Abijah Thomas House · Photo: RegionalGirl137 · CC BY-SA 3.0Adwolf has lower household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Adwolf for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (20%, 5 miles). 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line; Virginia has 9.9%. Jobs and income earn Adwolf D; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Adwolf, in a few figures
Adwolf and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Adwolf residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Adwolf come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Adwolf is a place people come home to
There are 148 jobs based in Adwolf, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Adwolf has about 560 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Adwolf are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. 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 631 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Adwolf’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Adwolf is better than 9% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Adwolf’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($44,464, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Adwolf’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Adwolf could be anywhere from D− to B.
Where the trip to work from Adwolf ends
Where Adwolf clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in Adwolf, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Adwolf on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
Adwolf’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adwolf workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 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.
Adwolf is a services town
148 jobs are based in Adwolf.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adwolf, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 148. 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 Adwolf’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Adwolf to work
About 20% 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.
Most of Adwolf commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Adwolf is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 332 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.1% of Adwolf households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Adwolf’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,611th of 3,133: where Adwolf ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Kincora VA | 1,008 | $134K | 8.8% | 6.3% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 178 | Ruckersville VA | 1,399 | $102K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,609 | Lebanon NY | 1,328 | $67K | 24.2% | 19.3% | 2% | D |
| 2,610 | Bethlehem Township OH | 1,083 | $64K | 25.0% | 1.8% | 2% | D |
| 2,611 | Adwolf VA | 1,046 | $44K | 15.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 2,612 | Hansen ID | 1,109 | $50K | 29.8% | 1.1% | 3% | D |
| 2,613 | Dillsboro IN | 1,375 | $49K | 14.9% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Adwolf, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work in the towns next to Adwolf
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adwolf workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adwolf | – | D | B− | 18 min | $44,464 |
| Seven Mile Ford | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Seven Mile Ford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Adwolf’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 Adwolf: questions
What is the median household income in Adwolf?
$44,464 (±$27,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adwolf?
15.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adwolf?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adwolf work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (20%, 5 mi), Chilhowie (9%, 5 mi), Atkins (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Adwolf walkable?
Adwolf is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adwolf without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adwolf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adwolf
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.