Work & commute · Long Branch

Work & commute in Long Branch, VA

Most working residents leave Long Branch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (12%), Arlington (8%) and Springfield (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 3,076 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,013 Long Branch residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 488 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Branch.

3,013live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

488work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Branch goes to work

Washington, DC14.6 mi away

12%372

Arlington9.7 mi away

8%259

Springfield5.7 mi away

8%240

Tysons6.7 mi away

7%215

Alexandria10.1 mi away

4%133

Fairfax2.2 mi away

4%115

Reston9.4 mi away

4%114

Fair Oaks5.3 mi away

3%93

Chantilly10.1 mi away

3%77

Long Branch (in town)right here

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,395

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

How far

How far Long Branch commutes

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

53%

38%

53%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Branch is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Branch are

551 jobs are based in Long Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Branch

551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Long Branch residents hold

3,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−29%

Jobs based in Long Branch, 2013 → 2023: 777 → 551. 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.