Work & commute · Purcellville

Work & commute in Purcellville, VA

Most working residents leave Purcellville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Leesburg (7%), Reston (5%) and Ashburn (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

364 of 4,262 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,898 Purcellville residents head out of town to work, 364 work right here, and 4,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Purcellville.

3,898live here, work elsewhere

364live and work here

4,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Purcellville goes to work

Purcellville (in town)right here

9%364

Leesburg8.2 mi away

7%298

Reston23.1 mi away

5%229

Ashburn15 mi away

4%180

Washington, DC40.5 mi away

4%169

Arlington37.2 mi away

4%151

Broadlands13.4 mi away

3%149

Tysons29.8 mi away

3%148

Chantilly22.4 mi away

3%123

McNair20.4 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,372

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

How far

How far Purcellville commutes

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

21%

37%

31%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Purcellville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Purcellville are

4,482 jobs are based in Purcellville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Purcellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Purcellville

4,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Purcellville residents hold

4,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+20%

Jobs based in Purcellville, 2013 → 2023: 3,744 → 4,482. 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.