Work & commute · Lynchburg

Work & commute in Lynchburg, VA

48% of Lynchburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Forest (5%), Roanoke (3%) and Timberlake (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

12,887 of 27,040 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,153 Lynchburg residents head out of town to work, 12,887 work right here, and 32,688 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynchburg.

14,153live here, work elsewhere

12,887live and work here

32,688work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynchburg goes to work

Lynchburg (in town)right here

48%12,887

Forest4.8 mi away

5%1,312

Roanoke42.7 mi away

3%732

Timberlake6.3 mi away

2%634

Bedford18 mi away

2%500

Madison Heights5.9 mi away

1%388

Richmond94.7 mi away

1%309

Rustburg10.2 mi away

1%250

Salem47.9 mi away

1%222

Amherst14.9 mi away

1%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%9,591

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

How far

How far Lynchburg commutes

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

62%

22%

62%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynchburg is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynchburg are

45,575 jobs are based in Lynchburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynchburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynchburg

45,575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lynchburg residents hold

27,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−1%

Jobs based in Lynchburg, 2013 → 2023: 46,192 → 45,575. 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.