Work & commute · Courtland

Work & commute in Courtland, VA

Most working residents leave Courtland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (11%), Suffolk (10%) and Camptown (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 526 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 492 Courtland residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Courtland.

492live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Courtland goes to work

Franklin7 mi away

11%60

Suffolk23.7 mi away

10%51

Courtland (in town)right here

6%34

Camptown9.4 mi away

4%20

Richmond61 mi away

2%13

Norfolk47.5 mi away

2%12

Newport News39.1 mi away

2%10

Windsor19.2 mi away

2%8

Chesapeake42.2 mi away

2%8

Raleigh, NC106.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%303

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

How far

How far Courtland commutes

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

35%

13%

24%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Courtland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Courtland are

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

Jobs based in Courtland

585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Courtland residents hold

526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Courtland, 2013 → 2023: 558 → 585. 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.