Work & commute · East Lexington

Work & commute in East Lexington, VA

Most working residents leave East Lexington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington (26%), Buena Vista (6%) and Roanoke (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 772 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 735 East Lexington residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Lexington.

735live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

1,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Lexington goes to work

Lexington2 mi away

26%203

Buena Vista5.9 mi away

6%45

East Lexington (in town)right here

5%37

Roanoke46.8 mi away

3%27

Stuarts Draft25.7 mi away

3%20

Waynesboro33.5 mi away

2%15

Lynchburg30.3 mi away

2%15

Charlottesville53.3 mi away

2%13

Staunton31.3 mi away

1%11

Glasgow11.9 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%376

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

How far

How far East Lexington commutes

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

47%

20%

27%

47%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Lexington is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Lexington are

1,166 jobs are based in East Lexington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Lexington

1,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs East Lexington residents hold

772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in East Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 1,162 → 1,166. 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.