Photo: User:AlbertHerring · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Laurel Hill are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 37% of workers; Virginia has 18%. Below the poverty line: 4.2% of residents, next to 9.9% across Virginia. Laurel Hill grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Laurel Hill, in brief
A lot of Laurel Hill works from home
37% of Laurel Hill workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Laurel Hill is a place people come home to
There are 949 jobs based in Laurel Hill, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laurel Hill has about 5,000 people in it, 34% 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.
Jobs & income in Laurel Hill: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Laurel Hill is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #34 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($155,667, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Laurel Hill could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Laurel Hill: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Hill workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,757 commuters (the 37% 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.
Laurel Hill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,393 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Laurel Hill on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
14% of working residents work in Washington
Where Laurel Hill clocks in
14% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Laurel Hill
949 jobs are based in Laurel Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,096 → 949. 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 Laurel Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Laurel Hill
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.
Laurel Hill is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,367 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.6 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). 2.9% of Laurel Hill households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Laurel Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Laurel Hill ranks: 131st of 3,125 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | East Pikeland Township PA | 8,654 | $147K | 0.9% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 130 | Dunn Loring VA | 8,957 | $244K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 131 | Laurel Hill VA | 7,450 | $156K | 4.2% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 132 | Union Grove WI | 5,370 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.2% | 12% | A+ |
| 133 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,125 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 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 Laurel Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
The towns around Laurel Hill
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laurel Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hill | – | A+ | A | 31 min | $155,667 |
| Newington Forest | under 2% | A | A | 34 min | $149,107 |
| Lorton | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $138,685 |
| Crosspointe | under 2% | A+ | A− | 31 min | $250,000+ |
| Occoquan | under 2% | A+ | A | 36 min | $134,323 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laurel Hill’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 Laurel Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Hill?
$155,667 (±$13,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Hill?
4.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Hill?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (14%, 18 mi), Springfield (10%, 6 mi), Arlington (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Laurel Hill walkable?
Laurel Hill is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laurel Hill without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurel Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Hill
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.