Work & commute · New Kent

Work & commute in New Kent, VA

Most working residents leave New Kent for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (10%), Williamsburg (7%) and Sandston (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 284 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 265 New Kent residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 1,054 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Kent.

265live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

1,054work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Kent goes to work

Richmond26.9 mi away

10%27

Williamsburg22.5 mi away

7%20

New Kent (in town)right here

7%19

Sandston17.9 mi away

2%6

West Point10.5 mi away

2%5

Newport News39.4 mi away

2%5

Ashland31.8 mi away

1%4

Virginia Beach73 mi away

1%4

Roanoke163.9 mi away

1%3

Norfolk57.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%188

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

How far

How far New Kent commutes

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

19%

40%

28%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Kent is a job hub

3.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Kent are

1,073 jobs are based in New Kent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Kent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Kent

1,073 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Kent residents hold

284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+38%

Jobs based in New Kent, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 1,073. 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.