Work & commute · Mountain Road

Work & commute in Mountain Road, VA

Most working residents leave Mountain Road for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are South Boston (12%), Riverdale (11%) and Halifax (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 435 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 428 Mountain Road residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Road.

428live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Road goes to work

South Boston5 mi away

12%54

Riverdale7.4 mi away

11%50

Halifax3.4 mi away

11%48

Danville26.1 mi away

7%30

Lynchburg46.2 mi away

3%12

Mountain Road (in town)right here

2%7

Virginia Beach163.8 mi away

1%6

South Hill47.6 mi away

1%5

Roanoke64.7 mi away

1%5

Richmond99.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%213

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

How far

How far Mountain Road commutes

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

43%

15%

33%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Road is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Road are

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

Jobs based in Mountain Road

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Mountain Road residents hold

435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+47%

Jobs based in Mountain Road, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 143. 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.