Work & commute · Rivanna

Work & commute in Rivanna, VA

Most working residents leave Rivanna for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (30%), University of Virginia (13%) and Pantops (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 870 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 851 Rivanna residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rivanna.

851live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rivanna goes to work

Charlottesville6.5 mi away

30%260

University of Virginia8.2 mi away

13%116

Pantops4.4 mi away

4%39

Rivanna (in town)right here

2%19

Rio7.8 mi away

2%14

Richmond58.8 mi away

1%11

Arlington92.2 mi away

1%11

Waynesboro28.9 mi away

1%8

Reston86.3 mi away

1%8

Keswick1.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%377

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

How far

How far Rivanna commutes

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

64%

23%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rivanna is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rivanna are

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

Jobs based in Rivanna

546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rivanna residents hold

870 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+12%

Jobs based in Rivanna, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 546. 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.