Photo: Warsawvirginia · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.8 jobs in Warsaw for every working resident, and 1,084 people commute in
About one in seven work in Warsaw; the top destination outside it is Tappahannock (5%, 7 miles). 1,166 jobs are based in Warsaw, against 634 working residents. Jobs and income earn Warsaw B−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Warsaw: the figures worth knowing
Warsaw is where the jobs are
Warsaw has 1,166 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 634 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Warsaw
On income, poverty and job access, Warsaw is better than 49% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Warsaw’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Warsaw’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Warsaw could be anywhere from C to B+.
How a workday changes Warsaw
On a workday 552 residents head out to work and 82 work right here.
About 2,200 people are in Warsaw on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.8 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.
How many miles Warsaw commutes
About 35% 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.
The daily trip into Warsaw
Where Warsaw clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
What Warsaw’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,166. 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 Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Warsaw spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warsaw workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 572 commuters (the 16% 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.
Warsaw is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warsaw is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Warsaw 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 679 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). 8.2% of Warsaw households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Warsaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Warsaw ranks: 2,227th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,225 | Farmer City IL | 1,797 | $67K | 8.2% | 9.2% | 16% | B− |
| 2,226 | Patton Village TX | 2,069 | $78K | 21.5% | 7.4% | <1% | B− |
| 2,227 | Warsaw VA | 1,692 | $85K | 6.5% | 1.4% | 13% | B− |
| 2,228 | Mount Pleasant Township KS | 1,271 | $69K | 3.3% | 1.3% | 8% | B− |
| 2,229 | Dedham ME | 1,673 | $111K | 9.0% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Warsaw, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Warsaw: questions
What is the median household income in Warsaw?
$84,828 (±$17,174) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warsaw?
6.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warsaw?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warsaw work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tappahannock (5%, 7 mi), Richmond (5%, 49 mi), Virginia Beach (3%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warsaw walkable?
Warsaw is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warsaw without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warsaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warsaw
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.