Clermont · Photo: Betsy Fields · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Berryville (1.8%) than in 87% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Berryville itself; outside it, Winchester draws the most (7%, 11 miles). Berryville grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Berryville apart
Berryville trades workers with the towns around it
Berryville has about as many jobs (2,246) as working residents (2,274), but they are mostly different people: 2,055 residents leave for work each day while 2,027 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Berryville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Berryville’s commute
The biggest draw, Winchester, gets only 7% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Berryville residents fan out across the region. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Berryville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Berryville is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #133 of 253 in Virginia. Unemployment holds Berryville’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (10.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Berryville could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who commutes out of Berryville, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,055 residents head out to work, 219 work right here, and 2,027 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Berryville to work: where people go
Where Berryville clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
In Berryville, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,246 jobs are based in Berryville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berryville, 2013 → 2023: 2,311 → 2,246. 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 Berryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Berryville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berryville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,636 commuters (the 18% 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.
Half of Berryville commutes less than 31 miles
About 21% 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.
Getting around Berryville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berryville is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #186 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,995 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). 4.8% of Berryville households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Berryville’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,106th of 3,753: where Berryville ranks among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Navy VA | 3,839 | $239K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Crosspointe VA | 5,669 | $250K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Kings Park VA | 4,315 | $166K | 1.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,104 | Otis Orchards-East Farms WA | 5,454 | $98K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,105 | Swartz Creek MI | 5,827 | $72K | 10.9% | 0.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,106 | Berryville VA | 4,828 | $103K | 10.6% | 1.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,107 | Barre MA | 5,641 | $108K | 8.2% | 2.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,108 | East Hanover Township PA | 6,100 | $100K | 5.7% | 5.4% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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 Berryville, 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 Berryville: questions
What is the median household income in Berryville?
$102,788 (±$24,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berryville?
10.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berryville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berryville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (7%, 11 mi), Leesburg (5%, 23 mi), Reston (4%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berryville walkable?
Berryville is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berryville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berryville
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.