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
7%
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
9%
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

AppomattoxAmherstAltavistaBedfordWaynesboroStauntonRoanokeDanvilleLynchburgRichmondTimberlakeForestMadison HeightsLynchburgAmherstForestRoanokeTimberlakeBedfordRichmondAppomattoxAltavistaMadison Heights
1
Lynchburg5.9 mi away
39%1,780
2
Madison Heights (in town)right here
7%337
3
Amherst9.6 mi away
6%255
4
Forest10.6 mi away
3%157
5
Roanoke48.2 mi away
2%104
6
Timberlake11.9 mi away
2%93
7
Bedford23.5 mi away
1%54
8
Richmond89.7 mi away
1%43
9
Appomattox16.7 mi away
1%32
10
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%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.

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