Folly · Public domainHouseholds in Jolivue earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Jolivue B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Poverty touches 4.0% of residents; Virginia has 9.9%. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jolivue apart on work
Jolivue is where the jobs are
Jolivue has 1,222 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,700 people are in town, 62% more than the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Jolivue are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Few Jolivue workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 551 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Jolivue gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Jolivue is better than 47% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jolivue’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($38,214, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Jolivue’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jolivue could be anywhere from C to B−.
How many people are in Jolivue by day
On a workday 537 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 1,208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Jolivue on a workday afternoon, 62% more than live here.
2.2 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 1,222 jobs based in Jolivue
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jolivue, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 1,222. 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 Jolivue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Jolivue
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jolivue workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 536 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where Jolivue’s workers come from
Where Jolivue clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Miles to work from Jolivue
About 18% 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.
For most of Jolivue, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jolivue is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 536 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). 8.0% of Jolivue households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jolivue’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jolivue ranks: 1,355th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Kincora VA | 1,008 | $134K | 8.8% | 6.3% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,353 | Royalston MA | 1,297 | $102K | 11.8% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,354 | Buena Vista WI | 1,145 | $68K | 4.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,355 | Jolivue VA | 1,075 | $38K | 4.0% | 6.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,356 | Liberty Township OH | 1,361 | $77K | 9.6% | 6.4% | 2% | B− |
| 1,357 | Royalton Township MN | 1,086 | $86K | 7.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Jolivue, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
14% of Jolivue works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Staunton. Darker towns draw more of Jolivue’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 Jolivue: questions
What is the median household income in Jolivue?
$38,214 (±$2,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jolivue?
4.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jolivue?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jolivue work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Staunton (14%, 3 mi), Fishersville (11%, 4 mi), Stuarts Draft (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jolivue walkable?
Jolivue is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jolivue without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jolivue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jolivue
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.