Most of Ripplemead commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
11 jobs are based in Ripplemead, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ripplemead; the top destination outside it is Pearisburg (17%, 2 miles). 0% of workers work from 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
How a workday changes Ripplemead
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Ripplemead on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 towns that employ Ripplemead’s residents
Where Ripplemead clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Ripplemead: what the 11 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ripplemead, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 11. 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 Ripplemead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ripplemead takes about 91 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 29.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ripplemead workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 144 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.
The commute from Ripplemead, by distance
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 Ripplemead: questions
What is the median household income in Ripplemead?
$79,000 (±$17,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ripplemead?
9.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ripplemead?
91 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ripplemead work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pearisburg (17%, 2 mi), Roanoke (9%, 40 mi), Blacksburg (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ripplemead 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 Ripplemead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ripplemead
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.