Work & commute · New Hope

Work & commute in New Hope, VA

Most working residents leave New Hope for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Waynesboro (10%), Verona (9%) and Harrisonburg (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 404 New Hope residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hope.

404live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hope goes to work

Waynesboro8.6 mi away

10%41

Verona6.3 mi away

9%37

Harrisonburg16.9 mi away

8%34

Stuarts Draft14.2 mi away

8%34

Staunton9.4 mi away

8%31

Fishersville7.9 mi away

6%25

Bridgewater14.1 mi away

2%10

Charlottesville24.7 mi away

2%10

Weyers Cave6.2 mi away

2%9

Richmond89.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%168

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

How far

How far New Hope commutes

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

41%

35%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hope is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hope are

36 jobs are based in New Hope. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hope

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs New Hope residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 36. 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.