Work & commute · Alberta

Work & commute in Alberta, VA

Most working residents leave Alberta for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (5%), South Hill (4%) and Lawrenceville (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 146 Alberta residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alberta.

146live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alberta goes to work

Richmond52 mi away

5%8

South Hill15.9 mi away

4%6

Lawrenceville7.2 mi away

3%4

Petersburg36.6 mi away

3%4

Newport News77.2 mi away

3%4

Chesapeake88.8 mi away

3%4

Alberta (in town)right here

2%3

Kenbridge15 mi away

2%3

Blackstone16.8 mi away

2%3

Emporia22.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%107

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

How far

How far Alberta commutes

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

15%

21%

28%

36%

15%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alberta is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alberta are

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

Jobs based in Alberta

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Alberta residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−56%

Jobs based in Alberta, 2013 → 2023: 543 → 241. 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.