Work & commute · Union Mill

Work & commute in Union Mill, VA

Most working residents leave Union Mill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Tysons (7%) and Arlington (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 2,139 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,112 Union Mill residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Mill.

2,112live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Mill goes to work

Washington, DC21.2 mi away

9%197

Tysons11.9 mi away

7%150

Arlington16.3 mi away

7%149

Chantilly6.8 mi away

5%117

Reston10.5 mi away

5%110

Fair Oaks4.7 mi away

5%108

Springfield11 mi away

5%101

Fairfax5.9 mi away

3%70

Alexandria16.4 mi away

2%49

McNair10.5 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,047

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

How far

How far Union Mill commutes

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

40%

50%

40%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Mill is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Mill are

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

Jobs based in Union Mill

613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Union Mill residents hold

2,139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+44%

Jobs based in Union Mill, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 613. 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.