Work & commute · Manassas

Work & commute in Manassas, VA

Most working residents leave Manassas for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Chantilly (4%), Washington (4%) and Arlington (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,067 of 18,400 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,333 Manassas residents head out of town to work, 2,067 work right here, and 18,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manassas.

16,333live here, work elsewhere

2,067live and work here

18,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manassas goes to work

Manassas (in town)right here

11%2,067

Chantilly10.1 mi away

4%818

Washington, DC27.3 mi away

4%698

Arlington22.5 mi away

3%618

Tysons18.3 mi away

3%525

Reston15.8 mi away

3%487

Fair Oaks10.6 mi away

3%460

Springfield16.3 mi away

2%400

Bull Run3.1 mi away

2%330

Gainesville9.2 mi away

2%310

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%11,687

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

How far

How far Manassas commutes

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

37%

45%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manassas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manassas are

20,697 jobs are based in Manassas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manassas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manassas

20,697 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Manassas residents hold

18,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Manassas, 2013 → 2023: 18,945 → 20,697. 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.