Moor Green · Public domainHouseholds in Buckhall have higher incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.0% of residents, where Virginia as a whole has 9.9%. Buckhall grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Home is the office for 26% of workers, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Buckhall and work: the main findings
Buckhall workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Buckhall’s commute
The biggest draw, Manassas, gets only 7% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Buckhall residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Buckhall
72% of Buckhall residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Buckhall pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Buckhall
26% of Buckhall workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Buckhall has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Buckhall went from 1,744 in 2013 to 2,377 in 2023, +36%. 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.
What’s behind Buckhall’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Buckhall is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #71 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($180,021, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, 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, Buckhall could be anywhere from A− to A+.
From Buckhall, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckhall workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,276 commuters (the 26% 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.
7% of working residents work in Manassas
Where Buckhall clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Buckhall’s employers do
2,377 jobs are based in Buckhall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckhall, 2013 → 2023: 1,744 → 2,377. 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 Buckhall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Buckhall on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8,996 residents head out to work, 206 work right here, and 2,171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Buckhall on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
How many miles Buckhall commutes
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.
Buckhall is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buckhall is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #139 of 253 in Virginia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Virginia, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,181 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 20% 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 2.1% of Buckhall households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Buckhall’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Buckhall ranks: 315th of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 313 | Papillion NE | 25,127 | $112K | 5.3% | 3.2% | 12% | A |
| 314 | Buda TX | 16,166 | $124K | 6.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A |
| 315 | Buckhall VA | 21,602 | $180K | 6.0% | 3.5% | 2% | A |
| 316 | Mill Creek East WA | 25,453 | $193K | 4.1% | 4.4% | 1% | A |
| 317 | Kenmore WA | 24,249 | $140K | 5.7% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | 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 Buckhall, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Next door to Buckhall
The biggest share goes to Manassas (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buckhall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhall | – | A | B+ | 39 min | $180,021 |
| Manassas | 7% | A− | A | 32 min | $113,590 |
| Manassas Park | under 2% | A− | A | 37 min | $103,250 |
| Yorkshire | under 2% | B+ | A | 34 min | $112,829 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buckhall’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 Buckhall: questions
What is the median household income in Buckhall?
$180,021 (±$11,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckhall?
6.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckhall?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckhall work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manassas (7%, 3 mi), Chantilly (5%, 12 mi), Tysons (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buckhall walkable?
Buckhall is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buckhall 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 Buckhall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckhall
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.