Work & commute · Navy

Work & commute in Navy, VA

Most working residents leave Navy for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (10%), Tysons (8%) and Arlington (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,983 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,898 Navy residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Navy.

1,898live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Navy goes to work

Washington, DC20 mi away

10%205

Tysons8.9 mi away

8%162

Arlington15.4 mi away

8%152

Reston4.9 mi away

7%136

Fair Oaks2.2 mi away

5%103

Chantilly2.9 mi away

5%98

Springfield13.2 mi away

5%91

Navy (in town)right here

4%85

McNair4.7 mi away

3%58

Fairfax5.3 mi away

3%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%837

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

How far

How far Navy commutes

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

52%

40%

52%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Navy is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Navy are

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

Jobs based in Navy

543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Navy residents hold

1,983 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+42%

Jobs based in Navy, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 543. 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.