Work & commute · Lakeside

Work & commute in Lakeside, VA

Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (22%), Innsbrook (4%) and Laurel (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

110 of 5,865 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,755 Lakeside residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 4,360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeside.

5,755live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

4,360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeside goes to work

Richmond5.6 mi away

22%1,319

Innsbrook6.1 mi away

4%242

Laurel2.3 mi away

3%194

Mechanicsville6.8 mi away

3%158

Short Pump8.4 mi away

2%135

Tuckahoe6.3 mi away

2%120

Lakeside (in town)right here

2%110

Ashland10.2 mi away

1%86

Dumbarton1.7 mi away

1%77

Manchester9.3 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,354

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

How far

How far Lakeside commutes

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

66%

15%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeside is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeside are

4,470 jobs are based in Lakeside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeside

4,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lakeside residents hold

5,865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−19%

Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 5,517 → 4,470. 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.