Work & commute · Lowes Island

Work & commute in Lowes Island, VA

Most working residents leave Lowes Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Reston (9%), Tysons (9%) and Washington (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 5,582 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,449 Lowes Island residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowes Island.

5,449live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowes Island goes to work

Reston6.8 mi away

9%502

Tysons11.2 mi away

9%484

Washington, DC20.7 mi away

8%427

Arlington18 mi away

6%327

Ashburn6.3 mi away

3%171

Chantilly12 mi away

3%159

Herndon5.7 mi away

3%145

McNair7.4 mi away

3%141

Lowes Island (in town)right here

2%133

Leesburg11.7 mi away

2%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,975

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

How far

How far Lowes Island commutes

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

34%

51%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowes Island is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowes Island are

970 jobs are based in Lowes Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lowes Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lowes Island

970 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lowes Island residents hold

5,582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+10%

Jobs based in Lowes Island, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 970. 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.