Work & commute · Gasburg

Work & commute in Gasburg, VA

Most working residents leave Gasburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceville (9%), Emporia (7%) and Richmond (6%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

55 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 200 Gasburg residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gasburg.

200live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gasburg goes to work

Lawrenceville13.7 mi away

9%19

Emporia21.3 mi away

7%15

Richmond70.8 mi away

6%13

South Hill18 mi away

4%9

Gasburg (in town)right here

2%5

Roanoke Rapids, NC15 mi away

2%4

Newport News83.3 mi away

2%4

Virginia Beach103.7 mi away

2%4

Butner, NC56.2 mi away

1%3

Colonial Heights55.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%126

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

How far

How far Gasburg commutes

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

35%

50%

7%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gasburg is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gasburg are

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

Jobs based in Gasburg

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Gasburg residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+32%

Jobs based in Gasburg, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 74. 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.