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Jobs & commute in Singers Glen

Singers Glen has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

There are 7 jobs in Singers Glen, against 123 working residents. Hardly any work in Singers Glen itself; outside it, Harrisonburg draws the most (33%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Virginia has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Singers Glen on a workday afternoon

On a workday 123 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

123live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday39
160live here− 120head out to work+ 7come in to work= 39on a workday

About 39 people are in Singers Glen on a workday afternoon, 75% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Singers Glen goes to work

Monterey: 2 residents work here (2%)TimbervilleNew Market: 2 residents work here (2%)Broadway: 8 residents work here (7%)Bridgewater: 2 residents work here (2%)Woodstock: 2 residents work here (2%)Harrisonburg: 41 residents work here (33%)Staunton: 2 residents work here (2%)Richmond: 3 residents work here (2%)Singers GlenMassanetta Springs: 2 residents work here (2%)Arlington: 3 residents work here (2%)HarrisonburgBroadwayRichmondArlingtonMontereyNew MarketSingers Glen
1
Harrisonburg7.9 mi away
33%41
2
Broadway7.5 mi away
7%8
3
Richmond105.1 mi away
2%3
4
Arlington100.4 mi away
2%3
5
Monterey37.2 mi away
2%2
6
New Market14.8 mi away
2%2
7
Bridgewater11.3 mi away
2%2
8
Woodstock31.1 mi away
2%2
9
Staunton28 mi away
2%2
10
Massanetta Springs11.3 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%56
The top trips

Where Singers Glen clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 43% of Singers Glen’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Singers GlenJobs Singers Glen residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms43%21%
Trade, transport & utilities57%15%
Services: health, schools, offices0%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%28%
Over $3,333 a month57%58%

Who does it

29 or younger29%27%
30 to 5414%48%
55 and older57%25%
−53%

Jobs based in Singers Glen, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 7. 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 Singers Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Singers Glen

Working from home
0%

of Singers Glen workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Singers Glen gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 37 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.

How far

Where in the region Singers Glen works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHarrisonburg: 33% · 7.9 miBroadway: 7% · 7.5 miRichmond: 2% · 105.1 miArlington: 2% · 100.4 miMonterey: 2% · 37.2 miNew Market: 2% · 14.8 miBridgewater: 2% · 11.3 miWoodstock: 2% · 31.1 miStaunton: 2% · 28 miMassanetta Springs: 2% · 11.3 miHarrisonburg 33%Broadway 7%Richmond 2%Monterey 2%Singers Glen
Singers GlenTop destinations (size = commuters)
49%Under 10 mi59 residents
16%10–24 mi19 residents
10%25–50 mi12 residents
26%Over 50 mi31 residents

About 26% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Singers Glen: questions

What is the poverty rate in Singers Glen?

0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Singers Glen work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (33%, 8 mi), Broadway (7%, 8 mi), Richmond (2%, 105 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Singers Glen 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 Singers Glen, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Singers Glen

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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.