Work & commute · Hampden-Sydney

Work & commute in Hampden-Sydney, VA

Most working residents leave Hampden-Sydney for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Farmville (15%), Lynchburg (5%) and Richmond (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 342 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 321 Hampden-Sydney residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampden-Sydney.

321live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampden-Sydney goes to work

Farmville5.5 mi away

15%51

Hampden-Sydney (in town)right here

6%21

Lynchburg41 mi away

5%18

Richmond58.3 mi away

3%11

Charlotte Court House15.7 mi away

2%8

Chesapeake126.1 mi away

2%7

Burkeville15.9 mi away

2%6

Keysville14.1 mi away

2%6

Appomattox20.9 mi away

2%6

Danville68.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%203

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

How far

How far Hampden-Sydney commutes

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

30%

17%

16%

37%

30%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampden-Sydney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampden-Sydney are

324 jobs are based in Hampden-Sydney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampden-Sydney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampden-Sydney

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hampden-Sydney residents hold

342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−32%

Jobs based in Hampden-Sydney, 2013 → 2023: 473 → 324. 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.