Work & commute · Bracey

Work & commute in Bracey, VA

Most working residents leave Bracey for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are South Hill (9%), Richmond (9%) and Boydton (3%). Half commute less than 66 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 588 working residents

Typical commute

66 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 556 Bracey residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bracey.

556live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bracey goes to work

South Hill10.4 mi away

9%53

Richmond74.6 mi away

9%53

Bracey (in town)right here

5%32

Boydton16.9 mi away

3%18

Norfolk105.8 mi away

2%13

Newport News94.3 mi away

2%12

Chesapeake100.3 mi away

2%10

Lawrenceville18.7 mi away

2%9

Emporia32.7 mi away

1%8

Suffolk82 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%373

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

How far

How far Bracey commutes

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

15%

19%

57%

15%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bracey is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bracey are

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

Jobs based in Bracey

203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bracey residents hold

588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−3%

Jobs based in Bracey, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 203. 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.