Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Middlebrook, VA
Middlebrook has 53 jobs, and 84 of its residents work somewhere. For 52% of workers, the job is at home; Virginia has 18%. Hardly any stay in Middlebrook for work; outside it, Stuarts Draft is the main destination (14%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Middlebrook
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Middlebrook on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Where the trip to work from Middlebrook ends
Where Middlebrook clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlebrook, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 53. 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 Middlebrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Middlebrook
of Middlebrook workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 52% 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 far Middlebrook goes to work
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.
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 Middlebrook: questions
What is the median household income in Middlebrook?
$55,519 (±$30,089) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlebrook?
19.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Middlebrook work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuarts Draft (14%, 11 mi), Staunton (11%, 11 mi), Verona (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middlebrook 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 Middlebrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlebrook
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.