Work & commute · La Crosse

Work & commute in La Crosse, VA

Most working residents leave La Crosse for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are South Hill (20%), Richmond (7%) and Boydton (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 269 La Crosse residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Crosse.

269live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Crosse goes to work

South Hill2.5 mi away

20%54

Richmond66.7 mi away

7%19

Boydton16.6 mi away

4%12

Newport News90.7 mi away

4%10

Chesapeake99.3 mi away

2%6

Norfolk103.5 mi away

2%6

Lawrenceville13.9 mi away

1%4

Emporia30.9 mi away

1%4

Farmville44.4 mi away

1%4

Colonial Heights54.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%149

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

How far

How far La Crosse commutes

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

30%

18%

43%

30%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Crosse is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Crosse are

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

Jobs based in La Crosse

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs La Crosse residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−9%

Jobs based in La Crosse, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 125. 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.