Work & commute · West Springfield

Work & commute in West Springfield, VA

Most working residents leave West Springfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (15%), Springfield (10%) and Arlington (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

246 of 9,787 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,541 West Springfield residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 2,520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Springfield.

9,541live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

2,520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Springfield goes to work

Washington, DC14.3 mi away

15%1,430

Springfield2.2 mi away

10%975

Arlington9.8 mi away

8%816

Alexandria8.2 mi away

6%600

Tysons10.1 mi away

5%524

Fair Oaks9.5 mi away

3%333

West Springfield (in town)right here

3%246

Reston13.9 mi away

3%245

Chantilly14.1 mi away

2%200

Fairfax6.7 mi away

2%181

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,237

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

How far

How far West Springfield commutes

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

46%

44%

46%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Springfield is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Springfield are

2,766 jobs are based in West Springfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Springfield

2,766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs West Springfield residents hold

9,787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−5%

Jobs based in West Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,903 → 2,766. 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.