Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Pimmit Hills earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
1.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. Pimmit Hills grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 56.3 in Arlington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pimmit Hills, in a few figures
A lot of Pimmit Hills works from home
41% of Pimmit Hills workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Most Pimmit Hills residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Three in four Pimmit Hills workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Pimmit Hills’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 Pimmit Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pimmit Hills is among the top U.S. towns, #2 of 253 in Virginia. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pimmit Hills’ grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pimmit Hills stays A+.
Time on the road from Pimmit Hills: 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 Pimmit Hills workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,095 commuters (the 41% 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.
The distance from Pimmit Hills to work
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.
Most jobs in Pimmit Hills are in services
1,778 jobs are based in Pimmit Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pimmit Hills, 2013 → 2023: 1,475 → 1,778. 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 Pimmit Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Pimmit Hills by day
On a workday 2,758 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 1,707 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Pimmit Hills on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
15% of working residents work in Washington
Where Pimmit Hills clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
In Pimmit Hills, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pimmit Hills is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #36 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Pimmit Hills 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 3,530 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 55% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 7.6% of Pimmit Hills households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Pimmit Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Pimmit Hills places 5th of 3,283 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 6 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 7 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
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| 18 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Long Branch VA | 7,034 | $185K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bull Run VA | 7,823 | $242K | 4.3% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Pimmit Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
15% of Pimmit Hills works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Tysons (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pimmit Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pimmit Hills | – | A+ | A+ | 24 min | $172,880 |
| Tysons | 12% | A | A+ | 27 min | $129,818 |
| Idylwood | under 2% | A+ | A | 25 min | $120,109 |
| McLean | 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pimmit Hills’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 Pimmit Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Pimmit Hills?
$172,880 (±$31,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pimmit Hills?
1.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pimmit Hills?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pimmit Hills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (15%, 10 mi), Tysons (12%, 2 mi), Arlington (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pimmit Hills walkable?
Pimmit Hills is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pimmit Hills without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 55% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pimmit Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pimmit Hills
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.