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Work & commute in Opal, VA

Most working residents leave Opal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Warrenton (11%), Chantilly (4%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
7 of 389 working residents
Typical commute
29 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
41 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 382 Opal residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Opal.

382live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
405work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Opal goes to work

WashingtonRemingtonManassas ParkWarrentonLurayManassasAlexandriaMcNairOpalFair OaksBealetonWoodbridgeCentrevilleDale CityChantillyRestonArlingtonWarrentonChantillyWashingtonMcNairRestonArlingtonFair OaksAlexandriaManassasOpal
1
Warrenton7.1 mi away
11%44
2
Chantilly27.4 mi away
4%14
3
Washington, DC47.2 mi away
3%12
4
McNair31.6 mi away
3%11
5
Reston33.9 mi away
3%11
6
Arlington42.3 mi away
3%11
7
Fair Oaks29.9 mi away
2%9
8
Alexandria41.6 mi away
2%8
9
Manassas19.8 mi away
2%7
10
Opal (in town)right here
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
66%255

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

How far

How far Opal commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
49%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Opal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Opal are

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

Jobs based in Opal

412 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities40%
Services (health, schools, offices…)25%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Opal residents hold

389 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−28%

Jobs based in Opal, 2013 → 2023: 573 → 412. 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.

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