Work & commute · Piney Mountain

Work & commute in Piney Mountain, VA

Most working residents leave Piney Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (22%), University of Virginia (14%) and Pantops (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 864 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 857 Piney Mountain residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piney Mountain.

857live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piney Mountain goes to work

Charlottesville9.5 mi away

22%189

University of Virginia10.6 mi away

14%118

Pantops9.1 mi away

4%38

Hollymead3.1 mi away

4%35

Rio6.6 mi away

3%25

Harrisonburg31.4 mi away

2%16

Richmond67.1 mi away

1%11

Virginia Beach161.9 mi away

1%9

Piney Mountain (in town)right here

1%7

Arlington86.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%409

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

How far

How far Piney Mountain commutes

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

53%

19%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piney Mountain is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Piney Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Piney Mountain

645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Piney Mountain residents hold

864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+311%

Jobs based in Piney Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 645. 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.