New Hope High School · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of New Hope works elsewhere
Hardly any work in New Hope itself; outside it, Waynesboro draws the most (10%, 9 miles). 36 jobs are based in New Hope, against 406 working residents. For 12% of workers, the job is at home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Hope, in a few figures
New Hope is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in New Hope, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Hope has about 530 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from New Hope are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 61 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; with 406 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
New Hope quiets down on a workday
On a workday 404 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in New Hope on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 daily trip from New Hope: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Hope workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of New Hope: the destinations
Where New Hope clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in New Hope
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 36. 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 New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles New Hope commutes
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 New Hope: questions
What is the median household income in New Hope?
$87,661 (±$37,343) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Hope?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Hope?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Hope work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waynesboro (10%, 9 mi), Verona (9%, 6 mi), Harrisonburg (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Hope without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Hope
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.