Work & commute · Potomac Mills

Work & commute in Potomac Mills, VA

Most working residents leave Potomac Mills for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (8%), Arlington (5%) and Alexandria (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 2,686 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,575 Potomac Mills residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 12,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potomac Mills.

2,575live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

12,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potomac Mills goes to work

Washington, DC22.9 mi away

8%204

Arlington18.7 mi away

5%137

Alexandria16.1 mi away

5%136

Potomac Mills (in town)right here

4%111

Tysons18.7 mi away

4%97

Springfield10.6 mi away

3%92

Lake Ridge2.1 mi away

3%86

Chantilly17.8 mi away

3%69

Reston20.5 mi away

2%67

Woodbridge2.6 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,621

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

How far

How far Potomac Mills commutes

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

25%

60%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potomac Mills is a job hub

4.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Potomac Mills are

12,383 jobs are based in Potomac Mills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Potomac Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Potomac Mills

12,383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Potomac Mills residents hold

2,686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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Jobs based in Potomac Mills, 2013 → 2023: 12,372 → 12,383. 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.