Work & commute · Leesburg

Work & commute in Leesburg, VA

Most working residents leave Leesburg for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (5%), Ashburn (5%) and Tysons (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,134 of 25,185 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,051 Leesburg residents head out of town to work, 3,134 work right here, and 20,046 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leesburg.

22,051live here, work elsewhere

3,134live and work here

20,046work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leesburg goes to work

Leesburg (in town)right here

12%3,134

Reston15.6 mi away

5%1,360

Ashburn7.5 mi away

5%1,285

Tysons22 mi away

5%1,140

Arlington29.3 mi away

4%1,052

Washington, DC32.4 mi away

4%963

Chantilly16.3 mi away

3%804

Broadlands6.9 mi away

3%796

McNair13.3 mi away

2%508

Dulles Town Center9.8 mi away

2%470

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%13,673

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

How far

How far Leesburg commutes

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

33%

37%

21%

10%

33%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leesburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leesburg are

23,180 jobs are based in Leesburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leesburg

23,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Leesburg residents hold

25,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+26%

Jobs based in Leesburg, 2013 → 2023: 18,375 → 23,180. 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.