Work & commute · Prince George

Work & commute in Prince George, VA

Most working residents leave Prince George for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (9%), Hopewell (8%) and Petersburg (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 980 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 951 Prince George residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 1,242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prince George.

951live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

1,242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prince George goes to work

Richmond24.3 mi away

9%92

Hopewell5.1 mi away

8%78

Petersburg6.9 mi away

6%56

Colonial Heights7.6 mi away

3%34

Prince George (in town)right here

3%29

Newport News42.4 mi away

2%16

Norfolk60.1 mi away

2%16

Chester12.8 mi away

1%14

Chesapeake65.2 mi away

1%13

Virginia Beach74.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%621

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

How far

How far Prince George commutes

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

35%

25%

22%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prince George is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prince George are

1,271 jobs are based in Prince George. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prince George’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prince George

1,271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Prince George residents hold

980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in Prince George, 2013 → 2023: 1,351 → 1,271. 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.