Work & commute · Bon Air

Work & commute in Bon Air, VA

Most working residents leave Bon Air for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (27%), Innsbrook (3%) and Manchester (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

364 of 8,124 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,760 Bon Air residents head out of town to work, 364 work right here, and 8,575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bon Air.

7,760live here, work elsewhere

364live and work here

8,575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bon Air goes to work

Richmond5.3 mi away

27%2,170

Bon Air (in town)right here

4%364

Innsbrook9.5 mi away

3%249

Manchester2.4 mi away

2%171

Tuckahoe5 mi away

2%154

Short Pump10 mi away

1%113

Mechanicsville14.1 mi away

1%113

Laurel8.9 mi away

1%108

Brandermill7.2 mi away

1%97

Midlothian4.9 mi away

1%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%4,490

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

How far

How far Bon Air commutes

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

63%

18%

17%

63%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bon Air is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bon Air are

8,939 jobs are based in Bon Air. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bon Air’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bon Air

8,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bon Air residents hold

8,124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in Bon Air, 2013 → 2023: 9,392 → 8,939. 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.