Work & commute · Warrenton

Work & commute in Warrenton, VA

Most working residents leave Warrenton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (4%), Arlington (3%) and Chantilly (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

930 of 5,089 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,159 Warrenton residents head out of town to work, 930 work right here, and 10,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warrenton.

4,159live here, work elsewhere

930live and work here

10,398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warrenton goes to work

Warrenton (in town)right here

18%930

Washington, DC44 mi away

4%197

Arlington39.1 mi away

3%173

Chantilly22.5 mi away

3%164

Manassas17.1 mi away

3%136

Tysons33.7 mi away

2%121

Reston28.9 mi away

2%120

Gainesville9.8 mi away

2%99

Fair Oaks25.8 mi away

2%98

Alexandria39.1 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,975

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

How far

How far Warrenton commutes

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

23%

25%

40%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warrenton is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warrenton are

11,328 jobs are based in Warrenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warrenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warrenton

11,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Warrenton residents hold

5,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+5%

Jobs based in Warrenton, 2013 → 2023: 10,761 → 11,328. 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.