Work & commute · Woodburn

Work & commute in Woodburn, VA

Most working residents leave Woodburn for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (12%), Arlington (9%) and Tysons (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

219 of 3,643 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,424 Woodburn residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 16,653 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodburn.

3,424live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

16,653work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodburn goes to work

Washington, DC11.9 mi away

12%427

Arlington7.1 mi away

9%322

Tysons5 mi away

8%287

Woodburn (in town)right here

6%219

Springfield5.2 mi away

5%192

Alexandria8 mi away

5%168

Merrifield1.6 mi away

4%141

Fair Oaks7.1 mi away

3%126

Reston9.7 mi away

3%126

Fairfax3.9 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,560

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

How far

How far Woodburn commutes

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

59%

33%

59%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodburn is a job hub

4.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodburn are

16,872 jobs are based in Woodburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodburn

16,872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Woodburn residents hold

3,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+135%

Jobs based in Woodburn, 2013 → 2023: 7,188 → 16,872. 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.