Work & commute · Triangle

Work & commute in Triangle, VA

Most working residents leave Triangle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Arlington (5%) and Alexandria (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 3,896 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,863 Triangle residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Triangle.

3,863live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Triangle goes to work

Washington, DC29.6 mi away

9%347

Arlington25.7 mi away

5%207

Alexandria22.7 mi away

4%146

Tysons26.3 mi away

3%130

Potomac Mills7.6 mi away

3%129

Springfield17.7 mi away

3%110

Woodbridge7.3 mi away

2%91

Chantilly24.6 mi away

2%87

Dumfries1.3 mi away

2%81

Fair Oaks22.1 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%2,491

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

How far

How far Triangle commutes

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

23%

36%

29%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Triangle is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Triangle are

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

Jobs based in Triangle

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Triangle residents hold

3,896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+50%

Jobs based in Triangle, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 525. 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.