Work & commute · Mount Jackson

Work & commute in Mount Jackson, VA

Most working residents leave Mount Jackson for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Woodstock (11%), Columbia Furnace (7%) and Winchester (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

136 of 815 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 679 Mount Jackson residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 1,585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Jackson.

679live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

1,585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Jackson goes to work

Mount Jackson (in town)right here

17%136

Woodstock11.7 mi away

11%87

Columbia Furnace9.6 mi away

7%59

Winchester39.4 mi away

3%26

New Market6.6 mi away

3%23

Tysons77.6 mi away

2%19

Edinburg7.5 mi away

2%13

Broadway12.1 mi away

2%13

Arlington84 mi away

1%11

Strasburg24.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%418

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Mount Jackson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

22%

13%

29%

37%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Jackson is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Jackson are

1,721 jobs are based in Mount Jackson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Jackson

1,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mount Jackson residents hold

815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+70%

Jobs based in Mount Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 1,011 → 1,721. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.