Work & commute · Mantua

Work & commute in Mantua, VA

Most working residents leave Mantua for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (16%), Arlington (9%) and Tysons (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 3,072 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,990 Mantua residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mantua.

2,990live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mantua goes to work

Washington, DC13.5 mi away

16%490

Arlington8.6 mi away

9%290

Tysons5.1 mi away

6%197

Springfield6.3 mi away

6%190

Alexandria9.7 mi away

5%141

Reston8.5 mi away

4%126

Fairfax2.2 mi away

3%107

Mantua (in town)right here

3%82

Fair Oaks5.5 mi away

3%79

Merrifield1.6 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,297

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

How far

How far Mantua commutes

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

54%

37%

54%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mantua is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mantua are

1,400 jobs are based in Mantua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mantua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mantua

1,400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Mantua residents hold

3,072 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+8%

Jobs based in Mantua, 2013 → 2023: 1,299 → 1,400. 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.