Work & commute · Stephens

Work & commute in Stephens, VA

Most working residents leave Stephens for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (22%), Front Royal (3%) and Leesburg (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 963 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 941 Stephens residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stephens.

941live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stephens goes to work

Winchester5.8 mi away

22%209

Front Royal11.9 mi away

3%32

Stephens City (in town)right here

2%22

Leesburg35.2 mi away

2%19

Richmond115.3 mi away

1%14

Chantilly44 mi away

1%14

Berryville13.2 mi away

1%11

Reston47.6 mi away

1%11

Vienna53.3 mi away

1%9

Warrenton34.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%613

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

How far

How far Stephens commutes

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

47%

10%

18%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stephens is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stephens are

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

Jobs based in Stephens

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Stephens residents hold

963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+17%

Jobs based in Stephens, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 307. 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.