Magnolia Grange · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0Meadowbrook has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26. There are 2,694 jobs in Meadowbrook; 9,507 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Meadowbrook are B for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Meadowbrook: the gist
Meadowbrook and Richmond trade workers both ways
Richmond is the top workplace for Meadowbrook residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Meadowbrook come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Meadowbrook has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Meadowbrook went from 1,833 in 2013 to 2,694 in 2023, +47%. The jobs ↓
Meadowbrook is a place people come home to
There are 2,694 jobs based in Meadowbrook, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meadowbrook has about 14,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Meadowbrook
58% of Meadowbrook residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Meadowbrook pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Meadowbrook
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Meadowbrook is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #166 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Meadowbrook’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Meadowbrook could be anywhere from B− to A−.
22% of working residents work in Richmond
Where Meadowbrook clocks in
22% of workers
2% 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.
What Meadowbrook’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 1,833 → 2,694. 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 Meadowbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Meadowbrook
On a workday 9,298 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 2,485 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Meadowbrook on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How long Meadowbrook spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadowbrook workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,343 commuters (the 15% 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.
How many miles Meadowbrook commutes
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Meadowbrook commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meadowbrook is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #219 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 9,810 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 4.0% of Meadowbrook households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Meadowbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,705 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 28,000, Meadowbrook comes 986th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 984 | Matteson IL | 18,543 | $95K | 9.7% | 10.9% | 5% | B |
| 985 | Bourne MA | 20,772 | $91K | 6.2% | 5.6% | 18% | B |
| 986 | Meadowbrook VA | 20,749 | $86K | 12.4% | 5.3% | 2% | B |
| 987 | Hialeah Gardens FL | 22,777 | $65K | 13.5% | 3.7% | 4% | B |
| 988 | Menasha WI | 18,385 | $65K | 12.0% | 3.2% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Meadowbrook, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Work next door: 22% of Meadowbrook’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadowbrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook | – | B | C | 25 min | $86,054 |
| Richmond | 22% | C+ | A+ | 22 min | $64,587 |
| Bensley | under 2% | C | B+ | 25 min | $50,547 |
| Bellwood | under 2% | C | B+ | 24 min | $47,781 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Richmond. Darker towns draw more of Meadowbrook’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 Meadowbrook: questions
What is the median household income in Meadowbrook?
$86,054 (±$5,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadowbrook?
12.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadowbrook?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadowbrook work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (22%, 7 mi), Innsbrook (2%, 16 mi), Mechanicsville (2%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Meadowbrook walkable?
Meadowbrook is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meadowbrook without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadowbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadowbrook
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.