Work & commute · Goochland

Work & commute in Goochland, VA

Most working residents leave Goochland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (13%), Innsbrook (4%) and Short Pump (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 383 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 355 Goochland residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 1,390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goochland.

355live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

1,390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goochland goes to work

Richmond25.5 mi away

13%50

Goochland (in town)right here

7%28

Innsbrook17.7 mi away

4%14

Short Pump15.4 mi away

3%11

Tuckahoe18.3 mi away

3%11

Mechanicsville30 mi away

2%7

Tysons92.7 mi away

2%6

Laurel21.7 mi away

2%6

Ashland23.8 mi away

1%5

Fredericksburg47.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%240

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

How far

How far Goochland commutes

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

12%

46%

24%

18%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goochland is a job hub

3.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goochland are

1,418 jobs are based in Goochland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goochland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goochland

1,418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Goochland residents hold

383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−10%

Jobs based in Goochland, 2013 → 2023: 1,583 → 1,418. 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.