Work & commute · North Garden

Work & commute in North Garden, VA

Most working residents leave North Garden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (27%), University of Virginia (19%) and Pantops (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 222 North Garden residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Garden.

222live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Garden goes to work

Charlottesville9.5 mi away

27%61

University of Virginia7.8 mi away

19%43

Pantops11.2 mi away

6%13

Hollymead15.2 mi away

2%5

Richmond69.8 mi away

1%3

Rio11.8 mi away

1%3

Chesapeake155.7 mi away

1%2

Norfolk149.3 mi away

1%2

Piney Mountain18.3 mi away

1%2

Pimmit Hills101.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%87

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

How far

How far North Garden commutes

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

54%

24%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Garden is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Garden are

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

Jobs based in North Garden

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs North Garden residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+9%

Jobs based in North Garden, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 84. 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.