Work & commute · Burkeville

Work & commute in Burkeville, VA

Most working residents leave Burkeville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Crewe (8%), Blackstone (5%) and Farmville (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 129 Burkeville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burkeville.

129live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burkeville goes to work

Crewe3.6 mi away

8%10

Blackstone12.8 mi away

5%6

Farmville13.6 mi away

5%6

Richmond46 mi away

5%6

Burkeville (in town)right here

3%4

Lynchburg56.9 mi away

2%3

South Boston51.6 mi away

2%2

Petersburg44.2 mi away

2%2

Roanoke97.2 mi away

2%2

Virginia Beach122.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%90

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

How far

How far Burkeville commutes

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

22%

18%

23%

36%

22%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burkeville is a job hub

4.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Burkeville are

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

Jobs based in Burkeville

640 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Burkeville residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+400%

Jobs based in Burkeville, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 640. 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.