With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Bealeton works elsewhere
537 jobs are based in Bealeton for 3,179 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bealeton A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bealeton: the figures worth knowing
Bealeton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Bealeton is a place people come home to
There are 537 jobs based in Bealeton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bealeton has about 2,400 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bealeton
63% of Bealeton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Bealeton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How Bealeton earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bealeton is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #86 of 253 in Virginia. The poverty rate holds Bealeton’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bealeton could be anywhere from B+ to A.
From Bealeton, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bealeton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,662 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many people are in Bealeton by day
On a workday 3,132 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Bealeton on a workday afternoon, 52% 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 Bealeton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bealeton, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 537. 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 Bealeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Warrenton
Where Bealeton clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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 Bealeton
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.
Bealeton is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bealeton is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #230 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Bealeton 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 2,980 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). 3.6% of Bealeton households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bealeton’s commuters take a bus or train.
537th of 3,758: where Bealeton ranks among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 535 | West Menlo Park CA | 3,634 | $250K | 3.0% | 6.3% | 1% | A |
| 536 | Goddard KS | 6,638 | $94K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| 537 | Bealeton VA | 5,034 | $108K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| 538 | Polk City IA | 6,630 | $164K | 6.7% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 539 | Muttontown NY | 3,568 | $250K | 4.0% | 7.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bealeton, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Bealeton: questions
What is the median household income in Bealeton?
$108,224 (±$30,504) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bealeton?
1.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bealeton?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bealeton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warrenton (11%, 9 mi), Manassas (5%, 20 mi), Washington (3%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bealeton walkable?
Bealeton is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bealeton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bealeton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bealeton
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.