Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0Dunn Loring ranks among the highest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Below the poverty line: 5.1% of residents, next to 9.9% across Virginia. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Dunn Loring A+; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Dunn Loring in brief
Home offices are common in Dunn Loring
35% of Dunn Loring workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Four in five Dunn Loring workers earn over $40,000 a year
80% of Dunn Loring’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Why Dunn Loring gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dunn Loring is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #32 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($244,265, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunn Loring could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 27 minutes to work from Dunn Loring
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunn Loring workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,020 commuters (the 35% 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.
In Dunn Loring, services account for most jobs
1,767 jobs are based in Dunn Loring.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunn Loring, 2013 → 2023: 2,026 → 1,767. 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 Dunn Loring’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Dunn Loring for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,055 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 1,696 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Dunn Loring on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Washington
Where Dunn Loring clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dunn Loring
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.
Dunn Loring is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,626 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 38.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.2% of Dunn Loring households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Dunn Loring’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dunn Loring is 125th of 2,862 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Lowes Island VA | 11,018 | $221K | 1.6% | 3.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 124 | White Bear Township MN | 10,399 | $129K | 2.3% | 3.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 125 | Dunn Loring VA | 8,957 | $244K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 126 | Dranesville VA | 11,828 | $215K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 127 | Laurel Hill VA | 7,450 | $156K | 4.2% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dunn Loring, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Dunn Loring and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Tysons (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunn Loring workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Loring | – | A+ | A | 27 min | $244,265 |
| Vienna | 2% | A | A+ | 26 min | $216,953 |
| Tysons | 13% | A | A+ | 27 min | $129,818 |
| Merrifield | 2% | A+ | A+ | 28 min | $136,373 |
| Idylwood | under 3% | A+ | A | 25 min | $120,109 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dunn Loring’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 Dunn Loring: questions
What is the median household income in Dunn Loring?
$244,265 (±$23,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunn Loring?
5.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunn Loring?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunn Loring work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (17%, 11 mi), Tysons (13%, 2 mi), Arlington (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunn Loring walkable?
Dunn Loring is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunn Loring without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunn Loring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunn Loring
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.