Mount Hermon has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 55% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #175 of 253 in Virginia.
Walkability D: more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns · #248 of 253 in Virginia.
Household incomes here are higher than in 58% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Virginia 27, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Mount Hermon; the top destination outside it is Danville (42%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mount Hermon
The better-paid jobs are outside Mount Hermon
58% of Mount Hermon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 27% of the jobs based in Mount Hermon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
42% of Mount Hermon works in Danville
717 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Danville, 6.1 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in Mount Hermon itself. The commute map ↓
Mount Hermon is a place people come home to
There are 448 jobs based in Mount Hermon, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Hermon has about 2,900 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mount Hermon are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. 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.
What’s behind Mount Hermon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Hermon is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #175 of 253 in Virginia. The poverty rate holds Mount Hermon’s grade up (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Hermon could be anywhere from C to A−.
What the 448 jobs in Mount Hermon are
448 jobs are based in Mount Hermon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Hermon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Hermon, 2013 → 2023: 540 → 448. 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.
42% of working residents work in Danville
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mount Hermon clocks in
42% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mount Hermon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,652 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 407 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Mount Hermon on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Virginia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Hermon workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,950 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Mount Hermon commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 2023.
Most trips from Mount Hermon start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Hermon is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns, #248 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Mount Hermon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,209 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). 3.7% of Mount Hermon households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Hermon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Hermon is 1,935th of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Hermon, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Navy VA | 3,839 | $239K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Kings Park VA | 4,315 | $166K | 1.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,933 | Hazel Green AL | 3,940 | $86K | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,934 | Butte AK | 4,085 | $101K | 6.7% | 3.6% | — | B− |
| 1,935 | Mount Hermon VA | 4,155 | $81K | 6.9% | 4.4% | 2% | B− |
| 1,936 | Casco Township MI | 2,937 | $85K | 5.9% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,937 | Rutland Township IL | 3,581 | $91K | 12.3% | 3.7% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
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 Mount Hermon: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Hermon?
$81,435 (±$21,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Hermon?
6.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Hermon?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Hermon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danville (42%, 6 mi), Chatham (8%, 10 mi), Lynchburg (2%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Hermon walkable?
Mount Hermon is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Hermon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Hermon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Hermon
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.