Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as One Loudoun’s
For jobs and income One Loudoun is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, One Loudoun is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 0.9% of residents, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
One Loudoun at work: what stands out
Jobs in One Loudoun have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in One Loudoun went from 900 in 2013 to 1,977 in 2023, +120%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in One Loudoun
32% of One Loudoun workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in One Loudoun is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
One Loudoun is where the jobs are
One Loudoun has 1,977 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why One Loudoun gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, One Loudoun is among the top U.S. towns, #3 of 253 in Virginia. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides One Loudoun’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, One Loudoun stays A+.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in One Loudoun
1,977 jobs are based in One Loudoun.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in One Loudoun, 2013 → 2023: 900 → 1,977. 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 One Loudoun’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from One Loudoun: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of One Loudoun workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,311 commuters (the 32% 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.
One Loudoun on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,148 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 1,969 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in One Loudoun on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into One Loudoun
Where One Loudoun clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from One Loudoun
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.
For most of One Loudoun, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,934 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of One Loudoun households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of One Loudoun’s commuters take a bus or train.
How One Loudoun ranks: 13th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 14 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 33 | Navy VA | 3,839 | $239K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of One Loudoun, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
The towns around One Loudoun
The biggest share goes to Ashburn (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | One Loudoun workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Loudoun | – | A+ | B | 28 min | $241,250 |
| Ashburn | 8% | A+ | A− | 27 min | $154,978 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of One Loudoun’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 One Loudoun: questions
What is the median household income in One Loudoun?
$241,250 (±$31,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in One Loudoun?
0.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from One Loudoun?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in One Loudoun work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashburn (8%, 2 mi), Reston (7%, 9 mi), Washington (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is One Loudoun walkable?
One Loudoun is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around One Loudoun without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from One Loudoun, from the people who make the trip.
More of One Loudoun
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.