Work & commute · Marshall

Work & commute in Marshall, VA

Most working residents leave Marshall for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Warrenton (8%), Washington (5%) and Chantilly (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 829 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 776 Marshall residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 991 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshall.

776live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

991work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshall goes to work

Warrenton10.5 mi away

8%64

Marshall (in town)right here

6%53

Washington, DC44.2 mi away

5%41

Chantilly21.3 mi away

3%28

Middleburg8.9 mi away

3%26

Fair Oaks25.8 mi away

2%18

Arlington39.6 mi away

2%15

Leesburg22.3 mi away

2%14

Reston26.8 mi away

2%14

Winchester28 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%543

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

How far

How far Marshall commutes

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

18%

33%

37%

12%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshall are

1,044 jobs are based in Marshall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshall

1,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Marshall residents hold

829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+47%

Jobs based in Marshall, 2013 → 2023: 708 → 1,044. 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.