Work & commute · Halifax

Work & commute in Halifax, VA

Most working residents leave Halifax for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are South Boston (19%), Riverdale (11%) and Danville (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

61 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 414 Halifax residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 2,141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halifax.

414live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

2,141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halifax goes to work

South Boston3.5 mi away

19%89

Halifax (in town)right here

13%61

Riverdale6.2 mi away

11%52

Danville29.4 mi away

5%26

Lynchburg46.5 mi away

3%16

Richmond96 mi away

2%8

Mountain Road3.4 mi away

1%7

Farmville47 mi away

1%6

South Hill44.3 mi away

1%6

Roxboro, NC25.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%199

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

How far

How far Halifax commutes

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

49%

21%

27%

49%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halifax is a job hub

4.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halifax are

2,202 jobs are based in Halifax. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Halifax’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Halifax

2,202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Halifax residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−4%

Jobs based in Halifax, 2013 → 2023: 2,295 → 2,202. 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.