Old Town Hall and School · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Haymarket top those of 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Haymarket are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 3.2% of residents are in poverty, where Virginia as a whole has 9.9%. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 56.3 in Arlington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Haymarket, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Haymarket
70% of Haymarket residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Haymarket pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Haymarket has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Haymarket went from 783 in 2014 to 1,199 in 2024, +53%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Haymarket are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Haymarket’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 869 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Haymarket’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haymarket is better than 94% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($173,750, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Haymarket could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Inside Haymarket’s 1,199 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haymarket, 2014 → 2024: 783 → 1,199. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Haymarket’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Haymarket
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 1,184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Haymarket on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Chantilly
Where Haymarket 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.
Getting to work from Haymarket takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haymarket workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 777 commuters (the 18% 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.
Miles to work from Haymarket
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Haymarket
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haymarket is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.4% 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 944 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 0.0% of Haymarket households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Haymarket’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Haymarket comes 229th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Prairie Grove IL | 1,939 | $141K | 3.7% | 3.2% | <1% | A |
| 228 | Lebanon NJ | 1,676 | $110K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| 229 | Haymarket VA | 1,602 | $174K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 230 | Peru Township OH | 1,534 | $125K | 4.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 231 | Rutland WI | 1,910 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Haymarket, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work in the towns next to Haymarket
The biggest share goes to Gainesville (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haymarket workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | – | A | A− | 31 min | $173,750 |
| Gainesville | 4% | A+ | B+ | 35 min | $174,410 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haymarket’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 2024, 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 Haymarket: questions
What is the median household income in Haymarket?
$173,750 (±$23,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haymarket?
3.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haymarket?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haymarket work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chantilly (6%, 12 mi), Arlington (5%, 29 mi), Independent Hill (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Haymarket walkable?
Haymarket is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haymarket without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haymarket, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haymarket
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.