Work & commute · Dinwiddie

Work & commute in Dinwiddie, VA

Most working residents leave Dinwiddie for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (8%), Colonial Heights (6%) and Petersburg (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 273 Dinwiddie residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dinwiddie.

273live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dinwiddie goes to work

Dinwiddie (in town)right here

9%26

Richmond31.4 mi away

8%24

Colonial Heights16.1 mi away

6%18

Petersburg13.5 mi away

6%17

Hopewell21.3 mi away

3%8

Bensley26.2 mi away

1%4

Innsbrook39.3 mi away

1%4

Manchester28 mi away

1%4

Mechanicsville39.7 mi away

1%4

Norfolk74.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%187

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

How far

How far Dinwiddie commutes

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

14%

38%

28%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dinwiddie is a job hub

4.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dinwiddie are

1,303 jobs are based in Dinwiddie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dinwiddie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dinwiddie

1,303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Dinwiddie residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Dinwiddie, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,303. 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.