Work & commute · Lake Monticello

Work & commute in Lake Monticello, VA

Most working residents leave Lake Monticello for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (21%), University of Virginia (10%) and Palmyra (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

223 of 4,276 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,053 Lake Monticello residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 697 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Monticello.

4,053live here, work elsewhere

223live and work here

697work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Monticello goes to work

Charlottesville11.7 mi away

21%902

University of Virginia13 mi away

10%428

Lake Monticello (in town)right here

5%223

Palmyra5.5 mi away

5%208

Pantops9.9 mi away

4%177

Richmond53.9 mi away

2%73

Rio13.5 mi away

2%72

Harrisonburg46.2 mi away

1%48

Hollymead15 mi away

1%45

Arlington94 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,066

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

How far

How far Lake Monticello commutes

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

20%

50%

10%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Monticello is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Monticello are

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

Jobs based in Lake Monticello

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lake Monticello residents hold

4,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−37%

Jobs based in Lake Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 1,454 → 920. 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.