Work & commute · Wakefield

Work & commute in Wakefield, VA

Most working residents leave Wakefield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Arlington (9%) and Springfield (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 4,714 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,614 Wakefield residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 1,474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wakefield.

4,614live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

1,474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wakefield goes to work

Washington, DC13.4 mi away

14%662

Arlington8.5 mi away

9%438

Springfield4.4 mi away

8%381

Tysons6.7 mi away

6%297

Alexandria8.6 mi away

4%207

Reston10.5 mi away

4%177

Fair Oaks6.8 mi away

3%162

Fairfax3.6 mi away

3%152

Merrifield3.2 mi away

2%100

Wakefield (in town)right here

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,038

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

How far

How far Wakefield commutes

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

51%

40%

51%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wakefield is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wakefield are

1,574 jobs are based in Wakefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wakefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wakefield

1,574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Wakefield residents hold

4,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−36%

Jobs based in Wakefield, 2013 → 2023: 2,445 → 1,574. 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.