Work & commute · Chamberlayne

Work & commute in Chamberlayne, VA

Most working residents leave Chamberlayne for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (24%), Mechanicsville (5%) and Innsbrook (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 2,520 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,510 Chamberlayne residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chamberlayne.

2,510live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chamberlayne goes to work

Richmond7.1 mi away

24%607

Mechanicsville4 mi away

5%128

Innsbrook8.3 mi away

4%108

Laurel4.4 mi away

3%74

Ashland9.5 mi away

2%47

Short Pump10.7 mi away

2%47

Tuckahoe9.2 mi away

1%36

Glen Allen4.1 mi away

1%35

Virginia Beach96.8 mi away

1%31

Sandston10.1 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,378

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

How far

How far Chamberlayne commutes

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

65%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chamberlayne is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chamberlayne are

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

Jobs based in Chamberlayne

398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Chamberlayne residents hold

2,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+51%

Jobs based in Chamberlayne, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 398. 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.