Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0McGaheysville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers work from home (Virginia 18%). 106 jobs are based in McGaheysville for 594 working residents. For jobs and income McGaheysville is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in McGaheysville: the figures worth knowing
McGaheysville is a place people come home to
There are 106 jobs based in McGaheysville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday McGaheysville has about 840 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
McGaheysville and Harrisonburg trade workers both ways
Harrisonburg is the top workplace for McGaheysville residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in McGaheysville come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few McGaheysville workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 594 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind McGaheysville’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides McGaheysville’s grade.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: McGaheysville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, McGaheysville could be anywhere from D to B+.
McGaheysville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 589 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in McGaheysville on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
31% of working residents work in Harrisonburg
Where McGaheysville clocks in
31% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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.
From McGaheysville, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McGaheysville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 635 commuters (the 4% 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.
What McGaheysville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McGaheysville, 2014 → 2024: 80 → 106. 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 McGaheysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from McGaheysville
About 20% 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.
In McGaheysville, most people drive to work
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 660 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). 6.4% of McGaheysville households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McGaheysville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, McGaheysville is 2,644th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Haymarket VA | 1,602 | $174K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,642 | Cedar Ridge CA | 1,671 | $82K | 7.9% | 5.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,643 | John Sevier TN | 1,177 | $47K | 13.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,644 | McGaheysville VA | 1,327 | $67K | 10.6% | 2.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,645 | Dallesport WA | 1,603 | $72K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,646 | Frankfort OH | 1,094 | $68K | 9.7% | 0.4% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 McGaheysville, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Around McGaheysville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Massanutten (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McGaheysville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGaheysville | – | C+ | C− | 25 min | $66,761 |
| Massanutten | 6% | A | D | 25 min | $108,207 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McGaheysville’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 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 McGaheysville: questions
What is the median household income in McGaheysville?
$66,761 (±$21,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McGaheysville?
10.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McGaheysville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McGaheysville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (31%, 9 mi), Massanutten (6%, 3 mi), Elkton (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is McGaheysville walkable?
McGaheysville is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McGaheysville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McGaheysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of McGaheysville
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.