Work & commute · The Plains

Work & commute in The Plains, VA

Most working residents leave The Plains for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (6%), Arlington (6%) and Warrenton (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 The Plains residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in The Plains.

106live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where The Plains goes to work

Washington, DC40.9 mi away

6%6

Arlington36.2 mi away

6%6

Warrenton10.1 mi away

5%5

Herndon22.1 mi away

4%4

Marshall3.4 mi away

3%3

Chantilly18 mi away

3%3

Reston23.6 mi away

3%3

Rockville, MD36.6 mi away

2%2

Middleburg7.8 mi away

2%2

Culpeper29.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%70

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

How far

How far The Plains commutes

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

14%

33%

39%

14%

14%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

The Plains is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in The Plains are

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

Jobs based in The Plains

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs The Plains residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−4%

Jobs based in The Plains, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 165. 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.