Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Crosspointe are among the highest of any U.S. town
The poverty rate is 3.7% (Virginia 9.9%). Measured by household income, Crosspointe is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Jobs and income earn Crosspointe 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
The commute and the jobs: Crosspointe in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Crosspointe
77% of Crosspointe residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Crosspointe pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Crosspointe workers cross into Washington, D.C.
24% of Crosspointe workers work outside Virginia, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (14%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Crosspointe
33% of Crosspointe workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Crosspointe is a place people come home to
There are 659 jobs based in Crosspointe, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crosspointe has about 4,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Crosspointe pay little
26% of the jobs based in Crosspointe pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Why Crosspointe gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crosspointe is among the top U.S. towns, #14 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
The Census reports Crosspointe’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crosspointe could be anywhere from A to A+.
What Crosspointe’s employers do
659 jobs are based in Crosspointe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crosspointe, 2013 → 2023: 550 → 659. 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 Crosspointe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Washington
Where Crosspointe clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Crosspointe: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crosspointe workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,906 commuters (the 33% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Crosspointe
On a workday 2,244 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 605 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Crosspointe on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.29 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 far Crosspointe’s workers travel
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: Crosspointe
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crosspointe is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #122 of 253 in Virginia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,861 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 0.0% of Crosspointe households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Crosspointe’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Crosspointe is 51st of 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Aledo TX | 7,122 | $163K | 2.8% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 50 | Pike Creek DE | 7,129 | $140K | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 51 | Crosspointe VA | 5,669 | $250K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 52 | Weston Lakes TX | 4,570 | $145K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 53 | Krum TX | 6,808 | $124K | 3.9% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | 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 Crosspointe, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Crosspointe and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crosspointe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosspointe | – | A+ | A− | 31 min | $250,000+ |
| South Run | under 2% | A+ | B | 33 min | $250,000+ |
| Laurel Hill | under 2% | A+ | A | 31 min | $155,667 |
| Newington Forest | under 2% | A | A | 34 min | $149,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crosspointe’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Crosspointe: questions
What is the median household income in Crosspointe?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crosspointe?
3.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crosspointe?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crosspointe work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (14%, 18 mi), Springfield (7%, 6 mi), Arlington (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crosspointe walkable?
Crosspointe is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crosspointe without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crosspointe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crosspointe
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.