Work & commute · Quantico

Work & commute in Quantico, VA

Most working residents leave Quantico for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (17%), Quantico Base (5%) and Reston (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 133 Quantico residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quantico.

133live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quantico goes to work

Washington, DC30.2 mi away

17%24

Quantico Base1.6 mi away

5%7

Quantico (in town)right here

4%6

Reston29.8 mi away

4%5

Richmond69.2 mi away

3%4

Springfield18.8 mi away

3%4

Arlington26.6 mi away

3%4

Norfolk124.4 mi away

2%3

Rose Hill20.8 mi away

2%3

Woodbridge8.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%76

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

How far

How far Quantico commutes

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

20%

22%

34%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quantico is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Quantico are

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

Jobs based in Quantico

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Quantico residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−49%

Jobs based in Quantico, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 239. 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.