Work & commute · Laurel Hill

Work & commute in Laurel Hill, VA

Most working residents leave Laurel Hill for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Springfield (10%) and Arlington (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 3,448 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,393 Laurel Hill residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurel Hill.

3,393live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurel Hill goes to work

Washington, DC18.4 mi away

14%485

Springfield6.1 mi away

10%329

Arlington14.2 mi away

8%288

Alexandria11.6 mi away

5%183

Tysons14.9 mi away

5%171

Reston17.9 mi away

4%138

Fair Oaks12.6 mi away

3%107

Chantilly16.6 mi away

2%74

Newington3.1 mi away

2%67

Laurel Hill (in town)right here

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,551

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

How far

How far Laurel Hill commutes

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

29%

61%

29%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurel Hill is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurel Hill are

949 jobs are based in Laurel Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laurel Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laurel Hill

949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Laurel Hill residents hold

3,448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−13%

Jobs based in Laurel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,096 → 949. 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.