Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Hillsboro earns its living
The trip to work takes 62 minutes on average, next to 27 for Virginia and 26 for the U.S. 54% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Hardly any work in Hillsboro itself; outside it, Arlington draws the most (14%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Hillsboro
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 95 people are in Hillsboro on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.66 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Hillsboro: the destinations
Where Hillsboro clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Hillsboro
33 jobs are based in Hillsboro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hillsboro, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 33. 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 Hillsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hillsboro, about 62 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillsboro workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 54% 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 far it is to work from Hillsboro
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.
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 Hillsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Hillsboro?
$97,438 (±$44,401) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillsboro?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillsboro?
62 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 54% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillsboro work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arlington (14%, 40 mi), Purcellville (6%, 4 mi), Tysons (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillsboro
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.