Shirley · Photo: P. Hughes · CC BY 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Enon (0.9%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average (Virginia 27, U.S. 26). Enon grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Enon for work; outside it, Richmond is the main destination (15%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Enon and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Enon than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Enon fell from 2,180 in 2013 to 475 in 2023, −78%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
57% of the jobs in Enon are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Enon is a place people come home to
There are 475 jobs based in Enon, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Enon has about 2,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Enon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Enon is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #95 of 253 in Virginia. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,341, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Enon could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Inside Enon’s 475 jobs
475 jobs are based in Enon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enon, 2013 → 2023: 2,180 → 475. 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 Enon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Enon, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,850 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Enon on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
Commuting out of Enon: the destinations
Where Enon clocks in
15% 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.
From Enon, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enon workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,903 commuters (the 13% 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 distance from Enon to work
About 18% 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 Enon is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enon is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #235 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Enon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,193 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). 3.2% of Enon households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Enon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Enon next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600: 602nd of 4,112 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Navy VA | 3,839 | $239K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Kings Park VA | 4,315 | $166K | 1.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 600 | Heidelberg Township PA | 3,411 | $92K | 1.5% | 3.7% | 7% | A− |
| 601 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| 602 | Enon VA | 4,137 | $76K | 6.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| 603 | Oronogo MO | 3,204 | $92K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 604 | Northvale NJ | 4,978 | $128K | 4.7% | 6.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Enon, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
The towns around Enon
The biggest share goes to Hopewell (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Enon’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 Enon: questions
What is the median household income in Enon?
$76,341 (±$6,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enon?
6.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enon?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (15%, 16 mi), Hopewell (4%, 3 mi), Chester (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enon walkable?
Enon is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enon
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.