Work & commute · Lake Ridge

Work & commute in Lake Ridge, VA

Most working residents leave Lake Ridge for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (8%), Arlington (6%) and Alexandria (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

696 of 19,313 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,617 Lake Ridge residents head out of town to work, 696 work right here, and 5,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Ridge.

18,617live here, work elsewhere

696live and work here

5,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Ridge goes to work

Washington, DC21.6 mi away

8%1,480

Arlington17.2 mi away

6%1,176

Alexandria15 mi away

5%903

Springfield9.3 mi away

4%783

Tysons16.7 mi away

4%712

Lake Ridge (in town)right here

4%696

Potomac Mills2.1 mi away

3%553

Fair Oaks12.6 mi away

3%512

Chantilly15.8 mi away

3%493

Reston18.4 mi away

2%430

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%11,575

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

How far

How far Lake Ridge commutes

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

26%

58%

10%

26%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Ridge is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Ridge are

5,930 jobs are based in Lake Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Ridge

5,930 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lake Ridge residents hold

19,313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+25%

Jobs based in Lake Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 4,726 → 5,930. 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.