Work & commute · Wolf Trap

Work & commute in Wolf Trap, VA

Most working residents leave Wolf Trap for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Tysons (12%) and Reston (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

128 of 7,036 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,908 Wolf Trap residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 1,416 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolf Trap.

6,908live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

1,416work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolf Trap goes to work

Washington, DC14.5 mi away

14%971

Tysons3.2 mi away

12%856

Reston3.8 mi away

8%590

Arlington10.6 mi away

8%553

Springfield12 mi away

4%288

McNair7.1 mi away

3%181

Vienna3 mi away

2%168

Alexandria13.5 mi away

2%168

Fair Oaks6.4 mi away

2%136

Herndon6 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,993

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

How far

How far Wolf Trap commutes

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

52%

38%

52%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolf Trap is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolf Trap are

1,544 jobs are based in Wolf Trap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wolf Trap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wolf Trap

1,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Wolf Trap residents hold

7,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+28%

Jobs based in Wolf Trap, 2013 → 2023: 1,208 → 1,544. 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.