Orlean Historic District · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Flint Hill works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Flint Hill itself; outside it, Front Royal draws the most (6%, 12 miles). 41 jobs are based in Flint Hill, against 81 working residents. 33% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Flint Hill
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Flint Hill on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Commuting out of Flint Hill: the destinations
Where Flint Hill clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 Flint Hill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flint Hill, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 41. 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 Flint Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Flint Hill
of Flint Hill workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 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 distance from Flint Hill to work
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.
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 Flint Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Flint Hill?
$64,922 (±$49,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flint Hill?
5.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flint Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Front Royal (6%, 12 mi), Washington (4%, 5 mi), Warrenton (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flint Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flint Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flint Hill
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.