Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Remington has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Remington for work; outside it, Warrenton is the main destination (10%, 13 miles). Remington has 188 jobs for 339 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Remington in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Remington than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Remington fell from 310 in 2013 to 188 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Remington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Remington workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs in Remington: what the 188 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Remington, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 188. 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 Remington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Remington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Remington workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 448 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who commutes out of Remington, and who commutes in
On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Remington on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer 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.
Out of Remington to work: where people go
Where Remington clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Miles to work from Remington
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.
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 Remington: questions
What is the median household income in Remington?
$56,500 (±$20,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Remington?
14.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Remington?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Remington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warrenton (10%, 13 mi), Manassas (6%, 23 mi), Culpeper (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Remington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Remington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Remington
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.