Abraham Beydler House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Toms Brook works elsewhere
1% of workers have no commute at all (Virginia 18%). Employers in Toms Brook report 23 jobs, and 119 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Toms Brook itself; outside it, Woodstock draws the most (16%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Toms Brook, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Toms Brook on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Commuting out of Toms Brook: the destinations
Where Toms Brook clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Toms Brook
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toms Brook, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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 Toms Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Toms Brook spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toms Brook workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 1% 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.
Toms Brook’s commute, mile by mile
About 34% 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.
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 Toms Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Toms Brook?
$54,167 (±$37,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toms Brook?
20.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toms Brook?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toms Brook work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodstock (16%, 7 mi), Strasburg (8%, 6 mi), Winchester (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Toms Brook without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toms Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toms Brook
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.