Photo: Wallygva · CC BY-SA 3.0Leesburg has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, against 18% across Virginia. 6.6% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. For jobs and income Leesburg is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Leesburg: the figures worth knowing
Leesburg trades workers with the towns around it
Leesburg has about as many jobs (23,180) as working residents (25,185), but they are mostly different people: 22,051 residents leave for work each day while 20,046 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Leesburg are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Leesburg’s commute
The biggest draw, Reston, gets only 5% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Leesburg residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Leesburg draws workers from far and wide
The 23,180 jobs in Leesburg are filled from a wide area. Leesburg’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 15%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Leesburg works from home
28% of Leesburg workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Leesburg’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($145,205, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. 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, Leesburg could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Leesburg
On a workday 22,051 residents head out to work, 3,134 work right here, and 20,046 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
5% of working residents work in Reston
Where Leesburg clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from Leesburg: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leesburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,128 commuters (the 28% 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.
Jobs in Leesburg: what the 23,180 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leesburg, 2013 → 2023: 18,375 → 23,180. 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 Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Leesburg commutes less than 16 miles
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.
In Leesburg, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 27,857 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.0% of Leesburg households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Leesburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Leesburg next to U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000: 111th of 887 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Ashburn VA | 46,026 | $155K | 4.0% | 3.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Hillsborough Township NJ | 45,061 | $154K | 3.0% | 4.6% | 9% | A |
| 110 | Pearl City HI | 44,547 | $118K | 5.8% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| 111 | Leesburg VA | 49,917 | $145K | 6.6% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| 112 | Bel Air South MD | 58,137 | $124K | 3.9% | 3.3% | 7% | A |
| 113 | Aliso Viejo CA | 49,844 | $142K | 5.1% | 4.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Leesburg, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Leesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Leesburg?
$145,205 (±$8,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leesburg?
6.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leesburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leesburg work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (5%, 16 mi), Ashburn (5%, 8 mi), Tysons (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leesburg walkable?
Leesburg is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leesburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leesburg
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.