Morven · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Skyland Estates has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers, against 18% across Virginia. Skyland Estates has 45 jobs, and 481 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Skyland Estates itself; outside it, Front Royal draws the most (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Skyland Estates
Skyland Estates is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Skyland Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Skyland Estates has about 180 people in it, 70% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Skyland Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Skyland Estates
On a workday 480 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Skyland Estates on a workday afternoon, 70% 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.
A commute of about 43 minutes in Skyland Estates
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skyland Estates workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 342 commuters (the 11% 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.
Out of Skyland Estates to work: where people go
Where Skyland Estates clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 60% of the jobs in Skyland Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skyland Estates, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 45. 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 Skyland Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Skyland Estates
About 23% 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.
Around Skyland Estates: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skyland Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyland Estates | – | — | — | 43 min | $114,037 |
| Apple Mountain Lake | under 2% | A− | D− | 45 min | $131,799 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Skyland Estates’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 Skyland Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Skyland Estates?
$114,037 (±$10,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skyland Estates?
1.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skyland Estates?
43 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skyland Estates work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Front Royal (10%, 5 mi), Winchester (5%, 17 mi), Manassas (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Skyland Estates 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 Skyland Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skyland Estates
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.