Beach Station · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Brandermill earn more than those in 82% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Brandermill for work; outside it, Richmond is the main destination (19%, 12 miles). Below the poverty line: 7.8% of residents, against 9.9% across Virginia. Brandermill grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brandermill, in a few figures
Brandermill trades workers with the towns around it
Brandermill has about as many jobs (7,290) as working residents (6,628), but they are mostly different people: 6,290 residents leave for work each day while 6,952 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Brandermill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Brandermill draws workers from far and wide
The 7,290 jobs in Brandermill are filled from a wide area. Brandermill’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 20%; the other 75% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brandermill
68% of Brandermill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Brandermill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Brandermill are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Brandermill’s own working residents. 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.
The figures behind Brandermill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brandermill is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #124 of 253 in Virginia. Household income holds Brandermill’s grade up ($107,396, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brandermill could be anywhere from B to A.
Who commutes out of Brandermill, and who commutes in
On a workday 6,290 residents head out to work, 338 work right here, and 6,952 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 (1.10 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.
Where the trip to work from Brandermill ends
Where Brandermill clocks in
19% 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.
What Brandermill’s employers do
7,290 jobs are based in Brandermill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandermill, 2013 → 2023: 6,421 → 7,290. 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 Brandermill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Brandermill spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandermill workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,569 commuters (the 20% 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 far Brandermill’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
The commute in Brandermill is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brandermill is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #153 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 7,001 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). 5.1% of Brandermill households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brandermill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Brandermill is 811th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Wakefield VA | 11,930 | $238K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Franconia VA | 18,335 | $152K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 809 | Centre Township IN | 14,444 | $79K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 810 | Bordentown Township NJ | 12,821 | $110K | 7.3% | 5.6% | 6% | A− |
| 811 | Brandermill VA | 13,730 | $107K | 7.8% | 4.6% | 5% | A− |
| 812 | Standish ME | 11,000 | $105K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 8% | A− |
| 813 | Maynard MA | 10,703 | $124K | 8.3% | 5.5% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Brandermill, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Brandermill and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Midlothian (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brandermill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandermill | – | A− | B+ | 26 min | $107,396 |
| Woodlake | under 2% | A | B | 25 min | $139,344 |
| Midlothian | 2% | A | C+ | 24 min | $110,084 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brandermill’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 Brandermill: questions
What is the median household income in Brandermill?
$107,396 (±$7,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandermill?
7.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brandermill?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brandermill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (19%, 12 mi), Innsbrook (3%, 16 mi), Bon Air (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brandermill walkable?
Brandermill is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brandermill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brandermill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandermill
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.