Photo: Office of Naval Research from Arlington, United States · CC BY 2.0A job hub: Dahlgren Center has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 526 people come in to work
Commuters spend 15 minutes getting to work on average, where Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Dahlgren Center report 526 jobs, and 225 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Dahlgren Center itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (8%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Dahlgren Center, in brief
Dahlgren Center is where the jobs are
Dahlgren Center has 526 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Dahlgren Center’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dahlgren Center is Washington, DC, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (19) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The jobs in Dahlgren Center pay better than its residents’ jobs
92% of the jobs based in Dahlgren Center pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 66% of the jobs Dahlgren Center residents hold. 100% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Dahlgren Center. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Dahlgren Center: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 225 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Dahlgren Center on a workday afternoon, 39% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Dahlgren Center’s workers travel
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Services make up most of the work in Dahlgren Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dahlgren Center, 2013 → 2023: 640 → 526. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dahlgren Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Dahlgren Center’s workforce comes from
Where Dahlgren Center clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Dahlgren Center takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dahlgren Center workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 376 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Around Dahlgren Center: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Dahlgren (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dahlgren Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlgren Center | – | — | — | 15 min | $96,000 |
| Dahlgren | 6% | B | C− | 26 min | $110,057 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dahlgren Center’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dahlgren Center: questions
What is the median household income in Dahlgren Center?
$96,000 (±$22,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dahlgren Center?
1.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dahlgren Center?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dahlgren Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (8%, 39 mi), Dahlgren (6%, 2 mi), King George (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dahlgren Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dahlgren Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dahlgren Center
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.