Work & commute · Farmville

Work & commute in Farmville, VA

About one in 4 of Farmville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richmond (5%), Lynchburg (4%) and Hampden-Sydney (2%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

523 of 2,276 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,753 Farmville residents head out of town to work, 523 work right here, and 4,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmville.

1,753live here, work elsewhere

523live and work here

4,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmville goes to work

Farmville (in town)right here

23%523

Richmond53.3 mi away

5%105

Lynchburg44.2 mi away

4%88

Hampden-Sydney5.5 mi away

2%43

Burkeville13.6 mi away

1%34

Cumberland16 mi away

1%31

Virginia Beach135.6 mi away

1%30

Danville74.4 mi away

1%27

Charlottesville51.4 mi away

1%21

Norfolk121.5 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,355

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

How far

How far Farmville commutes

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

34%

10%

16%

39%

34%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmville is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmville are

5,064 jobs are based in Farmville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmville

5,064 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Farmville residents hold

2,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−17%

Jobs based in Farmville, 2013 → 2023: 6,125 → 5,064. 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.