Photo: BramLife · CC BY-SA 4.0Brambleton has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Measured by household income, Brambleton is among the highest-earning towns in the country. The poverty rate is 3.5% (Virginia 9.9%). Jobs and income earn Brambleton A+; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Brambleton, in brief
Home offices are common in Brambleton
50% of Brambleton workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Brambleton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brambleton went from 1,553 in 2013 to 2,982 in 2023, +92%. The jobs ↓
Brambleton 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 ↓
Brambleton is a place people come home to
There are 2,982 jobs based in Brambleton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brambleton has about 15,000 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Brambleton workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Brambleton’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs based in Brambleton itself pay less: 60% are in that band. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Brambleton’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brambleton is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #40 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($238,018, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brambleton could be anywhere from A to A+.
Time on the road from Brambleton: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brambleton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,400 commuters (the 50% 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.
Most jobs in Brambleton are in services
2,982 jobs are based in Brambleton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brambleton, 2013 → 2023: 1,553 → 2,982. 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 Brambleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brambleton by day and by night
On a workday 12,259 residents head out to work, 381 work right here, and 2,601 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Brambleton on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
8% of working residents work in Tysons
Where Brambleton clocks in
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.
Short hops and long hauls from Brambleton
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Brambleton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brambleton is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #88 of 253 in Virginia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,806 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Brambleton households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Brambleton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brambleton next to U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000: 79th of 1,642 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Franconia VA | 18,335 | $152K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Gainesville VA | 18,196 | $174K | 4.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 78 | Livingston Township NJ | 32,223 | $230K | 2.3% | 4.3% | 9% | A+ |
| 79 | Brambleton VA | 24,537 | $238K | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 80 | Helena AL | 23,388 | $115K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 81 | Farragut TN | 25,121 | $142K | 3.8% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Brambleton, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work in the towns next to Brambleton
The biggest share goes to Broadlands (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brambleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brambleton | – | A+ | A | 37 min | $238,018 |
| Loudoun Valley Estates | under 3% | A+ | A− | 35 min | $224,704 |
| Moorefield | under 3% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $205,257 |
| Arcola | under 3% | A | A | 25 min | $129,116 |
| Broadlands | 2% | A+ | B | 24 min | $241,042 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brambleton’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 Brambleton: questions
What is the median household income in Brambleton?
$238,018 (±$23,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brambleton?
3.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brambleton?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 50% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brambleton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tysons (8%, 17 mi), Reston (8%, 10 mi), Arlington (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brambleton walkable?
Brambleton is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brambleton without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brambleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brambleton
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.