Work & commute · Irvington

Work & commute in Irvington, VA

Most working residents leave Irvington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (6%), Norfolk (5%) and Kilmarnock (4%). Half commute less than 57 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

57 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Irvington residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irvington.

190live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irvington goes to work

Irvington (in town)right here

6%13

Richmond58.5 mi away

6%13

Norfolk52 mi away

5%10

Kilmarnock4 mi away

4%9

Newport News40.9 mi away

4%8

Virginia Beach64.7 mi away

3%7

Washington, DC91.7 mi away

3%6

White Stone2 mi away

3%6

Alexandria87.6 mi away

2%4

Petersburg62 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%124

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

How far

How far Irvington commutes

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

25%

58%

25%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irvington is a job hub

2.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irvington are

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

Jobs based in Irvington

470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Irvington residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+28%

Jobs based in Irvington, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 470. 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.