Work & commute · Fishersville

Work & commute in Fishersville, VA

Most working residents leave Fishersville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Staunton (11%), Waynesboro (11%) and Verona (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

545 of 4,471 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,926 Fishersville residents head out of town to work, 545 work right here, and 6,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fishersville.

3,926live here, work elsewhere

545live and work here

6,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fishersville goes to work

Fishersville (in town)right here

12%545

Staunton5.6 mi away

11%506

Waynesboro5.2 mi away

11%479

Verona6.5 mi away

8%336

Stuarts Draft6.3 mi away

7%335

Harrisonburg23.9 mi away

4%167

Charlottesville27.6 mi away

4%161

University of Virginia25.8 mi away

2%93

Lynchburg49.9 mi away

1%62

Roanoke77.9 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,729

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

How far

How far Fishersville commutes

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

54%

12%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fishersville 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 Fishersville are

6,732 jobs are based in Fishersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fishersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fishersville

6,732 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Fishersville residents hold

4,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−13%

Jobs based in Fishersville, 2013 → 2023: 7,719 → 6,732. 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.