Work & commute · Cumberland

Work & commute in Cumberland, VA

Most working residents leave Cumberland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Farmville (9%), Richmond (8%) and Midlothian (2%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 160 Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumberland.

160live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumberland goes to work

Farmville16 mi away

9%16

Richmond42.9 mi away

8%14

Cumberland (in town)right here

6%10

Midlothian33.3 mi away

2%4

Lynchburg51.9 mi away

2%3

Norfolk117.7 mi away

2%3

Burkeville21.8 mi away

1%2

Appomattox32.7 mi away

1%2

Altavista62 mi away

1%2

Charlottesville39.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%112

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

How far

How far Cumberland commutes

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

10%

27%

38%

24%

10%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumberland is a job hub

2.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumberland are

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

Jobs based in Cumberland

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Cumberland residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+4%

Jobs based in Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 423. 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.