Photo: Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Warrenton has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 10,398 people commute in to work
Jobs & income B+: better than 70% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #136 of 253 in Virginia.
Walkability A: more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns · #72 of 253 in Virginia.
Household incomes here are higher than in 60% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 30 minutes each way (Virginia 27, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Warrenton; the top destination outside it is Washington (4%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Warrenton
No single place dominates Warrenton’s commute
The biggest draw, Washington, DC, gets only 4% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Warrenton residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Warrenton is where the jobs are
Warrenton has 11,328 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, 61% more than the 10,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Warrenton draws workers from far and wide
The 11,328 jobs in Warrenton are filled from a wide area. Warrenton’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 18%; the other 74% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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 Warrenton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warrenton is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #136 of 253 in Virginia. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warrenton could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Warrenton’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Warrenton clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Warrenton nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 4,159 residents head out to work, 930 work right here, and 10,398 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Warrenton on a workday afternoon, 61% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What the 11,328 jobs in Warrenton are
11,328 jobs are based in Warrenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warrenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrenton, 2013 → 2023: 10,761 → 11,328. 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Virginia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrenton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,377 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.
Half of Warrenton commutes less than 26 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Warrenton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warrenton is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #72 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Warrenton 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 5,098 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.2% of Warrenton households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Warrenton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warrenton is 1,133rd of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Warrenton, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Long Branch VA | 7,034 | $185K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,131 | Union Township OH | 9,403 | $95K | 9.5% | 3.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Northampton PA | 10,570 | $91K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Warrenton VA | 10,213 | $83K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,134 | Atlas Township MI | 8,271 | $107K | 4.1% | 6.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Macedon NY | 9,367 | $95K | 8.1% | 4.0% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
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 Warrenton: questions
What is the median household income in Warrenton?
$83,331 (±$7,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrenton?
9.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrenton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrenton work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (4%, 44 mi), Arlington (3%, 39 mi), Chantilly (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warrenton walkable?
Warrenton is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warrenton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrenton
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.