Work & commute · Boydton

Work & commute in Boydton, VA

Most working residents leave Boydton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are South Hill (6%), Richmond (4%) and Newport News (3%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

16 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Boydton residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 1,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boydton.

110live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

1,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boydton goes to work

Boydton (in town)right here

13%16

South Hill15.1 mi away

6%7

Richmond78.2 mi away

4%5

Newport News107.2 mi away

3%4

Norfolk120.1 mi away

3%4

Clarksville10.3 mi away

2%3

Farmville43.5 mi away

2%3

Franklin80.3 mi away

2%3

Chesapeake115.8 mi away

2%3

Hampton118.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%76

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

How far

How far Boydton commutes

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

28%

15%

49%

28%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boydton is a job hub

9.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boydton are

1,169 jobs are based in Boydton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boydton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boydton

1,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Boydton residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Boydton, 2013 → 2023: 1,220 → 1,169. 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.