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Jobs & commute in Innsbrook

Innsbrook has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns

Working from home is the commute for 34% of workers, against 18% across Virginia. Below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents; Virginia has 9.9%. Jobs and income earn Innsbrook A; getting around on foot earns it B+.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The commute and the jobs: Innsbrook in brief

Innsbrook fills up on a workday

Innsbrook has 29,356 jobs, 6.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 34,000 people are in town, 4 times the 8,600 who live here. Day and night ↓

Home offices are common in Innsbrook

34% of Innsbrook workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓

Innsbrook draws workers from far and wide

The 29,356 jobs in Innsbrook are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 27%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓

Commutes from Innsbrook are quick

The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓

Most jobs in Innsbrook pay over $40,000 a year

77% of the jobs based in Innsbrook pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.

Jobs & income grade

How Innsbrook earns its Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Innsbrook is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #66 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($129,436, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.

Household income $129,436 (±$26,362) · VA $93,170 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty 5.0% · VA 9.9% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 80% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 3.6% (±2.1) · VA 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 60% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 87% of U.S. towns
Virginia towns we grade 253 towns#66 of 253
B+A+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Innsbrook could be anywhere from B+ to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

In and out of Innsbrook on a workday

On a workday 3,877 residents head out to work, 459 work right here, and 28,897 people come in from elsewhere.

3,877live here, work elsewhere
459live and work here
28,897work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night8,600
Workday34,000
8,600live here− 3,900head out to work+ 29,000come in to work= 34,000on a workday

About 34,000 people are in Innsbrook on a workday afternoon, 292% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
6.77jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

6.8 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.

Time on the road

Innsbrook’s commute takes about 18 minutes

A year of commuting
141 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Innsbrook18 min
Virginia27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
34%

of Innsbrook workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Innsbrook gets to work
74%Drive alone
21%Carpool
1%Transit
2%Walk
3%Other

Share of the 3,193 commuters (the 34% 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 commute map

Who travels to work in Innsbrook, and from where

AshlandVirginia Beach: 594 workers live here (2%)Richmond: 2,848 workers live here (10%)DumbartonWyndham: 474 workers live here (2%)TysonsInnsbrookLaurel: 374 workers live here (1%)ManchesterGlen Allen: 430 workers live here (1%)Short Pump: 1,075 workers live here (4%)Midlothian: 338 workers live here (1%)Tuckahoe: 1,147 workers live here (4%)Mechanicsville: 678 workers live here (2%)RichmondTuckahoeShort PumpMechanicsvilleVirginia BeachWyndhamInnsbrook
1
Richmond10.1 mi away
10%2,848
2
Tuckahoe4.6 mi away
4%1,147
3
Short Pump2.4 mi away
4%1,075
4
Mechanicsville12.2 mi away
2%678
5
Virginia Beach104.4 mi away
2%594
6
Wyndham3.3 mi away
2%474
7
Innsbrook (in town)right here
2%459
8
Glen Allen5.1 mi away
1%430
9
Laurel4 mi away
1%374
10
Midlothian12.4 mi away
1%338
Everywhere elseother towns and states
71%20,939
The top trips

Where Innsbrook clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Innsbrook is a services town

29,356 jobs are based in Innsbrook.

Jobs based in InnsbrookJobs Innsbrook residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%6%
Trade, transport & utilities11%18%
Services: health, schools, offices87%76%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%20%
Over $3,333 a month77%68%

Who does it

29 or younger18%21%
30 to 5459%57%
55 and older23%23%
−2%

Jobs based in Innsbrook, 2013 → 2023: 29,925 → 29,356. 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 Innsbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Where in the region Innsbrook works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRichmond: 20% · 10.1 miShort Pump: 4% · 2.4 miLaurel: 2% · 4 miMechanicsville: 2% · 12.2 miTuckahoe: 2% · 4.6 miAshland: 1% · 9.3 miTysons: 1% · 89.6 miManchester: 1% · 11.5 miDumbarton: 1% · 4.7 miRichmond 20%Short Pump 4%Laurel 2%Mechanicsville 2%Tuckahoe 2%Innsbrook
InnsbrookTop destinations (size = commuters)
52%Under 10 mi2,249 residents
29%10–24 mi1,245 residents
3%25–50 mi133 residents
16%Over 50 mi697 residents

About 16% 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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

In Innsbrook, the car does most of the work

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Innsbrook is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #124 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.

EPA walkability index 9.8 of 20 · typical VA town 7.8 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 82% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 2.6% of commuters · VA 5.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 54% of U.S. towns
Virginia towns we grade 253 towns#124 of 253
B+B+

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,861 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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

Richmond11.5
Innsbrook2.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Innsbrook households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Innsbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Innsbrook is 371st of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Huntington Woods MI6,274$190K2.2%0.9%2%A+
2Glendale MO6,060$171K2.0%0.3%2%A+
3Des Peres MO9,102$224K2.0%0.5%5%A+
4Pimmit Hills VA6,589$173K1.6%1.3%3%A+
5Braddock VA6,536$212K0.9%1.0%2%A+
…
10Difficult Run VA9,938$250K1.4%1.9%3%A+
…
369Jackson Township PA6,585$120K4.8%2.9%9%A
370Ogden NC8,249$121K4.8%1.4%4%A
371Innsbrook VA8,578$129K5.0%3.6%11%A
372Gilberts IL9,082$146K5.5%3.7%2%A
373Rumson NJ7,157$250K3.2%4.5%7%A
…
2,944Shiprock NM7,610$36K34.6%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 Innsbrook, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.

Next door

How Innsbrook compares with the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Short Pump (4%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownInnsbrook workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Innsbrook–AB+18 min$129,436
Short Pump4%A+B+22 min$138,845

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Innsbrook’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Innsbrook: questions

What is the median household income in Innsbrook?

$129,436 (±$26,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Innsbrook?

5.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Innsbrook?

18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Innsbrook work?

11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (20%, 10 mi), Short Pump (4%, 2 mi), Laurel (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Innsbrook walkable?

Innsbrook is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Innsbrook without a car?

1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Innsbrook, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Innsbrook

Innsbrook home →

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.