Work & commute · Occoquan

Work & commute in Occoquan, VA

Most working residents leave Occoquan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Arlington (6%) and Alexandria (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 455 Occoquan residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 415 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Occoquan.

455live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

415work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Occoquan goes to work

Washington, DC20.3 mi away

7%34

Arlington16.1 mi away

6%30

Alexandria13.5 mi away

5%25

Springfield8.1 mi away

5%24

Tysons16.7 mi away

4%17

Reston19.2 mi away

4%17

Occoquan (in town)right here

3%13

Woodbridge2.9 mi away

3%12

Potomac Mills2.6 mi away

2%10

Fair Oaks13.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%276

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

How far

How far Occoquan commutes

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

28%

56%

28%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Occoquan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Occoquan are

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

Jobs based in Occoquan

428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Occoquan residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+101%

Jobs based in Occoquan, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 428. 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.