Work & commute · Luray

Work & commute in Luray, VA

About one in 4 of Luray’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Harrisonburg (4%), Winchester (4%) and Front Royal (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

569 of 2,184 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,615 Luray residents head out of town to work, 569 work right here, and 2,622 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luray.

1,615live here, work elsewhere

569live and work here

2,622work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luray goes to work

Luray (in town)right here

26%569

Harrisonburg27.6 mi away

4%96

Winchester38.3 mi away

4%81

Front Royal23.2 mi away

2%46

Stanley6.2 mi away

2%38

Woodstock14.8 mi away

1%31

Richmond94.6 mi away

1%29

Chantilly56.7 mi away

1%28

Mount Jackson11.8 mi away

1%24

Warrenton35.6 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,218

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

How far

How far Luray commutes

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

34%

12%

26%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luray is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Luray are

3,191 jobs are based in Luray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Luray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Luray

3,191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Luray residents hold

2,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+2%

Jobs based in Luray, 2013 → 2023: 3,136 → 3,191. 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.