Work & commute · Montclair

Work & commute in Montclair, VA

Most working residents leave Montclair for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Arlington (6%) and Tysons (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 8,948 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,759 Montclair residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montclair.

8,759live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montclair goes to work

Washington, DC26.6 mi away

9%763

Arlington22.4 mi away

6%502

Tysons22.1 mi away

3%299

Springfield14.4 mi away

3%279

Alexandria19.9 mi away

3%272

Potomac Mills3.7 mi away

3%263

Reston23.3 mi away

3%246

Chantilly19.7 mi away

2%207

Fair Oaks17.4 mi away

2%206

Montclair (in town)right here

2%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%5,722

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

How far

How far Montclair commutes

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

23%

49%

16%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montclair 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 Montclair are

1,509 jobs are based in Montclair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montclair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montclair

1,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Montclair residents hold

8,948 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Montclair, 2013 → 2023: 1,306 → 1,509. 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.