Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Seven Corners has higher unemployment (6.0%) than 74% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, next to 27 for Virginia and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Seven Corners B−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Only 2% work in Seven Corners; the top destination outside it is Arlington (14%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Seven Corners in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Seven Corners’ working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 34 minutes, longer than the Virginia average of 27. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Seven Corners
61% of Seven Corners residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Seven Corners pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Seven Corners residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Seven Corners are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Seven Corners are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Seven Corners’ own working residents. 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.
Inside Seven Corners’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seven Corners is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #182 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Seven Corners’ grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seven Corners could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting from Seven Corners: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Corners workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,412 commuters (the 23% 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.
Inside Seven Corners’ 2,554 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Corners, 2013 → 2023: 3,474 → 2,554. 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 Seven Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Seven Corners’ workers travel
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.
Seven Corners by day and by night
On a workday 3,012 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 2,487 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Seven Corners goes to work
Where Seven Corners clocks in
13% 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.
Seven Corners is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seven Corners is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #8 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Seven Corners 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 4,434 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, 64% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 18.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 13.8% of Seven Corners households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 18% of Seven Corners’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Seven Corners is 1,684th among 2,806 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | 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+ |
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| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 11 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,682 | Oak Hills CA | 9,013 | $101K | 9.7% | 8.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,683 | Berkley CO | 10,789 | $85K | 14.1% | 8.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,684 | Seven Corners VA | 9,371 | $77K | 17.8% | 6.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,685 | Eaton OH | 8,327 | $51K | 14.1% | 1.5% | 33% | B− |
| 1,686 | Munford TN | 6,996 | $90K | 8.8% | 7.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | 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 Seven Corners, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Seven Corners and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Corners workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Corners | – | B− | A+ | 34 min | $77,400 |
| Lake Barcroft | under 3% | A | A | 30 min | $140,882 |
| Bailey's Crossroads | 2% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $88,483 |
| West Falls Church | under 3% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $134,978 |
| Falls Church | 2% | A | A+ | 29 min | $143,262 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bailey's Crossroads. Darker towns draw more of Seven Corners’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 Seven Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Corners?
$77,400 (±$19,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Corners?
17.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Corners?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Corners work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arlington (14%, 2 mi), Washington (13%, 7 mi), Tysons (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seven Corners walkable?
Seven Corners is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seven Corners without a car?
18% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 64% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Corners
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.