Work & commute · Dillwyn

Work & commute in Dillwyn, VA

Most working residents leave Dillwyn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Farmville (6%), Buckingham Courthouse (6%) and Lynchburg (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 124 Dillwyn residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dillwyn.

124live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dillwyn goes to work

Farmville17.2 mi away

6%8

Buckingham Courthouse5.1 mi away

6%7

Lynchburg41.4 mi away

4%5

Dillwyn (in town)right here

2%3

Roanoke84.1 mi away

2%3

Richmond54 mi away

2%3

Charlottesville34.4 mi away

2%2

Virginia Beach143.9 mi away

2%2

Norfolk129.2 mi away

2%2

Madison Heights36 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%90

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

How far

How far Dillwyn commutes

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

26%

13%

24%

37%

26%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dillwyn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dillwyn are

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

Jobs based in Dillwyn

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Dillwyn residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−35%

Jobs based in Dillwyn, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 180. 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.