Work & commute · Lansdowne

Work & commute in Lansdowne, VA

Most working residents leave Lansdowne for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (7%), Tysons (7%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

292 of 6,196 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,904 Lansdowne residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 5,706 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansdowne.

5,904live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

5,706work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansdowne goes to work

Reston11.7 mi away

7%428

Tysons17.8 mi away

7%411

Washington, DC28 mi away

6%392

Leesburg4.4 mi away

5%329

Ashburn4.2 mi away

5%317

Lansdowne (in town)right here

5%292

Arlington25.1 mi away

5%280

McNair9.9 mi away

3%191

Chantilly13.7 mi away

3%171

Broadlands5.3 mi away

2%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,251

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

How far

How far Lansdowne commutes

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

32%

38%

20%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansdowne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansdowne are

5,998 jobs are based in Lansdowne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansdowne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansdowne

5,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lansdowne residents hold

6,196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+5%

Jobs based in Lansdowne, 2013 → 2023: 5,709 → 5,998. 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.