Ben Lomond · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Sudley commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 56.3 in Arlington. Employers in Sudley report 2,720 jobs; 7,894 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Sudley is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sudley: the gist
No single place dominates Sudley’s commute
The biggest draw, Chantilly, gets only 5% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Sudley residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Sudley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sudley
60% of Sudley residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Sudley pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. 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.
What’s behind Sudley’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Sudley’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sudley could be anywhere from B− to A.
5% of working residents work in Chantilly
Where Sudley clocks in
5% 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.
Commuting from Sudley: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sudley workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,973 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.
What Sudley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sudley, 2013 → 2023: 3,256 → 2,720. 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 Sudley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Sudley on a workday
On a workday 7,694 residents head out to work, 200 work right here, and 2,520 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Sudley on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
How far it is to work from Sudley
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Sudley
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,990 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 3.4% of Sudley households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Sudley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sudley next to U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000: 1,047th of 2,023 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+ |
| 4 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,045 | Artesia CA | 15,789 | $101K | 9.4% | 10.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,046 | Tarpon Springs FL | 25,602 | $80K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 10% | B |
| 1,047 | Sudley VA | 19,162 | $94K | 10.2% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,048 | Marion AR | 13,378 | $78K | 8.6% | 4.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,049 | Depew NY | 14,801 | $74K | 9.4% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | 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 Sudley, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Around Sudley: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sudley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudley | – | B | A | 35 min | $94,309 |
| Loch Lomond | under 3% | A− | A− | 32 min | $113,790 |
| Bull Run | under 3% | A+ | C | 34 min | $241,933 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sudley’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 Sudley: questions
What is the median household income in Sudley?
$94,309 (±$10,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sudley?
10.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sudley?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sudley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chantilly (5%, 8 mi), Manassas (5%, 3 mi), Washington (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sudley walkable?
Sudley is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sudley without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sudley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sudley
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.