Photo: La Citta Vita · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Middleburg has 4.2 jobs per working resident, and 1,383 people come in to work
Home is the office for 29% of workers, against 18% across Virginia. 1,407 jobs are based in Middleburg; 334 of its residents have a job. Only 7% work in Middleburg itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (8%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Middleburg apart on work
Middleburg fills up on a workday
Middleburg has 1,407 jobs, 4.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, more than double the 700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Middleburg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Middleburg is Washington, DC, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (26) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Middleburg
29% of Middleburg 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; with 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Middleburg by day and by night
On a workday 310 residents head out to work and 24 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Middleburg on a workday afternoon, 154% more 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 many miles Middleburg commutes
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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the VA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middleburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 29% 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.
Where Middleburg’s workforce comes from
Where Middleburg clocks in
8% of workers
3% 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.
67% of the jobs in Middleburg pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleburg, 2013 → 2023: 996 → 1,407. 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 Middleburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Middleburg: questions
What is the median household income in Middleburg?
$104,545 (±$31,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middleburg?
12.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middleburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middleburg work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (8%, 40 mi), Arlington (4%, 35 mi), Leesburg (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middleburg 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 Middleburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleburg
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.