Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Apple Mountain Lake have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Apple Mountain Lake A−; getting around on foot earns it D−. 3.2% of residents are in poverty, where Virginia as a whole has 9.9%. 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Apple Mountain Lake stands out on work
Apple Mountain Lake is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Apple Mountain Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Apple Mountain Lake has about 1,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Apple Mountain Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 637 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Apple Mountain Lake
On income, poverty and job access, Apple Mountain Lake is better than 81% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Apple Mountain Lake’s grade up ($131,799, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Apple Mountain Lake’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Apple Mountain Lake could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily flow of workers through Apple Mountain Lake
On a workday 633 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Apple Mountain Lake on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.07 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 45 minutes each way, longer than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Apple Mountain Lake workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 848 commuters (the 8% 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.
11% of working residents work in Front Royal
Where Apple Mountain Lake clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
What Apple Mountain Lake’s employers do
43 jobs are based in Apple Mountain Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Apple Mountain Lake, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 43. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apple Mountain Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Apple Mountain Lake’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Apple Mountain Lake: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Apple Mountain Lake is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Apple Mountain Lake 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 924 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). 0.0% of Apple Mountain Lake households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Apple Mountain Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Apple Mountain Lake places 645th of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Washington Township OH | 2,264 | $86K | 6.2% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 644 | New Denmark WI | 1,539 | $109K | 7.5% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 645 | Apple Mountain Lake VA | 1,671 | $132K | 3.2% | 4.3% | 1% | A− |
| 646 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 8% | A− |
| 647 | Spencer Township OH | 1,754 | $85K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Apple Mountain Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Apple Mountain Lake and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Apple Mountain Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Mountain Lake | – | A− | D− | 45 min | $131,799 |
| Skyland Estates | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Skyland Estates: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Apple Mountain Lake’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 2024, 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 Apple Mountain Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Apple Mountain Lake?
$131,799 (±$23,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Apple Mountain Lake?
3.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Apple Mountain Lake?
45 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Apple Mountain Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Front Royal (11%, 4 mi), Washington (4%, 58 mi), Winchester (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Apple Mountain Lake walkable?
Apple Mountain Lake is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Apple Mountain Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Apple Mountain Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Apple Mountain Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.