Photo: William D. O'Neil · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Lake Barcroft have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
For 30% of workers, the job is at home (Virginia 18%). Poverty touches 5.6% of residents, where Virginia as a whole has 9.9%. Jobs and income earn Lake Barcroft A; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lake Barcroft, in brief
Most Lake Barcroft residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Lake Barcroft’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Virginia average of 27. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Lake Barcroft works from home
30% of Lake Barcroft workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Lake Barcroft is a place people come home to
There are 910 jobs based in Lake Barcroft, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Barcroft has about 7,500 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Lake Barcroft’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Barcroft is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #81 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Lake Barcroft’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Barcroft could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lake Barcroft
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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Lake Barcroft
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Barcroft workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,047 commuters (the 30% 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.
A workday in Lake Barcroft: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,358 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Lake Barcroft on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.21 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 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Washington
Where Lake Barcroft clocks in
19% 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.
In Lake Barcroft, services account for most jobs
910 jobs are based in Lake Barcroft.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Barcroft, 2013 → 2023: 1,036 → 910. 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 Lake Barcroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,766 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 8.4% of Lake Barcroft households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Lake Barcroft’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Lake Barcroft ranks 484th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 15 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 34 | Wakefield VA | 11,930 | $238K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 482 | Georgetown Township IN | 11,606 | $108K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| 483 | Cedar Hills OR | 8,388 | $106K | 2.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 484 | Lake Barcroft VA | 10,973 | $141K | 5.6% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 485 | Severance CO | 11,841 | $125K | 5.2% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 486 | Wyomissing PA | 11,285 | $93K | 7.3% | 2.1% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Lake Barcroft, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work in the towns next to Lake Barcroft
The biggest share goes to Bailey's Crossroads (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Barcroft workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Barcroft | – | A | A | 30 min | $140,882 |
| Bailey's Crossroads | 2% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $88,483 |
| West Falls Church | under 2% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $134,978 |
| Annandale | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 27 min | $116,263 |
| Seven Corners | under 2% | B− | A+ | 34 min | $77,400 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Barcroft’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 Lake Barcroft: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Barcroft?
$140,882 (±$25,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Barcroft?
5.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Barcroft?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Barcroft work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (19%, 8 mi), Arlington (13%, 4 mi), Tysons (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Barcroft walkable?
Lake Barcroft is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Barcroft without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Barcroft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Barcroft
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.