Most of Rockwood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
857 jobs are based in Rockwood for 4,136 working residents. Rockwood grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rockwood
Rockwood has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rockwood went from 481 in 2014 to 857 in 2024, +78%. The jobs ↓
Rockwood is a place people come home to
There are 857 jobs based in Rockwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rockwood has about 6,700 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rockwood
66% of Rockwood residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Rockwood pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Rockwood and Richmond trade workers both ways
Richmond is the top workplace for Rockwood residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Rockwood come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Inside Rockwood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rockwood is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #61 of 253 in Virginia. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rockwood’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rockwood could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Jobs in Rockwood: what the 857 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockwood, 2014 → 2024: 481 → 857. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Rockwood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,099 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Rockwood on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Richmond
Where Rockwood clocks in
23% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Rockwood: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockwood workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,688 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Rockwood
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Rockwood, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rockwood is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #229 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Rockwood 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 4,640 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). 4.1% of Rockwood households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rockwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rockwood is 301st of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Long Branch VA | 7,034 | $185K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Upper Milford Township PA | 8,254 | $110K | 3.5% | 2.9% | 5% | A |
| 300 | Buffalo Township PA | 8,214 | $100K | 4.1% | 0.5% | 9% | A |
| 301 | Rockwood VA | 10,010 | $98K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 302 | Pike Road AL | 11,899 | $117K | 5.1% | 0.5% | 3% | A |
| 303 | Seven Hills OH | 11,464 | $97K | 4.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Rockwood, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
The towns around Rockwood
The biggest share goes to Manchester (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rockwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood | – | A | C | 24 min | $97,992 |
| Manchester | 3% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $80,296 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rockwood’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 2024, 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 Rockwood: questions
What is the median household income in Rockwood?
$97,992 (±$19,741) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockwood?
4.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockwood?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (23%, 7 mi), Innsbrook (4%, 13 mi), Manchester (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rockwood walkable?
Rockwood is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rockwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.