Davis-Beard House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Linton Hall’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 94% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #57 of 253 in Virginia.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns · #133 of 253 in Virginia.
Working residents average 38 minutes each way (Virginia 27, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Linton Hall; the top destination outside it is Manassas (5%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Linton Hall
No single place dominates Linton Hall’s commute
The biggest draw, Manassas, gets only 5% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Linton Hall residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Linton Hall workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Linton Hall draws workers from far and wide
The 5,181 jobs in Linton Hall are filled from a wide area. Linton Hall’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 19%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Linton Hall has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Linton Hall went from 3,552 in 2013 to 5,181 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Linton Hall works from home
26% of Linton Hall workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Linton Hall’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Linton Hall is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #57 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($178,915, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, 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, Linton Hall could be anywhere from A to A+.
5% of working residents work in Manassas
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Linton Hall clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of Virginia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linton Hall workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,843 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Linton Hall makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
5,181 jobs are based in Linton Hall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linton Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linton Hall, 2013 → 2023: 3,552 → 5,181. 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.
Linton Hall quiets down on a workday
On a workday 18,839 residents head out to work, 515 work right here, and 4,666 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in Linton Hall on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
Half of Linton Hall commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Linton Hall start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linton Hall is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #133 of 253 in Virginia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 21,423 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 1.6% of Linton Hall households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Linton Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Linton Hall is 85th of 1,054 U.S. towns of 29,000 to 57,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Linton Hall, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Short Pump VA | 29,026 | $139K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Ballwin MO | 30,901 | $125K | 4.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 84 | Tewksbury MA | 31,901 | $128K | 3.4% | 3.7% | 9% | A |
| 85 | Linton Hall VA | 41,876 | $179K | 2.2% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 86 | Hilliard OH | 38,898 | $128K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 9% | A |
| 87 | Needham MA | 32,897 | $214K | 3.7% | 4.4% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,054 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
Linton Hall and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Gainesville (3%). Darker towns draw more of Linton Hall’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Linton Hall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton Hall | – | A | B+ | 38 min | $178,915 |
| Gainesville | 3% | A+ | B+ | 35 min | $174,410 |
| Innovation | under 3% | C+ | B+ | — | $31,943 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Linton Hall: questions
What is the median household income in Linton Hall?
$178,915 (±$11,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linton Hall?
2.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linton Hall?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linton Hall work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manassas (5%, 5 mi), Chantilly (5%, 12 mi), Reston (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Linton Hall walkable?
Linton Hall is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linton Hall without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linton Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linton Hall
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.