Work & commute · Ivy

Work & commute in Ivy, VA

Most working residents leave Ivy for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (29%), University of Virginia (12%) and Pantops (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 328 Ivy residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ivy.

328live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ivy goes to work

Charlottesville6.4 mi away

29%96

University of Virginia4.7 mi away

12%41

Pantops8.6 mi away

2%7

Arlington98.6 mi away

2%5

Fredericksburg62.5 mi away

1%4

Harrisonburg29.7 mi away

1%4

Rio6.8 mi away

1%4

Tysons94.8 mi away

1%4

Hollymead9.6 mi away

1%4

Reston91 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%157

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

How far

How far Ivy commutes

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

62%

30%

62%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ivy is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ivy are

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

Jobs based in Ivy

231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ivy residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+15%

Jobs based in Ivy, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 231. 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.