Work & commute · Lovingston

Work & commute in Lovingston, VA

Most working residents leave Lovingston for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (10%), University of Virginia (9%) and Lynchburg (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

22 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Lovingston residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 988 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovingston.

190live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

988work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovingston goes to work

Charlottesville27.8 mi away

10%22

Lovingston (in town)right here

10%22

University of Virginia26.3 mi away

9%20

Lynchburg31.2 mi away

2%4

Winchester104.2 mi away

1%3

Waynesboro21.1 mi away

1%3

Stuarts Draft20 mi away

1%3

Buena Vista27.3 mi away

1%2

Wytheville134.6 mi away

1%2

Harrisonburg46.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%129

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

How far

How far Lovingston commutes

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

23%

13%

40%

24%

23%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovingston is a job hub

4.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lovingston are

1,010 jobs are based in Lovingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lovingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lovingston

1,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lovingston residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−2%

Jobs based in Lovingston, 2013 → 2023: 1,035 → 1,010. 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.