Household incomes in Stone Ridge top those of 98% of U.S. towns
For 31% of workers, the job is at home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%. Below the poverty line: 1.8% of residents, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. The two grades for Stone Ridge are A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Stone Ridge in brief
No single place dominates Stone Ridge’s commute
The biggest draw, Tysons, gets only 6% of working residents, and 55% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Stone Ridge residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Stone Ridge
31% of Stone Ridge workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Stone Ridge has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stone Ridge went from 1,175 in 2013 to 1,792 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Stone Ridge
76% of Stone Ridge residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 57% of the jobs based in Stone Ridge pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stone Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Stone Ridge earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stone Ridge is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #37 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($187,563, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stone Ridge could be anywhere from A to A+.
6% of working residents work in Tysons
Where Stone Ridge clocks in
6% 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.
Getting to work from Stone Ridge takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stone Ridge workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,992 commuters (the 31% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Stone Ridge
1,792 jobs are based in Stone Ridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stone Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,175 → 1,792. 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 Stone Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stone Ridge
On a workday 7,358 residents head out to work, 193 work right here, and 1,599 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Stone Ridge on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stone Ridge
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.
Stone Ridge is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stone Ridge is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #103 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Stone Ridge 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 8,682 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). 0.6% of Stone Ridge households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stone Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stone Ridge next to U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000: 95th of 1,888 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franconia VA | 18,335 | $152K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Ocean Pointe HI | 17,085 | $150K | 2.1% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 94 | Damascus MD | 17,640 | $159K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 95 | Stone Ridge VA | 16,603 | $188K | 1.8% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 96 | Highland Village TX | 16,029 | $160K | 1.8% | 4.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 97 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Stone Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Around Stone Ridge: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stone Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Ridge | – | A+ | A− | 32 min | $187,563 |
| South Riding | under 3% | A | A− | 33 min | $196,403 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stone Ridge’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 Stone Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Stone Ridge?
$187,563 (±$26,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stone Ridge?
1.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stone Ridge?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stone Ridge work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tysons (6%, 18 mi), Chantilly (6%, 7 mi), Reston (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stone Ridge walkable?
Stone Ridge is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stone Ridge without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stone Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stone Ridge
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.