Work & commute · Madison Heights

Work & commute in Madison Heights, VA

Most working residents leave Madison Heights for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lynchburg (39%), Amherst (6%) and Forest (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

337 of 4,604 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,267 Madison Heights residents head out of town to work, 337 work right here, and 2,426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison Heights.

4,267live here, work elsewhere

337live and work here

2,426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison Heights goes to work

Lynchburg5.9 mi away

39%1,780

Madison Heights (in town)right here

7%337

Amherst9.6 mi away

6%255

Forest10.6 mi away

3%157

Roanoke48.2 mi away

2%104

Timberlake11.9 mi away

2%93

Bedford23.5 mi away

1%54

Richmond89.7 mi away

1%43

Appomattox16.7 mi away

1%32

Altavista24.5 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,717

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

How far

How far Madison Heights commutes

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

59%

15%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison Heights is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison Heights are

2,763 jobs are based in Madison Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison Heights

2,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Madison Heights residents hold

4,604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+1%

Jobs based in Madison Heights, 2013 → 2023: 2,736 → 2,763. 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.