Photo: Cecouchman · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Upperville earns its living
80 jobs are based in Upperville for 91 working residents. 40% of workers work from home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%. Only 1% stay in Upperville for work; outside it, Warrenton is the main destination (12%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Upperville, and who commutes in
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Upperville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Upperville to work: where people go
Where Upperville clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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: 39% of the jobs in Upperville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upperville, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 80. 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 Upperville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Upperville
of Upperville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 40% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Upperville
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 Upperville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Upperville?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Upperville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warrenton (12%, 20 mi), Marshall (12%, 9 mi), Alexandria (3%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Upperville 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 Upperville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upperville
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.