Work & commute · Ravensworth

Work & commute in Ravensworth, VA

Most working residents leave Ravensworth for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Arlington (11%) and Springfield (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,150 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,124 Ravensworth residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 2,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravensworth.

1,124live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

2,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravensworth goes to work

Washington, DC13.1 mi away

14%161

Arlington8.4 mi away

11%130

Springfield2.6 mi away

8%91

Tysons8.2 mi away

6%66

Alexandria7.6 mi away

5%61

Fair Oaks8.4 mi away

3%36

Reston12.3 mi away

3%33

Ravensworth (in town)right here

2%26

Annandale2.5 mi away

2%26

McLean9.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%498

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

How far

How far Ravensworth commutes

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

55%

36%

55%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravensworth is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravensworth are

2,656 jobs are based in Ravensworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ravensworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ravensworth

2,656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Ravensworth residents hold

1,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−9%

Jobs based in Ravensworth, 2013 → 2023: 2,912 → 2,656. 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.