Photo: Cecouchman · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Brandy Station commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Brandy Station for work; outside it, Culpeper is the main destination (13%, 6 miles). There are 47 jobs in Brandy Station, and 85 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 29% of workers, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Brandy Station, and who commutes in
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Brandy Station on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
The towns that employ Brandy Station’s residents
Where Brandy Station clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
45% of the jobs in Brandy Station make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandy Station, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 47. 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 Brandy Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Brandy Station
of Brandy Station workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 29% 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.
Where in the region Brandy Station works
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.
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 Brandy Station: questions
What is the median household income in Brandy Station?
$140,475 (±$84,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandy Station?
6.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brandy Station work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Culpeper (13%, 6 mi), Warrenton (9%, 16 mi), Arlington (5%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brandy Station 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 Brandy Station, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandy Station
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.