Mt. Torry Furnace · Photo: Philip N. Wheeler · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sherando works elsewhere
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Virginia. There are 19 jobs in Sherando, against 328 working residents. Hardly any work in Sherando; the top destination outside it is Waynesboro (19%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sherando: the figures worth knowing
Sherando is a place people come home to
There are 19 jobs based in Sherando, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sherando has about 0 people in it, 100% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Sherando workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Sherando on a workday
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Sherando on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Sherando
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherando workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 2% 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 places Sherando commutes to
Where Sherando clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
What Sherando’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherando, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 19. 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 Sherando’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Sherando works
About 18% 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.
Next door is work for 12% of Sherando
The biggest share goes to Stuarts Draft (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherando workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherando | – | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lyndhurst | 3% | B+ | D | 21 min | $76,111 |
| Stuarts Draft | 9% | B | D− | 20 min | $79,332 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherando’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 Sherando: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sherando?
9.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherando?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherando work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waynesboro (19%, 6 mi), Stuarts Draft (9%, 5 mi), Verona (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sherando without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherando, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherando
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.