Mitchell's Brick House Tavern · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Arrington works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Arrington itself; outside it, Charlottesville draws the most (9%, 33 miles). There are 25 jobs in Arrington; 333 of its residents have a job. 38% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Arrington stands out on work
Arrington is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Arrington, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Arrington has about 610 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Arrington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Arrington is Charlottesville, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (31) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Arrington works from home
38% of Arrington 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; with 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Arrington
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Arrington on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
How far Arrington’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
From Arrington, about 38 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arrington workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 38% 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.
The places Arrington commutes to
Where Arrington clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Arrington works in goods: 44% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arrington, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 25. 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 Arrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Arrington: questions
What is the poverty rate in Arrington?
20.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arrington?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arrington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (9%, 33 mi), Lovingston (8%, 6 mi), Lynchburg (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arrington 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 Arrington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arrington
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.