Work & commute · Kilmarnock

Work & commute in Kilmarnock, VA

Most working residents leave Kilmarnock for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Irvington (4%), Newport News (3%) and Richmond (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

101 of 619 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 518 Kilmarnock residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,888 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kilmarnock.

518live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

1,888work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kilmarnock goes to work

Kilmarnock (in town)right here

16%101

Irvington4 mi away

4%26

Newport News44.7 mi away

3%18

Richmond60.8 mi away

3%17

Virginia Beach67.6 mi away

2%14

Washington, DC88.9 mi away

2%12

Lancaster4.5 mi away

2%11

White Stone4.8 mi away

2%10

Norfolk55.3 mi away

1%9

Hampton46.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%393

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

How far

How far Kilmarnock commutes

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

39%

10%

11%

40%

39%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kilmarnock is a job hub

3.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kilmarnock are

1,989 jobs are based in Kilmarnock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kilmarnock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kilmarnock

1,989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kilmarnock residents hold

619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+32%

Jobs based in Kilmarnock, 2013 → 2023: 1,507 → 1,989. 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.