Augusta Stone Church · Photo: Hamiltonl at English Wikipedia · Public domainMount Sidney has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Mount Sidney; the top destination outside it is Harrisonburg (16%, 14 miles). There are 86 jobs in Mount Sidney for 335 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Sidney: the figures worth knowing
Mount Sidney is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Mount Sidney, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Sidney has about 450 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mount Sidney 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 335 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Mount Sidney
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Mount Sidney on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The trip to work from Mount Sidney: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Sidney workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 312 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.
Where Mount Sidney goes to work
Where Mount Sidney clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 30% of the jobs in Mount Sidney
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Sidney, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 86. 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 Mount Sidney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mount Sidney to work
About 17% 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 Mount Sidney: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Sidney?
$93,050 (±$22,690) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Sidney?
5.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Sidney?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Sidney work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (16%, 14 mi), Staunton (9%, 8 mi), Verona (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Sidney without a car?
5% 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 Mount Sidney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Sidney
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.