Work & commute · Chase

Work & commute in Chase, VA

Most working residents leave Chase for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boydton (9%), South Hill (6%) and Richmond (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 747 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 687 Chase residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chase.

687live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chase goes to work

Boydton10 mi away

9%69

Chase City (in town)right here

8%60

South Hill19.1 mi away

6%47

Richmond74.1 mi away

5%34

Fairview2 mi away

3%24

Chesapeake119.8 mi away

2%16

Newport News108.8 mi away

2%14

Clarksville13.9 mi away

2%13

Norfolk122.8 mi away

2%12

Thynedale1.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%446

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

How far

How far Chase commutes

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

25%

21%

45%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chase is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chase are

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

Jobs based in Chase

717 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Chase residents hold

747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−21%

Jobs based in Chase, 2013 → 2023: 911 → 717. 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.