Work & commute · Patrick Springs

Work & commute in Patrick Springs, VA

Most working residents leave Patrick Springs for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Stuart (17%), Martinsville (8%) and Collinsville (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 663 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 621 Patrick Springs residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patrick Springs.

621live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patrick Springs goes to work

Stuart3.9 mi away

17%110

Martinsville18.9 mi away

8%50

Patrick Springs (in town)right here

6%42

Collinsville17 mi away

3%23

Roanoke46.4 mi away

2%15

Danville44 mi away

2%14

Christiansburg36.8 mi away

2%11

Rocky Mount30.9 mi away

1%9

Villa Heights17.5 mi away

1%9

Salem45.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%372

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

How far

How far Patrick Springs commutes

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

33%

35%

18%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patrick Springs is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Patrick Springs are

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

Jobs based in Patrick Springs

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Patrick Springs residents hold

663 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+22%

Jobs based in Patrick Springs, 2013 → 2023: 372 → 455. 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.