Belle Plaine · Photo: Gauemj2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0Rhoadesville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rhoadesville has 32 jobs, against 136 working residents. Hardly any work in Rhoadesville itself; outside it, Orange draws the most (15%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rhoadesville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 135 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Rhoadesville on a workday afternoon, 50% 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.
Out of Rhoadesville to work: where people go
Where Rhoadesville clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
2% 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 jobs make up 69% of work in Rhoadesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rhoadesville, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 32. 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 Rhoadesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rhoadesville
of Rhoadesville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 0% 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 in the region Rhoadesville works
About 24% 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.
Rhoadesville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rhoadesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhoadesville | – | — | — | — | $61,825 |
| Unionville | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Unionville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rhoadesville’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 Rhoadesville: questions
What is the median household income in Rhoadesville?
$61,825 (±$30,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rhoadesville?
7.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rhoadesville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orange (15%, 10 mi), Culpeper (9%, 14 mi), Fredericksburg (2%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rhoadesville without a car?
0% 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 Rhoadesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rhoadesville
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.