Work & commute · Mineral

Work & commute in Mineral, VA

Most working residents leave Mineral for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Louisa (5%), Chantilly (3%) and Charlottesville (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 163 Mineral residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineral.

163live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mineral goes to work

Louisa5.1 mi away

5%8

Chantilly65.9 mi away

3%5

Mineral (in town)right here

2%4

Charlottesville31.6 mi away

2%4

Harrisonburg60.3 mi away

2%4

Orange20.1 mi away

2%3

Richmond40.4 mi away

2%3

Pantops29.4 mi away

2%3

Hollymead29.9 mi away

2%3

Fredericksburg30.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

77%128

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

How far

How far Mineral commutes

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

23%

17%

33%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineral is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mineral are

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

Jobs based in Mineral

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Mineral residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+72%

Jobs based in Mineral, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 124. 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.