Work & commute · Brodnax

Work & commute in Brodnax, VA

Most working residents leave Brodnax for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are South Hill (11%), Richmond (8%) and Lawrenceville (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 128 Brodnax residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brodnax.

128live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brodnax goes to work

South Hill5.6 mi away

11%15

Richmond64.9 mi away

8%11

Lawrenceville10.5 mi away

5%6

Boydton20 mi away

3%4

Brodnax (in town)right here

2%3

Emporia27.5 mi away

2%3

Virginia Beach111.1 mi away

2%3

Suffolk77.4 mi away

2%3

Bracey9.7 mi away

2%3

Petersburg49.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%78

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

How far

How far Brodnax commutes

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

25%

19%

11%

45%

25%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brodnax is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brodnax are

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

Jobs based in Brodnax

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Brodnax residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−45%

Jobs based in Brodnax, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 57. 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.