Work & commute · Ebony

Work & commute in Ebony, VA

Most working residents leave Ebony for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Emporia (10%), South Hill (10%) and Richmond (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 67 Ebony residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ebony.

67live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ebony goes to work

Emporia26.2 mi away

10%7

South Hill13.1 mi away

10%7

Richmond71.7 mi away

9%6

Lawrenceville14.4 mi away

4%3

Suffolk75.3 mi away

4%3

Ebony (in town)right here

4%3

Newport News88 mi away

3%2

Baltimore, MD202.5 mi away

1%1

Raleigh, NC63.1 mi away

1%1

Boydton23.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%36

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

How far

How far Ebony commutes

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

15%

28%

10%

46%

15%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ebony is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ebony are

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

Jobs based in Ebony

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ebony residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−53%

Jobs based in Ebony, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 38. 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.