Work & commute · Rustburg

Work & commute in Rustburg, VA

Most working residents leave Rustburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lynchburg (37%), Forest (4%) and Roanoke (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 518 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 491 Rustburg residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 2,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rustburg.

491live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

2,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rustburg goes to work

Lynchburg10.2 mi away

37%190

Rustburg (in town)right here

5%27

Forest12 mi away

4%22

Roanoke47.2 mi away

4%19

Timberlake8.6 mi away

2%11

Altavista14.4 mi away

2%8

Appomattox16.2 mi away

1%7

Concord8.2 mi away

1%7

Madison Heights12.3 mi away

1%7

Amherst21.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%214

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

How far

How far Rustburg commutes

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

40%

31%

10%

19%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rustburg is a job hub

4.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rustburg are

2,101 jobs are based in Rustburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rustburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rustburg

2,101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Rustburg residents hold

518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−5%

Jobs based in Rustburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,209 → 2,101. 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.