Work & commute · Chatmoss

Work & commute in Chatmoss, VA

Most working residents leave Chatmoss for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Martinsville (22%), Collinsville (8%) and Danville (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 624 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 619 Chatmoss residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chatmoss.

619live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chatmoss goes to work

Martinsville3.8 mi away

22%138

Collinsville7.2 mi away

8%49

Danville22.4 mi away

8%47

Roanoke42.6 mi away

4%25

Greensboro, NC40.1 mi away

1%9

Rocky Mount23.3 mi away

1%9

Villa Heights5.8 mi away

1%8

Chatham23.9 mi away

1%7

Bassett12.1 mi away

1%6

Cave Spring39.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%320

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

How far

How far Chatmoss commutes

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

57%

14%

15%

57%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chatmoss is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chatmoss are

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

Jobs based in Chatmoss

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Chatmoss residents hold

624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−55%

Jobs based in Chatmoss, 2013 → 2023: 447 → 199. 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.