Work & commute · Appomattox

Work & commute in Appomattox, VA

Most working residents leave Appomattox for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lynchburg (24%), Richmond (3%) and Forest (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

138 of 863 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 725 Appomattox residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 1,931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Appomattox.

725live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

1,931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Appomattox goes to work

Lynchburg20.4 mi away

24%206

Appomattox (in town)right here

16%138

Richmond75 mi away

3%22

Forest24.8 mi away

2%14

Madison Heights16.7 mi away

2%13

Farmville23.8 mi away

1%10

Rustburg16.2 mi away

1%9

Bedford37.8 mi away

1%8

Virginia Beach159.4 mi away

1%8

Timberlake23.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%427

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

How far

How far Appomattox commutes

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

22%

40%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Appomattox is a job hub

2.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Appomattox are

2,069 jobs are based in Appomattox. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Appomattox’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Appomattox

2,069 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Appomattox residents hold

863 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+16%

Jobs based in Appomattox, 2013 → 2023: 1,791 → 2,069. 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.