Work & commute · King William

Work & commute in King William, VA

Most working residents leave King William for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (7%), Newport News (5%) and Mechanicsville (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

69 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 178 King William residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in King William.

178live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where King William goes to work

Richmond26.6 mi away

7%12

Newport News50.4 mi away

5%9

King William (in town)right here

3%6

Mechanicsville18.2 mi away

3%6

Norfolk68 mi away

3%5

West Point15.4 mi away

2%4

Ashland24.8 mi away

2%4

Hampton59.5 mi away

2%4

Dumbarton26.6 mi away

2%3

Innsbrook30 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%128

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

How far

How far King William commutes

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

26%

35%

31%

8%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

King William is a job hub

2.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in King William are

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

Jobs based in King William

534 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 month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs King William residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+0%

Jobs based in King William, 2013 → 2023: 534 → 534. 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.