Lamb's Creek Church · Public domainHouseholds in Passapatanzy have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
25.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Virginia as a whole has 9.9%. Passapatanzy grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 2% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Passapatanzy: the figures worth knowing
Passapatanzy is a place people come home to
There are 7 jobs based in Passapatanzy, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Passapatanzy has about 720 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Passapatanzy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Passapatanzy workers work from home
Only 2% 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 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Passapatanzy’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Passapatanzy is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Passapatanzy’s grade up ($125,608, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Passapatanzy’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Passapatanzy could be anywhere from C to A.
Passapatanzy by day and by night
On a workday 540 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Passapatanzy on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.01 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.
Commuting from Passapatanzy: about 50 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Passapatanzy workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 661 commuters (the 2% 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.
11% of working residents work in Fredericksburg
Where Passapatanzy clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Passapatanzy
7 jobs are based in Passapatanzy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Passapatanzy, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 7. 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 Passapatanzy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Passapatanzy commutes less than 19 miles
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.
In Passapatanzy, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Passapatanzy is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 674 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). 0.0% of Passapatanzy households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Passapatanzy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Passapatanzy is 1,780th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Haymarket VA | 1,602 | $174K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,778 | Moreland Township PA | 1,031 | $95K | 12.0% | 4.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,779 | Upper Lake CA | 1,374 | $110K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 14% | B− |
| 1,780 | Passapatanzy VA | 1,259 | $126K | 25.7% | 6.0% | <1% | B− |
| 1,781 | Herscher IL | 1,486 | $92K | 12.1% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| 1,782 | West Alexandria OH | 1,311 | $60K | 8.5% | 1.1% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Passapatanzy, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Passapatanzy: questions
What is the median household income in Passapatanzy?
$125,608 (±$37,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Passapatanzy?
25.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Passapatanzy?
50 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Passapatanzy work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredericksburg (11%, 8 mi), King George (6%, 8 mi), Washington (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Passapatanzy walkable?
Passapatanzy is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Passapatanzy without a car?
2% 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 Passapatanzy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Passapatanzy
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.