Photo: Khalid Mahmood · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Woodbridge commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Woodbridge is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Employers in Woodbridge report 8,249 jobs, against 18,329 working residents. The two grades for Woodbridge are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Woodbridge: the gist
No single place dominates Woodbridge’s commute
The biggest draw, Washington, DC, gets only 7% of working residents, and 60% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Woodbridge residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Woodbridge 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 ↓
Woodbridge draws workers from far and wide
The 8,249 jobs in Woodbridge are filled from a wide area. Woodbridge’s own residents hold 13% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Woodbridge’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Woodbridge is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #144 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Woodbridge’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woodbridge could be anywhere from B to A−.
7% of working residents work in Washington
Where Woodbridge clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Woodbridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodbridge workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,454 commuters (the 13% 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.
Woodbridge by day and by night
On a workday 17,253 residents head out to work, 1,076 work right here, and 7,173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34,000 people are in Woodbridge 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.
What Woodbridge’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodbridge, 2013 → 2023: 8,151 → 8,249. 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 Woodbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Woodbridge
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Woodbridge
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodbridge is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #97 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Woodbridge near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 23,502 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 45% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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 Woodbridge households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Woodbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Woodbridge next to U.S. towns of 31,000 to 59,000: 496th of 985 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 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Ashburn VA | 46,026 | $155K | 4.0% | 3.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 494 | Cutler Bay FL | 44,750 | $89K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 495 | Orangevale CA | 35,958 | $100K | 10.4% | 5.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 496 | Woodbridge VA | 43,945 | $105K | 9.0% | 6.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 497 | Portage MI | 49,862 | $83K | 7.1% | 4.3% | 22% | B+ |
| 498 | Cuyahoga Falls OH | 50,975 | $73K | 10.5% | 3.2% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | 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 Woodbridge, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Next door to Woodbridge
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge | – | B+ | A− | 35 min | $104,741 |
| Leesylvania | under 2% | A− | A | 40 min | $132,524 |
| Mason Neck | under 2% | A+ | C− | 29 min | $167,857 |
| Lake Ridge | under 2% | A | A− | 36 min | $127,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodbridge’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 Woodbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Woodbridge?
$104,741 (±$5,559) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodbridge?
9.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodbridge?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodbridge work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (7%, 22 mi), Arlington (5%, 18 mi), Alexandria (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woodbridge walkable?
Woodbridge is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodbridge without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodbridge
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.