Work & commute · Crewe

Work & commute in Crewe, VA

Most working residents leave Crewe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (5%), Burkeville (5%) and Blackstone (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 674 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 654 Crewe residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crewe.

654live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crewe goes to work

Richmond43.3 mi away

5%37

Burkeville3.6 mi away

5%33

Blackstone9.8 mi away

4%29

Farmville16.8 mi away

4%29

Crewe (in town)right here

3%20

Lynchburg60.4 mi away

3%18

Amelia Court House13.3 mi away

2%14

Virginia Beach119.3 mi away

1%10

Norfolk105.5 mi away

1%9

Chesapeake106.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%469

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

How far

How far Crewe commutes

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

25%

17%

28%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crewe is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crewe are

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

Jobs based in Crewe

468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Crewe residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−6%

Jobs based in Crewe, 2013 → 2023: 496 → 468. 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.