Work & commute · Brookneal

Work & commute in Brookneal, VA

Most working residents leave Brookneal for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Lynchburg (20%), Rustburg (8%) and Altavista (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

43 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 339 Brookneal residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookneal.

339live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookneal goes to work

Lynchburg27.7 mi away

20%75

Brookneal (in town)right here

11%43

Rustburg17.5 mi away

8%32

Altavista18.9 mi away

3%12

Roanoke57.5 mi away

2%7

Timberlake24.6 mi away

2%7

Forest28.8 mi away

2%7

Appomattox22.6 mi away

2%6

Richmond87.8 mi away

1%5

Farmville35 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%184

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

How far

How far Brookneal commutes

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

17%

27%

31%

25%

17%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookneal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookneal are

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

Jobs based in Brookneal

456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Brookneal residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Brookneal, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 456. 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.