Photo: DwayneP at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0At 2.7%, unemployment in Dublin is lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Dublin itself; outside it, Pulaski draws the most (10%, 5 miles). The two grades for Dublin are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 6% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Dublin in brief
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Dublin
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dublin is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #196 of 253 in Virginia. Unemployment holds Dublin’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dublin could be anywhere from D to B+.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 956 commuters (the 6% 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.
In and out of Dublin on a workday
On a workday 987 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Dublin on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
The towns that employ Dublin’s residents
Where Dublin clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
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.
What Dublin’s employers do
719 jobs are based in Dublin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 719. 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 Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Dublin
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.
In Dublin, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dublin is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #216 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,016 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 27% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 6.3% of Dublin households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dublin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dublin is 2,844th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,842 | Brady Township OH | 2,579 | $73K | 8.9% | 5.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,843 | Millersburg PA | 2,540 | $54K | 13.0% | 2.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,844 | Dublin VA | 2,652 | $62K | 16.1% | 2.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,845 | Assyria Township MI | 2,048 | $78K | 12.0% | 12.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,846 | East Penn Township PA | 2,812 | $70K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Dublin, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Dublin: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin?
$62,426 (±$18,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin?
16.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dublin work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pulaski (10%, 5 mi), Blacksburg (9%, 17 mi), Radford (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin walkable?
Dublin is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dublin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin
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.