Glen Lyn, VA

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Mark Warner

Democratic Party

US Senator

Tim Kaine

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

50.3

6.85% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

10.3%

15.1% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Household Income

$75,000

1.69% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$162,500

Economy

The economy of Glen Lyn, VA employs 29 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Glen Lyn, VA were Retail Trade (7 people), Manufacturing (6 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (6 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($68,750), Retail Trade ($47,813), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,333).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 81

3.57%

1 Year growth

± 383%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Glen Lyn, VA grew at a rate of 3.57%, from 28 employees to 29 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Glen Lyn, VA, are Sales & Related Occupations (7 people), Production Occupations (4 people), and Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (4 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Glen Lyn, VA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Virginia.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Virginia (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 81

3.57%

1 Year growth

± 383%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Glen Lyn, VA grew at a rate of 3.57%, from 28 employees to 29 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Glen Lyn, VA, are Retail Trade (7 people), Manufacturing (6 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (6 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Glen Lyn, VA, though some of these residents may live in Glen Lyn, VA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$69,375

Median earning men ± $22,827

$38,000

Median earning women ± $14,569

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($69,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($47,813) and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,438).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Glen Lyn, VA was $162,500 in 2024, which is 0.488 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $171,900 to $162,500, a 5.47% decrease. The homeownership rate in Glen Lyn, VA is 78.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Glen Lyn, VA have an average commute time of 25.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Glen Lyn, VA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$162,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$146,512

$22

Median Property Taxes

±$32

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Glen Lyn, VA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Glen Lyn, VA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

78.6%

Homeownership

2024

71.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 78.6% of the housing units in Glen Lyn, VA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 90%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Glen Lyn, VA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$75,000

Median Household Income

± $40,557

Number of Households

± 35

In 2023, the median household income of the 28 households in Glen Lyn, VA grew to $75,000 from the previous year's value of $73,750.

The following chart displays the households in Glen Lyn, VA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Glen Lyn, VA is from Virginia.

0.47

2024 Wage GINI in Virginia

0.472

2023 Wage GINI in Virginia

In 2024, the income inequality in Virginia was 0.47 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.376% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Virginia in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Virginia across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (92.9%)
Carpooled (7.14%)

In 2024, 92.9% of workers in Glen Lyn, VA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (7.14%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

25.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Glen Lyn, VA have a shorter commute time (25.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Glen Lyn, VA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Glen Lyn, VA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Glen Lyn, VA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Glen Lyn, VA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Glen Lyn, VA (7 out of 68 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Males 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Glen Lyn, VA is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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