Lake Holiday has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Lake Holiday is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Lake Holiday A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Hardly any stay in Lake Holiday for work; outside it, Winchester is the main destination (23%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lake Holiday: the gist
Lake Holiday is a place people come home to
There are 127 jobs based in Lake Holiday, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Holiday has about 1,300 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Holiday workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lake Holiday
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Holiday is better than 84% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Lake Holiday’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). 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 Holiday could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who commutes out of Lake Holiday, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,047 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lake Holiday on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
About 37 minutes to work from Lake Holiday
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Holiday workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 909 commuters (the 24% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lake Holiday
About 39% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Lake Holiday goes to work
Where Lake Holiday clocks in
23% of workers
2% of workers
1% 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.
Inside Lake Holiday’s 127 jobs
127 jobs are based in Lake Holiday.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Holiday, 2014 → 2024: 37 → 127. 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 Lake Holiday’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Lake Holiday gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Holiday is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,192 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). 0.0% of Lake Holiday households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Holiday’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Lake Holiday comes 579th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 577 | Utica Township IL | 1,945 | $113K | 3.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A− |
| 578 | Watertown WI | 1,938 | $100K | 3.9% | 3.5% | 2% | A− |
| 579 | Lake Holiday VA | 2,193 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.5% | <1% | A− |
| 580 | Hampton IL | 1,751 | $90K | 4.7% | 4.3% | <1% | A− |
| 581 | Roxbury CT | 2,328 | $124K | 3.7% | 3.8% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Holiday, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Lake Holiday: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Holiday?
$112,039 (±$36,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Holiday?
4.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Holiday?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Holiday work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (23%, 12 mi), Chantilly (2%, 56 mi), Harrisonburg (1%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Holiday walkable?
Lake Holiday is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Holiday 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 Lake Holiday, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Holiday
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.