Work & commute · Boykins

Work & commute in Boykins, VA

Most working residents leave Boykins for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (16%), Suffolk (7%) and Newport News (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 204 Boykins residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boykins.

204live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boykins goes to work

Franklin16.1 mi away

16%33

Suffolk32.3 mi away

7%14

Newport News50.9 mi away

5%11

Courtland12 mi away

5%10

Severn, NC4.4 mi away

2%4

Boykins (in town)right here

2%4

Chesapeake50.2 mi away

2%4

Mechanicsville73.2 mi away

2%4

Branchville2.9 mi away

1%3

Portsmouth50.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%118

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

How far

How far Boykins commutes

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

34%

15%

44%

8%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boykins is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boykins are

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

Jobs based in Boykins

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Boykins residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−3%

Jobs based in Boykins, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 31. 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.