Work & commute · Elkton

Work & commute in Elkton, VA

Most working residents leave Elkton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisonburg (23%), Massanutten (5%) and Charlottesville (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 1,562 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,431 Elkton residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 1,331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkton.

1,431live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

1,331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkton goes to work

Harrisonburg14 mi away

23%364

Elkton (in town)right here

8%131

Massanutten6.1 mi away

5%82

Charlottesville26.7 mi away

2%24

Waynesboro28.3 mi away

2%24

Richmond86.9 mi away

1%20

Luray19.6 mi away

1%19

Stuarts Draft35.3 mi away

1%19

Bridgewater18.9 mi away

1%17

Verona26 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%846

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

How far

How far Elkton commutes

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

23%

43%

11%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkton are

1,462 jobs are based in Elkton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elkton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elkton

1,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Elkton residents hold

1,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+112%

Jobs based in Elkton, 2013 → 2023: 691 → 1,462. 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.