most working residents leave Lake Barcroft for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (19%), Arlington (13%) and Tysons (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 4,427 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,358 Lake Barcroft residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Barcroft.

4,358live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Barcroft goes to work

Washington, DC8.5 mi away

19%852

Arlington3.6 mi away

13%561

Tysons6.1 mi away

6%272

Alexandria4.7 mi away

5%231

Springfield5 mi away

4%174

Reston12.4 mi away

3%152

Fair Oaks10.7 mi away

2%106

Merrifield4.6 mi away

2%90

Chantilly15.5 mi away

2%71

Bailey's Crossroads1.5 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,848

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

How far

How far Lake Barcroft commutes

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

69%

23%

69%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Barcroft is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Barcroft are

910 jobs are based in Lake Barcroft. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Barcroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Barcroft

910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lake Barcroft residents hold

4,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−12%

Jobs based in Lake Barcroft, 2013 → 2023: 1,036 → 910. 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.