Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Fishersville earn more than those in 61% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Fishersville are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Poverty touches 14.7% of residents (Virginia 9.9%). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fishersville and work: the main findings
The four measures behind Fishersville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fishersville is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #181 of 253 in Virginia. Household income holds Fishersville’s grade up ($83,671, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fishersville could be anywhere from C to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Fishersville
On a workday 3,926 residents head out to work, 545 work right here, and 6,187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Fishersville on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 daily trip into Fishersville
Where Fishersville clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Fishersville
6,732 jobs are based in Fishersville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fishersville, 2013 → 2023: 7,719 → 6,732. 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 Fishersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Fishersville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fishersville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,040 commuters (the 7% 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.
How many miles Fishersville commutes
About 22% 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 Fishersville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fishersville is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #224 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 4,333 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.5% of Fishersville households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fishersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,684th of 2,831: where Fishersville ranks among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,682 | Stanwood WA | 9,421 | $90K | 8.0% | 6.4% | 11% | B− |
| 1,683 | Fruitvale CO | 8,019 | $78K | 9.9% | 4.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,684 | Fishersville VA | 9,484 | $84K | 14.7% | 3.7% | 12% | B− |
| 1,685 | Nebraska City NE | 7,512 | $67K | 12.1% | 1.4% | 34% | B− |
| 1,686 | Boonville IN | 6,689 | $64K | 13.4% | 2.6% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Fishersville, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Fishersville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fishersville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishersville | – | B− | C | 24 min | $83,671 |
| Waynesboro | 11% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $59,994 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Waynesboro. Darker towns draw more of Fishersville’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 Fishersville: questions
What is the median household income in Fishersville?
$83,671 (±$8,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fishersville?
14.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fishersville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fishersville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Staunton (11%, 6 mi), Waynesboro (11%, 5 mi), Verona (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fishersville walkable?
Fishersville is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fishersville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fishersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fishersville
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.