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Work & commute · Pantops

Work & commute in Pantops, VA

Most working residents leave Pantops for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (25%), University of Virginia (16%) and Rio (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
127 of 1,871 working residents
Typical commute
4 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 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 1,744 Pantops residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 5,626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pantops.

1,744live here, work elsewhere
127live and work here
5,626work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pantops goes to work

WashingtonCharlottesvilleHarrisonburgWaynesboroStauntonVirginia BeachRichmondRioUniversity of VirginiaPantopsCrozetHollymeadLake MonticelloArlingtonCharlottesvilleUniversity of VirginiaRioHarrisonburgRichmondHollymeadWashingtonArlingtonWaynesboroPantops
1
Charlottesville2.2 mi away
25%472
2
University of Virginia4.1 mi away
16%296
3
Pantops (in town)right here
7%127
4
Rio3.7 mi away
2%36
5
Harrisonburg36.3 mi away
2%29
6
Richmond63.2 mi away
2%29
7
Hollymead6.2 mi away
2%29
8
Washington, DC98 mi away
1%18
9
Arlington93.3 mi away
1%17
10
Waynesboro25 mi away
1%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%802

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

How far

How far Pantops commutes

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

65%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pantops is a job hub

3.07jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pantops are

5,753 jobs are based in Pantops. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pantops’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pantops

5,753 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)85%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Pantops residents hold

1,871 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month68%
−14%

Jobs based in Pantops, 2013 → 2023: 6,658 → 5,753. 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.

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