Work & commute · Riverdale

Work & commute in Riverdale, VA

Most working residents leave Riverdale for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are South Boston (12%), Halifax (10%) and Danville (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

50 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 358 Riverdale residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 2,702 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverdale.

358live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

2,702work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverdale goes to work

South Boston2.8 mi away

12%50

Riverdale (in town)right here

12%50

Halifax6.2 mi away

10%41

Danville29.2 mi away

5%20

Roxboro, NC20.3 mi away

3%12

Lynchburg52.7 mi away

3%12

Richmond98 mi away

2%7

Virginia Beach158.8 mi away

1%6

Pantops97 mi away

1%5

Oxford, NC29.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%201

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

How far

How far Riverdale commutes

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

41%

14%

37%

41%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverdale is a job hub

6.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverdale are

2,752 jobs are based in Riverdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverdale

2,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Riverdale residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+5%

Jobs based in Riverdale, 2013 → 2023: 2,632 → 2,752. 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.