Work & commute · Ettrick

Work & commute in Ettrick, VA

Most working residents leave Ettrick for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (9%), Petersburg (7%) and Colonial Heights (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 2,137 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,099 Ettrick residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ettrick.

2,099live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

1,326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ettrick goes to work

Richmond19.8 mi away

9%195

Petersburg3.6 mi away

7%139

Colonial Heights2.1 mi away

4%92

Tysons116.2 mi away

2%49

Virginia Beach83.9 mi away

2%42

Ettrick (in town)right here

2%38

Hopewell7.9 mi away

2%37

Chester7.2 mi away

2%33

Mechanicsville26.8 mi away

1%25

Newport News51.5 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,463

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

How far

How far Ettrick commutes

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

31%

27%

13%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ettrick is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ettrick are

1,364 jobs are based in Ettrick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ettrick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ettrick

1,364 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ettrick residents hold

2,137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−17%

Jobs based in Ettrick, 2013 → 2023: 1,635 → 1,364. 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.