Liberty Hall · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Timberlake (3.4%) is lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. For jobs and income Timberlake is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). Only 5% work in Timberlake; the top destination outside it is Lynchburg (37%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Timberlake, in brief
A lot of Timberlake works one town over
43% of working residents work in a town that borders Timberlake: Lynchburg (37%) and Forest (6%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Timberlake are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia 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.
How Timberlake earns its Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Timberlake’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Timberlake could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Getting to work from Timberlake takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Timberlake workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,210 commuters (the 14% 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.
Timberlake on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,257 residents head out to work, 270 work right here, and 2,992 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Timberlake on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
The places Timberlake commutes to
Where Timberlake clocks in
6% 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.
What Timberlake’s employers do
3,262 jobs are based in Timberlake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Timberlake, 2013 → 2023: 2,911 → 3,262. 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 Timberlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Timberlake goes to work
About 19% 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.
For most of Timberlake, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,206 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 48% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 4.5% of Timberlake households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Timberlake’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,211th of 2,354: where Timberlake ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 14 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,209 | Woodside Township IL | 11,300 | $73K | 11.6% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,210 | Sullivan NY | 14,623 | $81K | 8.2% | 3.9% | 10% | B |
| 1,211 | Timberlake VA | 12,725 | $76K | 8.5% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,212 | White Center WA | 14,886 | $87K | 14.5% | 4.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,213 | Fernandina Beach FL | 13,869 | $98K | 11.3% | 2.7% | 29% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Timberlake, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Timberlake and its neighbors: 43% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Timberlake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timberlake | – | B | B | 20 min | $75,657 |
| Lynchburg | 37% | C | A+ | 17 min | $57,947 |
| Forest | 6% | B | B− | 22 min | $81,552 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lynchburg. Darker towns draw more of Timberlake’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 Timberlake: questions
What is the median household income in Timberlake?
$75,657 (±$4,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Timberlake?
8.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Timberlake?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Timberlake work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lynchburg (37%, 6 mi), Forest (6%, 4 mi), Rustburg (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Timberlake walkable?
Timberlake is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Timberlake without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Timberlake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Timberlake
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.