Work & commute · Central Garage

Work & commute in Central Garage, VA

Most working residents leave Central Garage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (10%), Mechanicsville (7%) and Ashland (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,078 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,065 Central Garage residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central Garage.

1,065live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central Garage goes to work

Richmond24.5 mi away

10%109

Mechanicsville15.2 mi away

7%77

Ashland19.4 mi away

3%36

Virginia Beach89.7 mi away

3%29

King William6.5 mi away

3%29

Innsbrook25.8 mi away

2%22

Newport News56.7 mi away

1%16

Chesapeake86.3 mi away

1%16

Norfolk74.4 mi away

1%15

Laurel22.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%714

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

How far

How far Central Garage commutes

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

49%

18%

25%

9%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central Garage is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Central Garage are

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

Jobs based in Central Garage

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Central Garage residents hold

1,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+40%

Jobs based in Central Garage, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 293. 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.