Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Falmouth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Jobs and income earn Falmouth A−; getting around on foot earns it B. There are 399 jobs in Falmouth, against 1,951 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Falmouth
Why Falmouth gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Falmouth is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #112 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($111,977, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Falmouth could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Falmouth
On a workday 1,945 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Falmouth on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
9% of working residents work in Fredericksburg
Where Falmouth clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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 Falmouth’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falmouth, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 399. 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 Falmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falmouth workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,099 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 Falmouth to work
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.
Few in Falmouth walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Falmouth is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #164 of 253 in Virginia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,425 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 7.1% of Falmouth households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Falmouth’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Falmouth is 790th of 3,524 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 788 | Pleasant View TN | 5,797 | $109K | 1.4% | 6.4% | 6% | A− |
| 789 | Brookfield WI | 6,515 | $89K | 7.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A− |
| 790 | Falmouth VA | 5,216 | $112K | 7.2% | 3.4% | <1% | A− |
| 791 | Holly Ridge NC | 5,908 | $105K | 0.8% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 792 | Telford PA | 4,978 | $91K | 6.2% | 4.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,524 | 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 Falmouth, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work in the towns next to Falmouth
The biggest share goes to Fredericksburg (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Falmouth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falmouth | – | A− | B | 31 min | $111,977 |
| Fredericksburg | 9% | B− | A | 32 min | $86,071 |
| Chatham Heights | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Grafton Village | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Leeland Station | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chatham Heights, Grafton Village and Leeland Station: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Falmouth’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 Falmouth: questions
What is the median household income in Falmouth?
$111,977 (±$39,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falmouth?
7.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falmouth?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falmouth work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredericksburg (9%, 2 mi), Washington (5%, 46 mi), Arlington (3%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Falmouth walkable?
Falmouth is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falmouth without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Falmouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falmouth
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.