Work & commute · Powhatan

Work & commute in Powhatan, VA

Most working residents leave Powhatan for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (12%), Manchester (3%) and Innsbrook (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 177 Powhatan residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powhatan.

177live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powhatan goes to work

Richmond24.7 mi away

12%23

Powhatan (in town)right here

6%11

Manchester21.3 mi away

3%6

Innsbrook20.7 mi away

3%5

Tysons102.6 mi away

2%4

Hopewell38.6 mi away

1%2

Petersburg37.5 mi away

1%2

Danville105.2 mi away

1%2

Brandermill16.9 mi away

1%2

Chester30.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%129

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

How far

How far Powhatan commutes

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

20%

38%

25%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powhatan is a job hub

3.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powhatan are

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

Jobs based in Powhatan

668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Powhatan residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−37%

Jobs based in Powhatan, 2013 → 2023: 1,062 → 668. 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.