Work & commute · Brandermill

Work & commute in Brandermill, VA

Most working residents leave Brandermill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (19%), Innsbrook (3%) and Bon Air (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

338 of 6,628 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,290 Brandermill residents head out of town to work, 338 work right here, and 6,952 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandermill.

6,290live here, work elsewhere

338live and work here

6,952work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandermill goes to work

Richmond11.7 mi away

19%1,271

Brandermill (in town)right here

5%338

Innsbrook15.7 mi away

3%183

Bon Air7.2 mi away

2%129

Midlothian3.5 mi away

2%118

Short Pump15.5 mi away

2%114

Manchester7 mi away

2%107

Mechanicsville21.1 mi away

1%95

Tuckahoe11.1 mi away

1%89

Laurel16 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%4,098

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

How far

How far Brandermill commutes

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

30%

51%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandermill 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 Brandermill are

7,290 jobs are based in Brandermill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandermill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brandermill

7,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Brandermill residents hold

6,628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+14%

Jobs based in Brandermill, 2013 → 2023: 6,421 → 7,290. 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.