Work & commute · Lake Caroline

Work & commute in Lake Caroline, VA

Most working residents leave Lake Caroline for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fredericksburg (6%), Richmond (6%) and Ashland (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 1,295 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 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 1,291 Lake Caroline residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Caroline.

1,291live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Caroline goes to work

Fredericksburg21.6 mi away

6%76

Richmond31.6 mi away

6%73

Ashland15.9 mi away

2%31

Arlington65.6 mi away

2%25

Washington, DC69 mi away

2%22

Virginia Beach116.9 mi away

2%22

Spotsylvania Courthouse15.2 mi away

2%21

Bowling Green10.4 mi away

1%18

Newport News83.4 mi away

1%16

Mechanicsville26.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

75%975

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

How far

How far Lake Caroline commutes

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

36%

27%

29%

8%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Caroline is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Caroline are

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

Jobs based in Lake Caroline

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lake Caroline residents hold

1,295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−84%

Jobs based in Lake Caroline, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 43. 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.