Work & commute · Nellysford

Work & commute in Nellysford, VA

Most working residents leave Nellysford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (10%), Lovingston (5%) and University of Virginia (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 426 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 416 Nellysford residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nellysford.

416live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nellysford goes to work

Charlottesville23.6 mi away

10%43

Lovingston11.2 mi away

5%22

University of Virginia21.7 mi away

5%20

Waynesboro9.9 mi away

4%19

Roanoke73.4 mi away

2%10

Nellysford (in town)right here

2%10

Harrisonburg35.4 mi away

2%9

Fishersville13.3 mi away

2%8

Richmond82.1 mi away

2%7

Stuarts Draft10.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%271

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

How far

How far Nellysford commutes

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

22%

39%

13%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nellysford is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nellysford are

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

Jobs based in Nellysford

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Nellysford residents hold

426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−39%

Jobs based in Nellysford, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 126. 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.